🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Senator Calls U.S. Support for Saudis a “National Disgrace” After Intercept Reveals Unpaid Debt to Pentagon'

21 August 2024 - kudos:

Rand Paul is so often wrong, but when he’s right, he’s often really right. link to “Senator Calls U.S. Support for Saudis a “National Disgrace” After Intercept Reveals Unpaid Debt to Pentagon”

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Yemen Crisis Has Only Worsened, Despite Biden Pledge'

16 March 2022 - kudos:

Yemen has been on my mind a lot since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but mostly because I’m belatedly realizing I haven’t been paying attention. It’s not that Ukraine doesn’t deserve our attention, it’s that Yemen has long deserved just as much. There, we’re the ones complicit in civilian deaths, and we need to own up to that. link to ‘Yemen Crisis Has Only Worsened, Despite Biden Pledge’