Magulu A 100+ Alimbikitsa Congress Kuti Ibwererenso Kusamvana kwa Nkhondo za Sanders ku Yemen

Wolemba Brett Wilkins, Maloto Amodzi, December 8, 2022

"Pambuyo pa zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zakuchita nawo mwachindunji komanso mosagwirizana ndi nkhondo ya Yemen, United States iyenera kusiya kupereka zida, zida zosinthira, ntchito zosamalira, komanso thandizo lazachuma ku Saudi Arabia."

Mgwirizano wa zambiri kuposa 100 kulengeza, chikhulupiriro, ndi mabungwe nkhani Lachitatu analimbikitsa mamembala a Congress kuti atengere Sen. Bernie Sanders 'War Powers Resolution kuti aletse thandizo la US ku nkhondo yotsogozedwa ndi Saudi ku Yemen, komwe kutha kwaposachedwa kwa kuyimitsa moto kwakanthawi. wayambiranso kuvutika m’mavuto aakulu kwambiri okhudza kuthandiza anthu.

"Ife, mabungwe 105 omwe adasaina, tidalandira nkhani koyambirira kwa chaka chino kuti zipani zomenyera nkhondo ku Yemen zidagwirizana kuti zithetse ntchito zankhondo, kuchotsa zoletsa zamafuta, ndikutsegulira bwalo la ndege la Sanaa kuti lichite zamalonda," osayinawo adalemba. kalata kwa aphungu a Congress. "Tsoka ilo, patha pafupifupi miyezi iwiri kuchokera pomwe mgwirizano wa UN ku Yemen udatha, ziwawa zomwe zikuchitika pansi zikuchulukirachulukira, ndipo palibe njira yoletsera kubwereranso kunkhondo yayikulu."

"Pofuna kukonzanso mgwirizanowu ndikulimbikitsanso Saudi Arabia kuti ikhalebe pagome lokambirana, tikukulimbikitsani kuti mubweretse zisankho za War Powers kuti muthe kutenga nawo mbali pankhondo ya US kunkhondo yotsogoleredwa ndi Saudi ku Yemen," osayinawo anawonjezera.

Mu June, opanga malamulo a Bipartisan House 48 motsogozedwa ndi Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Nancy Mace (RS.C.), ndi Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) adayambitsidwa Chigamulo cha Mphamvu Zankhondo kuti athetse thandizo losaloledwa la US pankhondo yomwe anthu pafupifupi 400,000 aphedwa.

Kutsekeredwa motsogozedwa ndi Saudi kwakulanso Njala ndi matenda ku Yemen, komwe anthu opitilira 23 miliyoni mwa anthu 30 miliyoni mdzikolo adafunikira thandizo linalake mu 2022. Malinga ndi Akuluakulu a bungwe la United Nations othandiza anthu.

Sanders (I-Vt.), pamodzi ndi Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) ndi Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), adayambitsidwa Chigamulo cha Senate mu Julayi, pomwe woyimira pulezidenti wa demokalase wazaka ziwiri adalengeza kuti "tiyenera kuthetsa kusalowerera ndale kwa asitikali ankhondo aku US pankhondo yowopsa yotsogozedwa ndi Saudi ku Yemen."

Lachiwiri, Sanders anati akukhulupirira kuti ali ndi thandizo lokwanira kuti apereke chigamulo cha Senate, ndikuti akufuna kubweretsa voti "ndikuyembekeza sabata yamawa."

Chigamulo cha Nkhondo Zankhondo chingafune kuti anthu ambiri azidutsa mu Nyumba ndi Senate.

Pakali pano, opita patsogolo ali kukankhira Purezidenti Joe Biden kuti agwire atsogoleri a Saudi, makamaka Crown Prince ndi Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, omwe ali ndi mlandu pazankhanza kuphatikizapo zigawenga zankhondo ku Yemen komanso kupha mtolankhani Jamal Khashoggi.

Monga momwe kalata yamagulu ikufotokozera:

Ndi thandizo lankhondo laku US, Saudi Arabia idakulitsa kampeni yake yolanga anthu aku Yemen m'miyezi yaposachedwa… Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, zigawenga zaku Saudi zomwe zimayang'ana malo osungira anthu osamukira kwawo komanso njira zolumikizirana zofunika kwambiri zidapha anthu osachepera 90, kuvulala pa 200, ndikuyambitsa. kuyimitsidwa kwa intaneti padziko lonse lapansi.

Pambuyo pazaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zakuchita nawo mwachindunji komanso mosalunjika kunkhondo ya Yemen, United States iyenera kusiya kupereka zida, zida zosinthira, ntchito zosamalira, komanso thandizo lazachuma ku Saudi Arabia kuti zitsimikizire kuti palibe kubwereranso kwankhondo ku Yemen ndipo mikhalidwe ikadalipo. maphwando kuti akwaniritse mgwirizano wamtendere wokhalitsa.

Mu October, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) ndi Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) adayambitsidwa lamulo loletsa kugulitsa zida zonse za US ku Saudi Arabia. Pambuyo poyamba kuzizira kugulitsa zida ku ufumuwo ndi mnzake wogwirizana nawo United Arab Emirates ndi akulonjeza kuti athetse zithandizo zonse zokhumudwitsa pankhondo atangotenga udindo, Biden adayambitsanso mazana mamiliyoni a madola m'manja ndikuthandizira. malonda ku mayiko.

Osayina kalata yatsopanoyi ndi awa: American Friends Service Committee, Antiwar.com, Center for Constitutional Rights, CodePink, Defending Rights & Dissent, Demand Progress, Democracy for the Arab World Now, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Indivisible, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, MADRE, MoveOn, MPower Change, Muslim Justice League, National Council za Mipingo, Revolution Yathu, Pax Christi USA, Peace Action, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Presbyterian Church USA, Public Citizen, RootsAction, Sunrise Movement, Veterans for Peace, Win Without War, ndi World Beyond War.