President Trump bragged about killing a group of “Houthis gathered for instructions on an attack,” along with aerial footage of the U.S. murdering a group of people.
“Oops,” said the President. “There will be no attack by these Houthis! They will never sink our ships again!”
The Houthis have never sunk an American ship. The Houthis have claimed responsibility for attacks on U.S. ships though.
How can we be sure that these people were planning an attack on U.S. ships? The last U.S. attack on Yemen killed civilians too so we should demand proof that civilian deaths are being avoided. And how do we know that this was a group of military combatants? Many are saying that these men were in a traditional tribal formation and they are not combatants.
President Obama came up with the precedent of calling any male of military age that was killed by the American military a “combatant.” Americans must be vigilant that this never happens again.
