President Biden Has Started Another United States War by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!
(2024-01-22 at 01:06:22 )

President Biden Has Started Another United States War by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!

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So they are raining military explosives on impoverished middle easterners to maintain their status quo domination, under the pretense of goals which they themselves admit are not being achieved. Just another day in the empire, I guess.

The Washington Post has an article out titled "As Houthis vow to fight on, United States prepares for sustained campaign," with "sustained campaign" being empire-speak for a new American war.

:The Biden administration is crafting plans for a sustained military campaign targeting the Houthis in Yemen after 10 days of strikes failed to halt the groups attacks on maritime commerce, stoking concern among some officials that an open-ended operation could derail the war-ravaged countrys fragile peace and pull Washington,D.C. into another unpredictable Middle Eastern conflict," the Post reports.

The Post acknowledges that "sustained military campaign" means "war" in the ninth paragraph of the article, saying the anonymous United States officials cited in the report "do not expect that the operation will stretch on for years like previous United States wars in Iraq, Afghanistan or Syria." Which is about as reassuring as a pyromaniac saying he does not expect he will be burning down any more houses like all those other houses he has burned down.

The Biden administration is crafting plans for a sustained military campaign targeting the Houthis in Yemen, stoking concern about derailing the war-ravaged countrys fragile peace and pulling Washington,D.C. into another unpredictable Middle Eastern conflict.-The Washington Post (washingtonpost) January 21, 2024

This bizarre refusal to just call a war a war also appeared in a recent press conference with Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh, who acted shocked and aghast that reporters would even ask if repeatedly bombing a country would qualify as being at war with them.

"Is it now fair to say that the United States is at war in Yemen?" Singh was asked by a Reuters reporter on Thursday.

"No, we do not seek war," Singh replied. "We do not think that we are at war. We do not want to see a regional war. The Houthis are the ones that continue to launch cruise missiles, antiship missiles at innocent mariners, at commercial vessels that are just transiting an area that sees, you know, 10 to 15 percent of worlds commerce."

In a follow-up several questions later, Singh was asked by a reporter from Politico, "You said that we are not at war with the Houthis, but if - you know, this tit-for-tat bombing - we have bombed them five times now. So if this is not war, can you just explain this a little - a little bit more to us? If this is not war, what is war?"

"Sure, Lara, sure, great question, I just was not expecting it phrased exactly that way," Singh replied with a laugh and a smirk. "Look, we are - we do not seek war. We are - we do not - we are not at war with the Houthis. In terms of a definition, I think that would be more of a clear declaration from the United States. But again, what we are doing and the actions that we are taking are defensive in nature."

It is worth noting that since that Thursday press conference the number of United States strikes on Yemen has increased from five to seven as of this writing.

It is also worth noting here that, per Singhs absurd definition, the United States has not been at war since the end of WWII, as there has not been a "clear declaration of war" since June 5, 1942. The only wars the United States has officially declared through congress in accordance with its own constitution have been the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, and the two world wars.

If you go by this definition the United States is among the more peaceful nations in the world, since it has not been at war in eight decades. In reality the United States is the single most warlike and murderous nation of modern times with wars of aggression that have killed millions and displaced tens of millions just in the 21st century alone, and plays some role in most of the worlds major international conflicts.

Singhs claim that the United States attacks on Yemen are "defensive in nature" is also self-evidently absurd; Yemeni forces were not even attacking American commercial vessels until the United States began attacking them. Only the United States could launch unprovoked attacks on a foreign nation on the other side of the planet and call it self-defense.

Antiwars Dave DeCamp explains:

"Before the United States began bombing the Houthis, Ansar Allah officials made clear they would only stop attacking Israeli-linked commercial shipping if the onslaught on Gaza ended. Instead of pressuring Israel to end the slaughter in Gaza, President Biden chose escalation, and now the Houthis are targeting United States commercial shipping, and several United States merchant vessels have been hit with missiles."

US Prepares for Open-Ended War Against the Houthis in Yemen
Biden has bombed Yemen seven times in just over a week and the Houthis are not backing down as they welcome confrontation with the US
by Dave DeCamp-Antiwar.com (Antiwarcom) January 21, 2024

Indeed, the only reason Houthi forces began attacking ships in the Red Sea was to pressure Israel and its allies into ceasing the ongoing massacre that has been taking place in Gaza since October 7.

As usual the worlds most murderous and powerful government is framing its horrifying acts of extreme aggression as innocent defensive responses to unprovoked attacks, when in reality the United States empire is bombing Yemen in order to facilitate the genocide of Palestinians.

And while we are on the subject of Gaza and Yemen it is probably worth pointing out that according to United States empire managers the stated goals of both campaigns have been completely unsuccessful.

A new report by The Wall Street Journal says that according to United States intelligence Israel is nowhere remotely close to eliminating Hamas, with only 20 to 30 percent of the group having been killed since October. Asked by the press on Thursday if the strikes against the Houthis are working, Biden replied "Well, when you say "working" - are they stopping the Houthis? No. Are they going to continue? Yes."

So they are raining military explosives on impoverished middle easterners to maintain their status quo domination, under the pretense of goals which they themselves admit are not being achieved. Just another day in the empire, I guess.

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