Seriously, why are we involved in Yemen? The U.S. now has Green Berets on the border with Yemen to aid Saudi Arabia in its conflict with the Houthi rebels.
How does this affect American security? Who authorized this? Has war been declared? What is the end game?
Perhaps there are good reasons why U.S. troops are involved in Yemen, or Niger, or Afghanistan, but it would be good to have a discussion in Congress on these matters. We hear over and over that we need to support our “heroes,” but we also need to understand why those soldiers are put in harm’s way in the first place. We’re supposed to be a democracy where those issues are at least discussed in public.
All good points. It's too bad that Congress doesn't have the guts to vote on war issues. It's obvious that they don't want to go on record in regards to approving a declaration of war. If Congress won't do that, we have no business there.
ReplyDeleteThe only reason I can think of for having troops in Yemen or on the border is to have safe shipping to and from the Suez canal. Maybe there are other reasons.
I think part of it may be to counter Iranian influence in the area, but that is just a guess. Nobody in the Administration is talking about it.
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