Thje US has been involved one way or another in wars in the Middle East since the 1980s and now the War Department is looking for further involvement in the region.
This time we are eyeing Yemen for the use of our weapons of destruction.
The Biden administration is reportedly drafting plans to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen amid escalating fears of a wider war in the Middle East, where the U.S. is inflaming regional tensions by heavily arming Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip.
Politicoreported Thursday that U.S. officials are “increasingly concerned” that Israel’s devastating war on Gaza “could expand… to a wider, protracted regional conflict.” Citing unnamed U.S. officials, the outlet noted that the U.S. military is drawing up plans to “hit back at Iran-backed Houthi militants who have been attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea.”
Usamah Andrabi, communications director for Justice Democrats, wrote in response to the new reporting that U.S. President Joe Biden is “pushing the United States to the brink of a new endless war in the Middle East, all because he doesn’t want to stop funding Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempted eradication of the Palestinian people and Palestine itself.”
Eli Clifton, a senior adviser to the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, similarly argued that “Biden’s support for Israel’s Gaza war ties the U.S. to Israel’s escalatory cycle that may result in American soldiers dying in yet another Middle East war.”
“Biden has leverage to call for a cease-fire in Gaza,” Clifton added. “He isn’t using it.”
News of the administration’s private planning comes after dozens of advocacy organizations implored Biden not to consider any military assault on Yemen, which has been ravaged by years of Saudi-led, U.S.-backed bombing.
It also comes after several recent U.S. and Israeli attacks in the Middle East intensified concerns that the region is perilously close to all-out war.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-bomb-yemen
Does the US really need another war to finance and possibly fight?
Personally I think we are at our limit and should start dial back our involvement….we cannot afford everybody’s war.
Just a thought.
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I think I’ve made my personal opinion known before. The US has no business trying to declare itself to be the policeman of the world. Every single time since WWII when we’ve gotten ourselves involved in military and political conflicts outside of the US it has gone badly. Every. Single. Time. From Korea to Vietnam, to Iraq and Iran, to Afghanistan, we’ve gone in full of bluff and bluster, with no real long term plan to solve any of the root problems, thinking that we can force a long lasting resolution by just blowing up everything in sight. And more often than not, in the long run we’ve done nothing but make the situation worse.
GF it is more about keeping the arms industry in the black than worrying about what the conflict will do to the people involved…..and we do have a way of making things worse. chuq
You’re right, of course. Money is largely at the root of a lot of this. To quote Eisenhower, “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”
Ike was spot on and no one heeded his warning and here we are today ass deep in every war on the planet. chuq
Isn’t it more or less common sense to conclude that this war will definitely expand into a wider regional conflict with implications for the rest of the world? ill the war mongers and profiteers allow it to be any different?
I do not think commonsense has anything to do with the proposal. chuq
We need to keep the MI/C fed, don’t we?
Yes we do to the point of gluttony. chuq
amen
The UK (navy) is also engaged against the Houthis in the Red Sea, and our spineless new Defence Secretary has issued them a warning of ground attacks if they persist in attacking ships. When you cannot find a big war that you can win, choose a small dirt-poor country that you can overwhelm instead.
If and when they manage to kill some Bristish sailors or airmen, I have no doubt the excitement will disappear.
Best wishes, Pete.
Maybe they want a repeat of Oman in the 60s? chuq