Congress passed a bipartisan measure to end U.S. involvement in the war, but Trump vetoed it last month. Iran and the Houthis have also behaved badly, but that’s a poor excuse for Americans to support war crimes against Yemeni children. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are no longer enthusiastic about the Yemen war, but they don’t want to leave and give Iran and the Houthis a victory. Trump has said that if the United States doesn’t sell weapons to Saudi Arabia, then Russia or China will. But Saudi Arabia needs American spare parts, and it also buys U.S. weapons partly for the implicit security guarantee that comes with them.

Source: New York Times May 18, 2019 18:22 UTC