Bernie Sanders and his colleagues are right to call out America's role in Yemen's nightmare.
By Pat Garofalo Assistant Managing Editor for Opinion Feb. 28, 2018, at 12:45 p.m.
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Sponsored by Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, it will call "to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis in Yemen pursuant to the War Powers Resolution." A release from Sanders' office claims this will be "the first-ever vote in the Senate to withdraw U.S. armed forces from an unauthorized war."
Not that the resolution will have much practical effect, mind you, even if Sanders and co. can summon the votes for it to pass. Last year, the House passed a resolution saying that the U.S. effort in Yemen wasn't authorized, and obviously little changed.
Still, every little bit helps, and if Sanders can use his star power to get the Yemen war on the radar, so much the better. (He is the most popular elected official in America, after all.)
The war in Yemen has forced millions from their homes. Millions more are dependent on humanitarian assistance to survive. The U.S. should wash the blood from its hands and stop its contributions toward making those numbers go ever higher.
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/thomas-jefferson-street/articles/2018-02-28/bernie-sanders-is-right-get-the-us-out-of-saudi-arabias-war-in-yemen
