Yemen War: US Support for Saudi Arabia and Strikes on Hudaydah

Well, the US is also a staunch supporter of Saudi Arabia, who's fighting the Houthi movement Ansar Allah. New footage has emerged that's said to show strikes on the Yemeni port of Hudaydah, located on the country's Red Sea coast. Ships and commercial freight trucks were reportedly set ablaze. Let's cross live to

Yemen-based journalist Hussein Al-Bukhaiti.

Many thanks for joining us on the program. It's good to see you.

So the US has long supported, as we know, Saudi Arabia in this conflict with the Houthis. How do you think the Democrats' gains in Congress might change Washington's policy on Yemen, and what might that mean for the Houthis and the wider region?

Uh, to be honest, uh, I think it will not, uh, change it because we remember that when the war started against Yemen, it was started during Obama.

Uh, and as soon as the war was declared by Adel al-Jubeir, the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Washington, United State and the White House, Obama administration, has released a statement, uh, fully supporting the war and the aggression against, uh, Yemen and with everything.

Uh, so, uh, I mean, uh, look, the, the United State actually is controlled by, by lobbyists. I mean, it doesn't matter who is in power.

I mean, just imagine Obama, who has got the, the, the, the, the, the Nobel Peace Prize. He has struck with Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirate, the largest, uh, uh, arm sales in, in, in the history of the, of the United State. And as well during Obama, it was the creation of ISIS in Iraq. It was as well the, the terrorist attack,

uh, uh, uh, against, uh, Syria. It was the war in Libya.

And all this war has killed and injured millions of civilians, many of, ma- many of whom are woman and children, by suicide bombers, by the killing, by the slaughtering that was, uh, ISIS, uh, uh, conducted or by the direct attack from the United State against, against, uh, Libya.

Uh, so it doesn't matter actually who is, who is in power.

But to be honest with you, uh, uh, uh, I do, me, me, myself personally, I do prefer the, the, uh, that the, the Republican are in power because at least the Republican, when they launch a war, they send their troops. At least you can fight them back.

But the United States, especially during Obama or during the Democrat, they have launched wars all across our region without losing a single, uh, uh, American, uh, soldiers. But the invasion of Iraq and the invasion of Afghanistan was directly, uh, uh, uh, by the, by, by, by a Republican president. United State has lost thousands

of the, uh, soldiers. Tens of thousands, uh, were injured.

And as well the war on, on Iran, it resulted in the attack against all United, uh, bases, uh, in, in, in the region.

Mm. And it might as well at one point force the United State to withdraw, uh, from, from the region. That's why actually the decision in the United State is controlled actually, uh, by the Zionists.

Yeah, we all remember, don't we, that ending foreign wars was a big part of Donald Trump's election campaign pre-2024, and actually got considerable support within MAGA.

But figures like Marjorie Taylor Greene and others, they felt let down by the shift towards the, the Lindsey Graham war hawk faction of the party.

Do you think voters punished Trump for abandoning his own agenda?

Yeah, I believe this actually as, uh, as a result of the failure in the war against, uh, uh, against Iran and the amount of money that has been spent, as well the reputation of the United State as one of the most powerful country, uh, uh, uh, in the world, that no one has ever attacked its ships since, uh,

uh, uh, uh, uh, the World War II. Uh, so this actually, uh, I think is one of the result. And as well the prices ha- has gone up, and one of the most, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, strongest weapons that the Iranian have is the closure of the Hormuz, uh, uh, uh, uh, Strait,

which has resulted in increase, uh, high increase in, in, in oils, and which as well affected as well the United State economy and the price of goods. And I think this actually is, uh, is, uh, uh, is a result.

Uh, but look, I mean, we've seen now that the, the Democrat, they are actually in control of the Senate and as well of the Congress.

Will this actually affect the region? Mm.

Will this stop Trump from launching a war?

No, because in the United State Constitution, uh, the president cannot launch a war against a foreign country unless he get a green light from the Congress and from the, the, the Senate.

Trump has launched a war against, uh- ... against Yemen, has launched a war against Iran.

... against Yemen, has launched a war against Iran.

Did he get any green light? Did, uh, I mean, uh, I mean, it's against the Constitution, and still he did it.

Yeah. So what will affect- Well, look- ... what will this, uh, uh, new, uh, midterm, uh, election result, uh, affect? I think that Trump actually it will make him, uh, uh, to go ahead with his war, and I expect a huge war in the region- Well, you know, looking- ... by the United, uh, by the Trump before the end of this year.

Sorry to interrupt. Looking on the bright side, you know, if Democrats are now controlling both chambers, m- perhaps this might create an opening for renewed diplomacy and a re- and a return to an agreement on, uh, Iran's nuclear program, for example. Do you think that's a possibility?

Uh, no, no, I don't think so. I mean, it, I, I, I believe if this, if the Senate and the, uh, um, Congress will try to take any decision against, uh, against Trump, any decision, direct decision against Trump or against its war, I know that the Zionists and Netanyahu and the,

uh, and the AIPAC, they will work hard, and they will spend millions, maybe tens of millions of dollar, to bribe Democrat to stop them from, uh, voting, uh, in, in, in favor of anything against Trump that will limit his, his power to launch a war in the region.

This actually, uh, uh, uh, uh, the, the...

And we, and you're gonna see, and, uh, uh, that the, the war against Iran, maybe a war against Yemen and the region, it will take place, uh, before the end of this year. Uh, because Trump now, he's, he's sure that, that his party will not win, uh, uh, the, the, the, the next, uh,

uh, uh, election, the next US president election.

So I think, uh, he will try to do whatever it, it take at least to set the entire regi- uh, uh, region on fire.

So by January, do you think we can see any changes in the region?

Perhaps the new Democratic majority can, uh, put limits, meaningful limits, on US military aid to Israel, or even challenge the current level of support. Is that something you expect to see?

No, no, no. I, th- th- th- this actually is not gonna happen.

If, if more, if, if many of, o- o- of the Senate and the Congress, even for, uh, the Democrat, they are supported by the Zionists, by AIPAC.

Hundreds of million is spent for them, even for the Democrat.

Do you think that they are gonna be allowed to vote against, uh, uh, against, uh, uh, like to, to stop the aid to the Zion state of Israel? No, they know as long...

If they do that, they will lose the election at, at, uh, like the, the next election. The, the AIPAC will support another Democrat, and they know that.

So there's nothing actually. The United State, it just, I mean, I mean, the United State, uh, uh... I mean, the, the, in the last 100 years, 100 years, the, their, the, their action and their po- their policy has not changed. So what will happen now?

What, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh... I mean, is it gonna change? No, I don't think so.

But I think the region actually, uh, gonna, gonna change.

I believe that if any war will be, uh, launched against Iran or against Yemen, that the, the entire region will be set on fire, but as well it will be set on fire on the head of the United States president, present in our region.

And I believe, uh- ... that the war will be launched a- against the region in the, be- ... that the war will be launched a- against the region in the, be- before the end of this year. And this will actually result, uh, in the end of the presence of the United State in the region because it was, it's clearly to those Gulf state

that the United State could not protect the, uh, uh, their partnership.

They could not protect, uh, uh, those country.

They couldn't even protect, uh, their bases.

So there is no reason for, of, uh, of, for them, uh, to stay in our region.

Mm. And the only thing that those country, uh, to protect themselves, the Gulf state, they could actually use something simple and s- s- free.

Yeah. Don't throw rocks at your neighbors- Well, we'll be watching closely, of course ... if your house made of glass.

Thank you so much for speaking to us today.

Thank you. We've been talking to Hussein Al-Bukhaiti, Yemen-based journalist. Thank you.