U.S. support for the war on Yemen began under Obama and continued for almost two years without any public comment on it from the president.
Obama administration officials spoke about U.S. support for the war, and they told some egregious lies about the war, but Obama himself said nothing.
Biden's newfound opposition to the war should make it impossible for Obama to escape that scrutiny.
"You won't find anyone who isn't heartbroken at the tragedy that has unfolded there. But it's also demonstrably wrong to argue that the Obama administration forged a glide path for the Trump administration's approach toward Yemen. The two approaches are fundamentally different in terms of the strategies, objectives, and values that undergird them."
The main difference seems to be that Obama administration officials were more likely to say privately that they knew the war would fail from the start, but for reasons known only to them they kept supporting it anyway.
Obama and other members of his administration have been given a pass for more than four years for their role in starting the disastrous policy of supporting the war on Yemen.
The decision to back the Saudi coalition's war was one of the worst policy decisions in decades, and Obama and his officials need to answer for it.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/obama-and-the-war-on-yemen/
Obama administration officials spoke about U.S. support for the war, and they told some egregious lies about the war, but Obama himself said nothing.
Biden's newfound opposition to the war should make it impossible for Obama to escape that scrutiny.
"You won't find anyone who isn't heartbroken at the tragedy that has unfolded there. But it's also demonstrably wrong to argue that the Obama administration forged a glide path for the Trump administration's approach toward Yemen. The two approaches are fundamentally different in terms of the strategies, objectives, and values that undergird them."
The main difference seems to be that Obama administration officials were more likely to say privately that they knew the war would fail from the start, but for reasons known only to them they kept supporting it anyway.
Obama and other members of his administration have been given a pass for more than four years for their role in starting the disastrous policy of supporting the war on Yemen.
The decision to back the Saudi coalition's war was one of the worst policy decisions in decades, and Obama and his officials need to answer for it.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/obama-and-the-war-on-yemen/
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