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[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The US gave/sold saudi the weapons that they're using in Yemen, so I highly doubt the US leadership is 'embarrassed'. But whatever the reason I'd be glad to see this conflict end sooner rather than later. Saudi arabia has spent the last 20 years arming themselves to the gills though, so I'm sure they'll want to keep using all that. And I'm sure Israel and the US would be happy to tell them where to attack next.

[–]fred_red_beans[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Saudi Arabia has demanded that aid agencies operating in Yemen should provide favourable publicity for Riyadh’s role in providing $930m (£725m) of humanitarian aid, an internal UN document reveals. ... Future grants distributed by [the UN aid agency] Ocha to agencies should be tied to the amount of beneficial publicity given to Saudi Arabia, the documents advises. It also calls for Ocha to seek favourable publicity for the Saudi humanitarian effort in Yemen in newspapers such as the New York Times and the Guardian.

And NPR does just that:

NPR - 'It Is Time To End This Conflict': U.S. Calls For Cease-Fire In Yemen

Despite concerns raised by international aid groups and some lawmakers, the White House has steadfastly backed its friend in the fray, Saudi Arabia, defending the Saudi coalition's efforts to prevent civilian casualties.

Because starving a country to death is certainly the best way to avoid casualties...