Peace Activists Decry Biden’s Betrayal of Pledge to End US Support for War in Yemen

 Anti-war and human rights activists have decried a proposed military support contract for Saudi Arabia as a betrayal of President Joe Biden’s promise to end American support for the devastating Saudi war in Yemen.

The US State Department announced Thursday that it has approved a military maintenance agreement for Saudi Arabia, worth $500 million.

“This proposed sale will support US foreign policy and national security objectives by helping to improve the security of a friendly country that continues to be an important force for political stability and economic growth in the Middle East,” the State Department said in a statement.

It is the first major military support proposal sent to Congress since Biden took office in January, amid criticism of Washington’s complicity in the grinding military aggression in Yemen, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people and created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

The package would provide continued maintenance support services for a wide range of helicopters, including a future fleet of CH-47D Chinook helicopters, according to Reuters.

Source: Press TV