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Bill seeking to end Washington's aid to Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen is moving through Congress The mask has slipped, it's about money, but the media exposes nothing. And Israel wants the U.S to fight Iran for them, but Iran is no threat to the U.S. Ending American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen would curtail Riyadh's war efforts and hasten the end of what the United Nations describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, experts say. "If we suspend providing spare parts for their F-15s, their air force would be grounded in two weeks," Jordan told Middle East Eye last week. "So I think there is every prospect that, if that occurs, they will find it more appealing to go to the peace table and negotiate than they currently do." The proposed US
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Bill seeking to end Washington's aid to Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen is moving through Congress The mask has slipped, it's about money, but the media exposes nothing. And Israel wants the U.S to fight Iran for them, but Iran is no threat to the U.S. Ending American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen would curtail Riyadh's war efforts and hasten the end of what the United Nations describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, experts say. "If we suspend providing spare parts for their F-15s, their air force would be grounded in two weeks," Jordan told Middle East Eye last week. "So I think there is every prospect that, if that occurs, they will find it more appealing to go to the peace table and negotiate than they currently do." The proposed US
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Bill seeking to end Washington's aid to Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen is moving through Congress
The mask has slipped, it's about money, but the media exposes nothing. And Israel wants the U.S to fight Iran for them, but Iran is no threat to the U.S.
Ending American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen would curtail Riyadh's war efforts and hasten the end of what the United Nations describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, experts say.
"If we suspend providing spare parts for their F-15s, their air force would be grounded in two weeks," Jordan told Middle East Eye last week. "So I think there is every prospect that, if that occurs, they will find it more appealing to go to the peace table and negotiate than they currently do."
The proposed US legislation cleared the House of Representatives last month, and the Senate, which approved a similar motion late last year, is expected to vote on it again in the near future.
The bill invokes the War Powers Resolution of 1973, which prohibits the involvement in a foreign conflict without congressional authorisation. President Donald Trump has vowed to veto the legislation, which would require a two-thirds majority in the Senate to override.
He said that even when Pompeo and Mattis called for ending the conflict, American hawks fixated on Iran, including National Security Advisor John Bolton, continued to push for assisting the Saudis in a perceived struggle against Tehran.
"If [Bolton] hasn't had enough coffee in the morning - or has had too much coffee during the day - he sees red, and red is Iran for him," Khoury said.
"The White House is not convinced," he said. "Their preference is to continue to support the Saudis for the same reasons that justified their position on Khashoggi and all kinds of other issues.
"Basically, they do not want to cross the Saudis ... and impact their ability to buy weapons and spend money in the United States."
Middle East Eye