Biden claimed to end ‘offensive’ support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen back in 2021 but continued to back the bombing campaign

It saves SA from the effort of hijacking (SA is good at hijacking) Yemeni aircraft…if Yemen has any aircraft.

by Dave DeCamp

The US is expected to resume the sale of “offensive” weapons to Saudi Arabia, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

US officials told the paper that President Biden was expected to lift a ban on the sale of offensive weapons to Riyadh that he put in place over three years ago, although US support for Saudi Arabia has continued.

In February 2021, President Biden said he would end “offensive” support for Saudi Arabia’s brutal war in Yemen and paused a bomb sale to Riyadh. However, the US continued to support the Saudi bombing campaign, as it was revealed a few months later that the US was still servicing Saudi warplanes.

President Biden also continued to push forward arms deals for Saudi Arabia, including a $650 million air-to-air missile deal, which the administration claimed was for defense. Before the Saudis and the Houthis reached a truce at the end of March 2022, Riyadh launched heavy airstrikes in Yemen, and it was one of the deadliest periods of the war for Yemeni civilians.

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