In Hypocritical Eyes, Differences Between Aggression and Self-defense in Yemen vs. Ukraine

On Mar 8, 2022

The Russian military operation in Ukraine formed an event that the world has stopped to watch carefully. It was covered by the media and public concerns in the world, including Yemen, although under war and blockade.

We can not analyze this switch from its extensive dimensions, but we will try to describe it from a Yemeni perspective, study differences and similarities between the Yemeni and Ukrainian cases, and view different views from the burning crisis in Ukraine.

It is noted that Sana’a is monitoring the Ukrainian crisis with severe caution, although some of the officials first welcomed Moscow’s announcement declaring the independence of Donetsk and Lugansk.

Perhaps the “enemy of your friend is an enemy” was used, meaning that Russia is a historic enemy of the US. As the US and the west have damaged Yemen and Yemenis. Western countries were in the forefront of supporting and pro-aggressive states in Yemen.

Some Yemeni analysts believe that Zelensky is like Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, being a doll in the hands of foreigners, and he made a mistake when he called for Ukraine to NATO (early 2021) and threatened Russia. However, others see that the Russian military operation is not different from the military operation that the US-Saudi launched on Yemen, and it is an aggression against a sovereign state, with a view to dividing and restructuring the political system.

Despite Sana’a’s is neutral but also will not be in aligned to Zelensky government in the trench itself stands Washington and Tel Aviv. Zelensky himself is Jew, and holds Israeli nationality, and has supported the Israeli aggression on Gaza, Yemen and Iraq.

Here, we must note the core differences between the Yemeni situation and the Ukrainian situation as follows:

Crisis in Yemen

In Yemen, there are artificial concerns and flimsy justifications to launch aggression on Yemen, under the pretext of “confrontation of Iranian influence” and “restoring the Arabs” and “preservation of Arab national security” and other slogans during the past years which are false. These countries of aggression serve the interests of the US, Britain and the “Israeli enemy”. Zionist officials admitted the intersection of Israeli – Saudi – Emirati intests in aggression on Yemen.

The goal that is not declared in the Yemen situation is the control of the US-Saudi aggression on the political resolution, fuel, marine trade and strategic ports and to divide the Yemeni land.

The Russian position in Yemen was never in supporting the Sana’a government. It has passed the UN resolution 2216, and has allowed the printing of illegal currency, without cover. It called for the political situation and ending the siege to address the humanitarian issue, but this is insufficient.

Crisis in Ukraine

In the Ukrainian situation, there is a historical conflict and Western attempts to join Ukraine to NATO, a serious Western and tangible threat, while Moscow is concerned with the face of this danger.

Vladimir Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, is following the restructuring of the ruling political system in Ukraine, in the sense that he serves Western American interests, and does not represent the interests of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, as he could stay on neutrality, rather calling the NATO to West Moscow.

The Russian-propelled goal is to prevent NATO stretching, and face the danger of Ukrainian nuclear weapons and form a representative government for all Ukrainians or at least not affiliated with the West.

Russian military operations will not last much, such as the US-Saudi aggression against Yemen.

The conclusion of the Ukrainian crisis is that Washington is not a good ally for her friends and they are fighting by them and not fighting for them, and many historical events from Vietnam to Afghanistan, down to Ukraine should be realized by the US mercenaries in Yemen, the region and the world.