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From the Green Party:
WASHINGTON – Green Party leaders called on President Biden to take advantage of the April 2nd cease-fire among warring parties in Yemen, to follow through on his promise to end support for all offensive operations, to end weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and to help end the blockade of Saudi warships off the coast of Yemen to allow humanitarian aid to enter the country. The war between the Saudi-led coalition and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen has led to one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history.
Green Party of the United States
www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
April 25, 2022
Contact:
Michael O'Neil, Communications Manager, meo@gp.org, 202-804-2758
Diana C. Brown, Co-Chair, Media Committee, media@gp.org, 202-804-2758
Philena Farley, Co-Chair, Media Committee, media@gp.org, 202-804-2758
The U.S. has provided logistical and intelligence support and sold weapons to the coalition of Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia since 2015. As a result of the conflict and blockade, hundreds of thousands of people have died, including from indirect causes such as lack of food, health services and infrastructure. More than 17 million Yemenis are currently food insecure, over 2 million children are now acutely malnourished, and the number of people experiencing famine is expected to increase five-fold by the end of the year.
In February 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden announced an end to U.S. support for Saudi-led offensive operations in Yemen, a break from previous U.S. policy. Nevertheless, the United States has continued to sell weapons to countries in the region and has refrained from pushing Saudi Arabia to end its blockade on the coast of Yemen.
"President Biden must seize the opportunity offered by the cease-fire and make good on his promise," said Ahmed Eltouny, Green Party National Co-Chair. The war in Ukraine has resulted in heightened awareness of military activity throughout the world, renewing concern about the United States' role in facilitating the war in Yemen. Ending arms sales to the Saudis would be a major step in putting an end to the ability of warring parties to continue the war. Now is the time to stop the arms sales, stop the blockade, and support the warring parties' efforts to seek a diplomatic and fair resolution to end the war.
MORE INFORMATION
War in Yemen.
Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker, April 19, 2022
Yemen facing 'outright catastrophe' over rising hunger, warn UN humanitarians
United Nations, UN NEws, March 14, 2022
Yemen's Warring Parties Begin First Cease-Fire in 6 Years
Hubbard, Ben. New York Times, April 2, 2022
US Assistance to Saudi-Led Coalition Risks Complicity in War Crimes
Nasser, Afrah. Human Rights Watch, April 7, 2022
Greens demand Congress cut off military aid to Saudis, withdraw support for Yemen war
April 24, 2019
Platform, I. Democracy, D. Foreign Policy - Peace and Disarmament, a.
(repeal of AUMF)
US ending aid to Saudi-led forces in Yemen, but questions persist
Stepansky, Joseph. Al Jazeera, February 7, 2021
1) The Pretenders' HATE FOR SALE.
2) Ashford & Simpson's STREET OPERA.
3) Chase Rice's THE ALBUM.
4) Pretenders' PACKED.
5) Dolly Parton's RUN, ROSE, RUN.
6) Diana Ross' THANK YOU.
6) The Mamas and the Papas' THE PAPAS & THE MAMAS.
8) Diana Ross' ANTHOLOGY (1983 version)
9) Bob Dylan's ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS.
10) Peggy Lee's 2 SHOWS NIGHTLY.
Joe Biden and his foreign policy team of incompetent ideologues hope to convince Americans to accept food shortages, rising gas prices, and the risk of a hot war. The steady diet of dangerous nonsense is a necessity for them. The game is up if the people begin to question what they are being told.
Then again, while there may not be mass rejection of the Ukraine narrative there is certainly a mass rejection of Biden himself. The latest opinion poll shows him with a very low 33% approval rating. The average person may not be well versed in the history of U.S. policy towards Russia, but they know when things don’t add up and they know that the president is not a well man. Rambling, incoherent speeches punctuated by shouts of “war criminal” and “genocide” don’t cut it when working people can barely afford to put gas in the tank. We are left with a mass gaslighting effort that has created the desired effect of generating fear and or hatred towards Russia, but that hasn’t increased satisfaction about the country’s direction.
Biden’s actions aren’t very surprising. He was the Ukraine point person after the Barack Obama coup in 2014. He was always one of the most hawkish democrats and came into the presidency with Antony Blinken, Victoria Nuland and the same cast of characters who first violated Ukraine’s sovereignty. He hoped to instigate Russia and kill the NordStreamII pipeline and sanction Russia. He didn’t expect the full incursion that he spent months saying would happen.
Now he is hoisted on his own petard, trying to bully other nations into condemning Russia when it isn’t in their interests to do so, and causing world wide suffering in a futile effort to destroy Russia’s economy. Sanctions against Russia have increased fuel prices all over the world. Disruptions in wheat production will reduce Ukraine’s harvest and decrease supplies in places that had no connection with this ginned up conflict. The anti-Russian propaganda is working but the pro-Biden effort is not, hence the public disapproval.
-- Margaret Kimberley, "The Ukraine Crisis Can't Save Biden" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT).
Wikipedia editors are under fire this week for removing the entry for Rosemont Seneca Partners, the investment company connected to Hunter Biden and his alleged multimillion dollar influence peddling schemes. The site bizarrely claimed that the company was “not notable.” The timing itself is notable given the new disclosure that Hunter Biden’s business partner, Eric Schwerin, made at least 19 visits to the White House and other official locations between 2009 and 2015. That included a meeting with then-Vice President Joe Biden despite Biden’s repeated claim that he knew nothing about his son’s business dealings. Schwerin was the president of Rosemont Seneca.
Wikipedia has been accused of raw bias in removing the entry at a time when interest in the company is at its peak, including the possibility of an indictment of Hunter Biden over his financial dealings. Rosemont Seneca is one of the most searched terms for those trying to understand the background on the Biden business operations.
Yet, an editor known only as “Alex” wrote that the company was simply “not notable” — an absurd claim reminiscent of the recent claim by Atlantic Magazine’s writer Anne Applebaum that she did not cover the scandal because it simply was “not interesting.”
Alex wrote: “This organization is only mentioned in connection with its famous founders, Hunter Biden and Christopher Heinz.” That itself is an odd statement. It is mentioned as one of the key conduits of alleged influence peddling money. Alex added that “keeping it around” ran the risk of the page becoming “a magnet for conspiracy theories about Hunter Biden.”
Any Wikipedia page could be a magnet for conspiracy theories, including the page on Hunter Biden himself. The fact is that this is a real company with real dealings that are the subject of a real criminal investigation.
-- Jonathan Turley, "'A Magnet for Conspiracy Theories': Wikipedia Kills Entry for Hunter Biden’s Investment Company" (JONATHANTURLEY.ORG).
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Sunday!!!
Are you shocked? We are too.
Let's thank all who participated this edition which includes Dallas and the following:
And what did we come up with?
Another truest for Margaret Kimberley.
Another truest for Jonathan Turley.
We weren't sure of the editorial topic until the last minute. So we made a point to also include three Iraqi news videos to be sure there was some Iraq coverage.
Ava and C.I.'s epic. They spent hours on this one. When they were done with it, hours ago, I read it to everyone and the reaction was "Either this goes up right now or we pull together an edition and get it up quick."
No, just no.
Jess and Trina teamed up for this piece.
Iraq news video.
Iraq news video.
Quick piece by Ava and C.I. to make sure we were able to get this edition posted.
Iraq news video.
What we listened to while writing this edition.
Mike and the gang wrote this and we thank them for it.
Peace.
-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.
