Posted on Dec 13, 2018
Opinion | This Is What Our Yemen Policy Looks Like
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"I’m giving up most of my column space today to introduce you to Abrar Ibrahim, a 12-year-old girl in Yemen who weighs just 28 pounds. Nothing I write can be as searing or persuasive or true as Abrar is in this photo.
Abrar is starving in part as a consequence of the American-backed Saudi Arabian war in Yemen. Members of the United States Congress are considering measures that would end our country’s support for the war. They should look at Abrar. Her emaciation reflects the reality that United States policies are contributing to the deaths of children in Yemen by the tens of thousands.
It is wrenching for me as an American to travel across this country and see the toll of my country’s actions. The most common war casualty in Yemen is not a soldier with a bullet but a child who is starving".
Abrar is starving in part as a consequence of the American-backed Saudi Arabian war in Yemen. Members of the United States Congress are considering measures that would end our country’s support for the war. They should look at Abrar. Her emaciation reflects the reality that United States policies are contributing to the deaths of children in Yemen by the tens of thousands.
It is wrenching for me as an American to travel across this country and see the toll of my country’s actions. The most common war casualty in Yemen is not a soldier with a bullet but a child who is starving".
Opinion | This Is What Our Yemen Policy Looks Like
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That's sad and something that some people in our country could see this and realize how blessed they are.
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Thank you my friend PO1 William "Chip" Nagel for sharing the perspective of NY Times which is somewhat biased based on my 40 years of observation since I was a USMA cadet. This image reminds me of the Biafra famine in Nigeria in the 1960s.
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