NEW REPORTS INDICATE THAT SAUDI FORCES, SPECIFICALLY
TARGETED A DRS.
WITHOUT BORDERS FACILITY IN YEMEN.
IT WAS USED TO TREAT A CHOLERA OUTBREAK THAT IS BEING
EXACERBATED IN MONTHS.
MILLIONS ARE AT RISK OF CHOLERA.
YEMEN HAS BEEN DEALING WITH FAMINE AS A RESULT OF THIS WAR.
UNDERSTAND THE UNITED STATES IS
VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THIS WAR.
IT IS AGAINST THE REBELS IN YEMEN.
THE ONE PIECE OF GOOD NEWS IS THAT LUCKILY NO ONE DIED AND NO
ONE WAS INJURED FROM THIS STRIKE BECAUSE NO ONE WAS IN THIS
FACILITY YET.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW SUPPORTIVE THE UNITED STATES HAS
BEEN IN THESE EFFORTS ñ THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS
KILLED AND A HUGE PORTION OF THEM ARE CHILDREN.
IT IS GREAT THAT NO STAFF WERE KILLED IN THIS
ACCIDENTAL BOMBING.
AND THAT NO PATIENTS HAVE BEEN MOVED IN YET.
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT NO ONE WILL DIE AS A RESULT OF
THIS.
AND SO THE PEOPLE WHO WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO GO THERE FOR
HELP WITH THIS DISEASE ALREADY KILLED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
AND IS EXPECTED TO KILL MORE IN THE FUTURE.
WE KNOW THAT FOR A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER IT WILL RESULT IN DEATH.
IT'S CRAZY HOW MANY PROXY WARS ARE BEING FOUGHT.
OF COURSE WE HAVE THAT COMPLICATED SITUATION IN SYRIA
BUT SIMILAR FORCES ARE PLAYING OUT IN YEMEN RIGHT NOW.
THE REBELS DROVE THE PRESIDENT OF YEMEN OUT.
THAT PRESIDENT IS SUPPORTED BY SAUDI ARABIA.
SAUDI ARABIA GETS INVOLVED IN THIS WAR AGAINST THE REBELS
IN ORDER TO BRING THAT PRESIDENT BACK INTO POWER.
THE REBELS ARE FUNDED AND SUPPORTED BY IRAN.
IT IS COMPLICATED.
YOU HAVE THE UNITED STATES INVOLVED, BACKING THE SAUDI
EFFORTS.
UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION THINGS WERE NOT GREAT.
THAT OBAMA DID SOMETHING AT THE END OF HIS LAST TERM THAT WAS
GOOD, THEN TRUMP BASICALLY REVERSED IT.
LET'S GO TO GRAPHIC 17.
SO SAUDI ARABIA IS ARGUING THAT IF WE
WANT TO REALLY FINISH THIS JOB WE NEED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THAT
PORT.
WE CAN DO A FINAL OPERATION TO GET RID OF THESE REBELS.
SOME OF THEM INCLUDE ISYS FIGHTERS, SOME AL QAEDA.
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM AS THOUGH THE REBELS ARE INNOCENT.
BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF CIVILIANS
THAT ARE DYING.
OBAMA'S RECORD ON FOREIGN-POLICY HAS NOT BEEN GOOD.
IF YOU THINK THAT WAS BAD, GET A LOAD OF WHAT TRUMP IS DOING.
HE FURTHER EXPANDED THESE DISASTROUS POLICIES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN SYRIA, ALMOST
LITERALLY TO THE DAY THAT DONALD TRUMP CAME INTO OFFICE CIVILIAN
CASUALTIES SKYROCKETED.
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT US
LAWMAKERS LOOKING TO CLAMP DOWN.
WE TALKED ON THE DAMAGE REPORT THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN
ATTEMPTED VOTE TO PUT LIMITATIONS THERE BUT IT
DIDN'T PASS BECAUSE THE CONGRESS IS AWFUL.
ONE PARTY BETTER THAN THE OTHER ON THIS BUT NEITHER IS GREAT.
WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY DECIDED THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO USE WHATEVER
INFLUENCE OR LEVERAGE WE HAVE BRING AN END TO THIS CONFLICT.
AT THE VERY LEAST WE SHOULD NOT BE ASSISTING IN THE BOMBING OF
THESE FACILITIES.
WE ARE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION, PROVIDING TARGETING
INFORMATION.
WE ARE INTIMATELY WRAPPED UP IN THIS.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS AN ISSUE ñ
NOBODY ACTUALLY WANTS THIS, IT IS A THING THAT FOR WHATEVER
REASON WE HAVE DECIDED THAT WE ARE JUST GOING TO DETACH FROM.
AND SO THOSE WHO ARE PROFITING FROM IT OR SUPPORTED
IDEOLOGICALLY IN GOVERNMENT, THEY CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT.
CHRIS MURPHY WHO I BELIEVE IS THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN OF MY
FORMER UNDERGRAD, HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO DRAW ATTENTION TO
THIS, SO HAS BERNIE SANDERS.
IT IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY GET THE TRACTION WE
NEED TO PULL OUT OF THIS CONFLICT.
YES WE ARE INTIMATELY INVOLVED.
I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS IS THE GOVERNMENT'S STANCE.
THE REBELS ARE BACKED BY IRAN.
NATURALLY WE WILL SUPPORT THE SAUDI EFFORTS AGAINST THESE
REBELS.
MORE IMPORTANTLY IT ALWAYS GOES BACK TO MONEY.
WE'RE THE ONE SELLING THE WEAPONS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY WE GET INVOLVED IN THESE
CONFLICTS ABROAD.
SORRY TO BRING THIS POINT UP AGAIN BUT IT IS A GOOD POINT.
WHO IS THE US TO MAKE ARGUMENTS AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
AND OTHER COUNTRIES WHEN WE FUND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND
OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
WE ARE SUPPORTING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YEMEN RIGHT NOW.
CHILDREN ARE DYING AS A RESULT OF OUR ASSISTANCE TO SAUDI
ARABIA.