This is maddening: Saudi Arabia successfully blackmails the United Nations to bar journalists so as to prevent coverage of Saudi atrocities. The civil war in Yemen started as a local conflict, but Saudi Arabia rushed in because of exaggerated fears of Iranian influence there. Mohammed Huwais/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesThis catastrophe started under President Barack Obama, although he tried — not nearly enough — to rein in Saudi Arabia. A remarkable 47 senators in June voted to block a major arms sale to Saudi Arabia, largely because of qualms about Saudi conduct in Yemen. Those senators are right, and we should halt all arms transfers to Saudi Arabia until it ends the blockade and bombings.

Source: New York Times August 31, 2017 07:18 UTC