The Qualitative Military Edge agreement between the United States and Israel has cost U.S. taxpayers $310 billion since Israel was founded. Many people in the United States and around the world are upset with how the United States continues to support Israel as they...
Yemen’s Inexpensive Drones Wreaking Expensive Havoc
As the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia continued to conduct siege warfare in Yemen, the Houthis threatened to use drones to attack the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia if the blockade and daily bombardments of Yemen continued. In October 2019, the Houthis...
Tensions in the Red Sea Setting the Stage for WWIII
Yemen, a Pawn or a Bishop? In recent weeks, there have been 15 attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea as the Houthis of northern Yemen threatened to attack any vessel heading to the Israeli port city of Eilat. These attacks caused imports to the...
How the UAE and China Set Their Sights on Southern Yemen
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan traveled to Saudi Arabia and met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan the Crown Prince of the UAE, and India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval earlier this month. The White House stated the...
The CIA, AQAP, and the Never-Ending Excuse To Bomb Yemen
On January 30th, the US launched an R9X flying Ginsu knife bomb from a drone, killing Hassan al-Hadrami, the current leader of AQAP in Yemen, marking one of the few times this weapon has been used in combat. It is essential to highlight the history of the men who...
How the World Bank and IMF Destroyed Yemen
According to a 2009 report by the World Bank, Yemen has "world-class deposits" of gold, and the World Bank is "surprised" that the country hasn't been mined much for gold. Al Hariqah gold mine in Hajjah, Yemen, has proven gold deposits worth over 5 billion at today's...
Will the New Peace Deal Finally End the Conflict in Yemen?
For anyone following the conflict in Yemen, the news about a new peace being made will sound like a broken record, but there is genuine optimism about the truce that has been hashed out over the last month in Yemen. At the end of December last year, I wrote an article...
The US Is Making Billions Being Warlords in Yemen
One of Biden's promises during his presidential campaign was to immediately move to end all support for the Saudi-led coalition's war in Yemen. In February 2021, Biden stood at a podium at the State Department and proclaimed that the war in Yemen must end. Biden...
US Admits Yemen’s Houthis Aren’t an Iranian Proxy as the Death Toll Climbs
The death toll in Yemen has reached 102,000 according to data released by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project in October of 2019. Since the war started in 2015, the United States government has maintained one steadfast talking point. The Houthis are...
General Shows Trump Maps of Oil Fields To Keep US Troops in Syria
On October 7th, President Donald Trump announced that U.S. troops would be leaving Syria. This announcement knocked Warhawks off their perches in our nation’s capital. General Jack Keane went on Fox News and called Trump pulling out of Syria a “strategic...