{"id":1381735,"date":"2018-12-10T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T21:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/local-news\/menconi-demand-a-yes-vote-on-the-war-powers-resolution\/"},"modified":"2018-12-10T14:43:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T21:43:00","slug":"menconi-demand-a-yes-vote-on-the-war-powers-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/local-news\/menconi-demand-a-yes-vote-on-the-war-powers-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Menconi: Demand a Yes vote on the War Powers Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Arn Menconi<\/a><\/span> March 2015 saw sparks fly with the onset of civil war, as Yemeni Houthis overthrew the nation’s president and noted Saudi Arabian ally, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi \u2014 a move perceived as a threat by the Saudis \u2014 who thusly turned to the Obama administration to engender assistance from stolid if controversial partner, the United States, in the form of logistical, arms, strategic, refueling and other forms of support.
\nThis included support for the highly contentious blockade of Yemen’s ports by the Saudis, under the guise of cutting off a supply line of weapons and funding for the Houthis direct from Iran \u2014 despite Tehran’s insistence no such supply line or connections existed \u2014 during the lead-up to the historic Iran Deal.
\nSuch nuanced involvement was made possible with increasingly open-ended legislation enacted since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, as successive American presidents claim the omnipresent threat of terror and consequent need for tougher national security in order to expand U.S. military covert and overt presence around the globe. But the War on Terror \u2014 putatively fought in defense of the innocent against maleficent forces \u2014 has instead been a multi-pronged disaster for America. Beyond the nebulous war’s estimated price tag (fraught though figuring that sum may be) well in excess of $7 trillion dollars, this policy of war-writ-large bears culpability for an inestimable human toll \u2014 organizations and groups attempting to document an accurate body count due the War on Terror have, often in frustration, reported anywhere from a half million to more than 2 million people may have perished via direct and indirect effects of this endless belligerence.
\nYemen, similarly to Afghanistan and Iraq, has borne the brunt of this untenable U.S. policy.
\nThere are 28 million people living in Yemen \u2014 18 million of them are said, by the United Nations, to be on the brink of famine. Reports say the number of Yemeni dead has now surpassed 85,000. There are 2 million suspected cases of Cholera \u2014 an epidemic exploding with 10,000 new cases each week. Without desperately needed food and supplies, it is estimated at least 2 million children suffer from malnourishment. Every 10 minutes a child dies from starvation in Yemen due to the war.
\nLast week, the Senate passed a motion, 63 to 37, to open for debate this coming Monday the U.S.’ War Powers Resolution \u2014 intended to curtail overreach of power by the president on matters of war \u2014 and, specifically, to address whether or not American support for the Saudi quagmire in Yemen shall continue. To ensure against defeat by veto, 67 votes are needed; then the House must pass a similar bill with 290 votes.
\nTo be clear, this is a vote to end U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen \u2014 to end arguable complicity in a horrifying humanitarian disaster \u2014 and, optimistically, to save untold thousands of lives, or more, in the process.
\nU.S. Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado voted against the measure; Senator Michael Bennet, in favor.
\nWhat you can do \u2014 …read more<\/a> <\/p>\n

Via:: Vail Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 2015 saw sparks fly with the onset of civil war, as Yemeni Houthis overthrew the nation’s president and noted Saudi Arabian ally, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi \u2014 a move perceived as a threat by the Saudis \u2014 who thusly turned to the Obama administration to engender assistance from stolid if controversial partner, the United States, in the form of logistical, arms, strategic, refueling and other forms of support.
\nThis included support for the highly contentious blockade of Yemen’s ports by the Saudis, under the guise of cutting off a supply line of weapons and funding for the Houthis direct from Iran \u2014 despite Tehran’s insistence no such supply line or connections existed \u2014 during the lead-up to the historic Iran Deal.
\nSuch nuanced involvement was made possible with increasingly open-ended legislation enacted since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, as successive American presidents claim the omnipresent threat of terror and consequent need for tougher national security in order to expand U.S. military covert and overt presence around the globe. But the War on Terror \u2014 putatively fought in defense of the innocent against maleficent forces \u2014 has instead been a multi-pronged disaster for America. Beyond the nebulous war’s estimated price tag (fraught though figuring that sum may be) well in excess of $7 trillion dollars, this policy of war-writ-large bears culpability for an inestimable human toll \u2014 organizations and groups attempting to document an accurate body count due the War on Terror have, often in frustration, reported anywhere from a half million to more than 2 million people may have perished via direct and indirect effects of this endless belligerence.
\nYemen, similarly to Afghanistan and Iraq, has borne the brunt of this untenable U.S. policy.
\nThere are 28 million people living in Yemen \u2014 18 million of them are said, by the United Nations, to be on the brink of famine. Reports say the number of Yemeni dead has now surpassed 85,000. There are 2 million suspected cases of Cholera \u2014 an epidemic exploding with 10,000 new cases each week. Without desperately needed food and supplies, it is estimated at least 2 million children suffer from malnourishment. Every 10 minutes a child dies from starvation in Yemen due to the war.
\nLast week, the Senate passed a motion, 63 to 37, to open for debate this coming Monday the U.S.’ War Powers Resolution \u2014 intended to curtail overreach of power by the president on matters of war \u2014 and, specifically, to address whether or not American support for the Saudi quagmire in Yemen shall continue. To ensure against defeat by veto, 67 votes are needed; then the House must pass a similar bill with 290 votes.
\nTo be clear, this is a vote to end U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen \u2014 to end arguable complicity in a horrifying humanitarian disaster \u2014 and, optimistically, to save untold thousands of lives, or more, in the process.
\nU.S. Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado voted against the measure; Senator Michael Bennet, in favor.
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