US Senator Rand Paul: Are the Yemenis “Our Enemies”? Why are we Fighting them? Why are they Sending our Soldiers to Impossible Situations?

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The Republican senator, Rand Powell, confirmed that Congress has not declared war on Yemen as the constitution requires, and Congress has never authorized US involvement in a war in Yemen.

“The Saudis used US-made aircrafts with US bombs to strike a funeral hall in Yemen,” Paul said in comments published on the US “Reir” website. More than 100 people were killed and more than 500 mourners wounded. US pilots have been supplying Saudi aircrafts which dropped bombs on Yemen with fuel  .

“It seems like a war to me.” “But when did we declare war on Yemen? When did Congress vote to authorize military force in Yemen? Who are our enemies, and why do we fight them? “he added.

“Let’s be clear: Congress has not declared war, as the constitution requires. Congress has never authorized US involvement in a war in Yemen. However, we are here, and  we are participating in another war in the Middle East ,he stated .

We have an unfortunate habit of arming foreign countries, only to discover that these supposed allies are creating more enemies for America than they are killing,” the senator said. We don’t only sell bombs to Saudi Arabia, which drop them on Yemen, and President Trump’s first military action was to send the navy to launch an operation in Yemen, but I blame the politicians who send our soldiers to impossible situations.

The raid killed al-Qaeda members who were our enemies, who were actually fighting the same enemies who were fighting the Saudis: the so-called  Houthis and their allies.

To emphasize this, the Saudis and al-Qaeda are fighting a common enemy: the so-called Houthis and their allies. substantially

“Our participation in the Yemeni war can allow the situation in which the Saudis and the so-called  Houthis are killing each other, leaving a void filled by al-Qaeda. Do not you think that can not happen? Well, that’s exactly what happened when America and the Saudi-backed rebels pushed Assad in Syria, leaving a gap in power filled by “Daesh”, backed by Saudi. ”

As my fellow Senator Chris Murphy said last year: “If you talk to the Yemenis, they will tell you that what is happening inside Yemen is not a Saudi-led bombing campaign … but a US bombing campaign or, at best, a US-Saudi bombing campaign.”