In an April interview with PBS Newshour,
Secretary of State John Kerry was asked about Iran’s involvement in the
escalating war in Yemen. His response was astounding and revealing.
“Iran
needs to recognize that the United States is not going to stand by
while the region is destabilized or while people engage in overt warfare
across lines — international boundaries — in other countries,” Kerry
said.
The quip was astounding because Iran is
not bombing Yemen or engaged in “overt warfare” there, though it has
given some support to one side. The culprit on the overt warfare front
is Saudi Arabia.
It was revealing that Kerry
ignored the Saudi and Gulf Arab role in the catastrophe unfolding in
Yemen. The silence on their bombing campaign, which has lead to civilian
deaths, a flow of refugees and the destabilization of the poorest
country in the Arab world, is effectively a show of support for the
Saudi war. And that support extends far beyond mere words, or the lack
of them.
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