patrick henningsen 21st century wireyemen prove clear president trump may never make good bold campaign promise less senseless war overseas watch trump defer general double-down bad obama bet.this week learn us department defense lead general jam mattis would like increase support saudi arabia gulf accomplices effort continue destabilize bomb yemen follow installation force us saudi-friendly regime country.following years hostilities yemen mattis also decide ask congress help draft sort authorization give us legal stand continual involvement war mattis erroneously bundle issue yemen syria iraq claim somehow part fight isis .what yemen make gap blind spot members us government diplomatic corps us mainstream media fact face joint saudi-us war yemen illegal us international law see us legal analysis .with mind every person us obama administration forward include department defense pentagon cia involve prosecute illegal undeclared war aggression indict charge high crimes unite state nation laws many politicians pundits proudly proclaim public airwaves every day really nation laws washington dc merely nation self-inflated self-reverential hypocrites nutshell saudis emiratis usa inflict war genocide houthis university illinois professor international law francis boyle trump administration solution collapse situation course sanction war initiate president obama left-leaning liberal media outlets democratic party operators bind unofficial regime silence issue yemen hence almost zero media coverage commentary throughout 2015-2016. sufficient focus syria even streamline mainstream media talk point foreign policy directives us state department syria look media coverage last years overlay us state department british foreign office narratives totally seamless.for us political right-wing pentagon-oriented news outlets like cnn war yemen simply reduce binary argument blame entire affair iran claim iranian-backed houthis primary antagonists frame iran-centric geopolitical context true context us-saudi aggression battle control regions lucrative untapped oil gas reserve serve somehow justify organize international crime take place cnn wolf blitzer always careful inject correct qualifier always iranian-backed houthis cover yemen frame iranian plot us neoconservatives also reinforce operation good israel extension mean us national interest virtue neoconservatives doctrine.since war yemen begin march 2015 rather report carnage pressure us government recuse daily military role back saudi arabia mainstream media foreign policy gatekeepers cfr members like cnn fare zakaria instead opt ignore conflict much possible opt instead continue push fake news extravagant lie spin regard aleppo along aspects illegal us operation arm international terrorists syria.members media ashamed assume word shame still exist lexicon clear simply care establishment auxiliary cfr public relations mascots like george clooney crusade international criminal court icc take urgent action bad guy place like south sudan cia project onset fawn us-uk government joint project pseudo-ngo fraud know white helmets syria unite state government partner saudi arabia uae bahrain course unite kingdom allow get away one obvious egregious mass violations international law collective murder modern history.in short establishment deep state players washington unhrc bought-off saudi arabia mainstream media hollywood across billion dollar think-tank industrial complex collude collective inaction media censorship perpetrate long-running obvious international crime humanity yemen add hold contempt concept modern nation-state pertain yemen collude violent neocolonial fashion express intent deny yemeni people right sovereignty compare saudi arabia belligerent action yemen nazi germany undeclared war aggression prior wwii exaggeration fact one could make argument saudi-us joint venture much bad far dangerous precedent likewise failure corrupt un effectively sell saudi arabia seat head un human right council lead impotent secretary general ban-ki moon censure saudi arabia flagrant violation international law nuremberg principles entire geneva convention content imply framework leave un exact position league nations 1938. certainly case paper pass moment nudge ever close geopolitical vu vanessa beeley 21wire oct 13 2016 follow professional analysis us legal perspective case clear non-contestable current provision us international law yemeni resident taiz lose everything another saudi airstrike .. trevor thrall john glaser reasonafter almost year bomb yemen humanitarian catastrophe 6,000 yemenis kill extremely conservative estimate half civilians accord recent unite nations report saudi-led coalition conduct airstrikes target civilians civilian object include refugee camp hospitals weddings mosques saudi bomb reduce large tracts several cities rubble attack accord u.n. panel could amount crimes humanity.as month two million people yemen internally displace millions lack access potable water thank u.s.-supported saudi blockade import 14 million yemenis risk starvation.throughout u.s. quietly dutifully lend saudis weapons logistics assistance diplomatic cover time stop.the civil conflict yemen root overthrow 2011 long-time u.s.-saudi ally ali abdullah saleh midst unrest saudi arabia u.s. support political transition government head president abed-rabbo mansour hadi candidate ballot yemen shiite houthi rebel wag insurgency hadi government capture capital city sanaa 2014.the civil war morph intractable proxy war march last year saudi arabia decide wage vicious bomb campaign pretext destroy houthi rebellion reinstate hadi beleaguer government riyadh view houthis proxy iran peaceful diplomatic settlement u.s. iran latter nuclear program u.s. officials apparently felt oblige reassure saudi arabia support war yemen.the problem saudi arabia war yemen compromise u.s. interest moral stand interest harm undermine houthis contribute power vacuum country benefit position al-qaeda arabian peninsula aqap happen share saudi distaste houthis.the saudis succeed garner u.s. support part characterize war fight terrorism saudis al-qaeda actually awkward alliance fight make u.s. help even misguided.as moral stand support saudi arabia military action party serious war crimes indirectly fault devastate humanitarian crisis people yemen face.the saudi intervention clearly violate war tenet jus ad bellum tenet dictate nations cause go war also resort military force options exhaust despite saudi claim contrary intervention clearly case self-defense notion yemen poor country middle east keep afloat primarily saudi fund represent military threat saudi arabia absurd argue saudi bomb justify prevent future terrorist attack argue preventive war violate war theory un charter.the saudis insist action legal legitimate yemeni government invite military intervention hadi government hardly deserve label legitimate hadi elevate presidency serve saleh autocratic regime vice president president hadi use position consolidate power houthis saleh loyalists misappropriate billions dollars good description would call hadi government tool saudi arabia since saudi arabia broke deal allow replace saleh also enable return yemen houthis drive country argue saudis respond call help essentially argue saudis ask intervene yemen.so saudi arabia argument intervention weak u.s. excuse claim part parcel war terror dubious consider bomb yemen anything bolster islamic extremists furthermore saudi arabia major exporter kind jihadist ideology drive group like al-qaeda islamic state.even counter terrorist group threat saudi arabia yemen remote threat unite state certainly small justify violate rule war international moral norms common decency.beyond placate overexcited saudi fear u.s. strategic tilt towards iran simply moral legal strategic justification u.s. yemen.about author trevor thrall associate professor school policy government international affairs george mason university senior fellow cato institute john glaser base washington dc publish cnn newsweek guardian national interest among others read yemen news 21st century wire yemen filessupport work subscribe become member 21wire.tv u.s. legal stand involvement war yemen