Thread by @sarahleah1

Single most important article on US disaster in #Yemen & how we might avoid repeating mistakes w people of Yemen holding the bag. Doubt US will successfully negotiate peace, but at min must reexamine assumptions about US interests that tether us to madmen foreignaffairs.com/articles/unite…

Continued "defensive" weapons & operations, aka "reassurances" or appeasement WILL be a repeat of Obama admin mistakes. Note that not Russia, not China, is stepping in to fill the void for "offensive" weapons, insisting it will continue to fuel the Saudi UAE war

What's missing: any recognition that we owe amends to the people of Yemen, and that accountability is a critical requirement for avoiding repeating mistakes. Congress must DEMAND hearings to examine how we ended up helping kill 250K Yemenis, and what reparations we owe them

Key advice, likely to be ignored, by @dr_ulrichsen: "Yemen groups being propped up by foreign nations will need to sever these ties, focus on domestic issues. This will also require outside influences to relinquish their self-serving desires to shape Yemen’s future... dynamics."

@Dr_Ulrichsen Read more here on how #Saudi #UAE have f__d up #Yemen probs beyond repair, having zero to do w/ actual defense concerns and everything to do w/ domination (Saudi) & exploitation (UAE)

yemenpolicy.org/now-is-the-tim…

@Dr_Ulrichsen What @Rob_Malley & @stephenpomper also omit is a more critical exam of why MBS insisted on this war: much less to do w/ actual fear of Iran/"preemptive" war on their influence, and much more to do with MBS wanting a little feather in his tiny cap as a war champion.

@Dr_Ulrichsen @Rob_Malley @StephenPomper Also omit #UAE purely selfish goals of controlling South Yemen for own profits, even if it's meant fragmenting the country, supporting AQ-linked armed groups, literally firing on Hadi when he tried to land via helicopter, while still telling the world "we seek to restore Hadi"!

Not Russia, not China but the UK! Is what I meant to say...