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USA: "We will give you anything if you let us do a genocide." Houthis: "No." (hexbear.net)

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[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 92 points 7 months ago

I still remember when one of the concessions (only concession at the time?) was "we'll stop calling you terrorists", as though Yemen was desperate to suck up to fickle Western opinions. I still remember when I saw a video of a Yemeni farmer who went to the states to beg congress to stop selling bombs to Saudi Arabia, recounting the horrors they faced when death could drop on them at any time with zero warning because they'd never see the jet above them, their children frightened of death coming without warning.

Our government can't be reasoned with, if you make the mistake of thinking you're dealing with human beings it'll be your funeral.

[-] egg1918@hexbear.net 29 points 7 months ago

Do you remember the name of that video?

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 29 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I wish, I haven't seen it in forever and trying to google it isn't helping. I found this, and perhaps this might be what I saw, although I feel certain what I saw was a guy dressed in Yemeni clothes rather than a business suit (this guy is from a farming family, so it's possible it's this testimony and some racism is playing its way into my recollection):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIb0wMfOFhw

EDIT: Also I faintly recall the guy talking about drone bombs but couldn't fathom why he'd be asking Congress to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia to stop drone bombings; it's entirely possible it's my recollection being somewhat caricaturizing and this is the video in question.