Yemen: the stupidest war

It’s all too easy to condemn Russian air strikes in Syria while condoning similar Saudi air strikes in Yemen.
The Yemeni flag, centre, flies at the United Nations headquarters in New York in July. Who runs Yemen is not a matter of vital strategic importance to Saudi Arabia, argues Gwynne Dyer.
LONDON, U.K.—“They hit everything, hospitals, orphanages, schools,” Hisham al-Omeisy told The Guardian newspaper six months ago. “You live in constant fear that your kids’ school could be the next target.” No, he’s not talking about the wicked Russians bombing the eastern sid...

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