When I returned home after Vietnam combat, we were called “baby killers.” If there is combat in civilian areas, babies are going to be killed.
In Yemen, no one is safe from murder. The U.S. has stopped direct support for aggressive missions by the Saudis. However, American companies continue to supply equipment, intelligence and maintenance to the Saudi military. Our country continues to be complicit in the murders and starvation of babies, children, women and men who want nothing more than to live and care for their families.
Corporate responsibility for anything other than maximum profit is non-existent. U.S. companies trade the lives of Yemenis for profit. Yes, America has become a nation of baby killers. As of October 2021, the United Nations reported that more than 10,000 children and 233,000 Yemenis have been murdered or maimed by Saudi-led forces.
In 2019, a bipartisan Yemen War Powers Resolution was passed by Congress. This resolution was vetoed. A new resolution is needed to bar all U.S. support for the Saudi-led war.
As a veteran who knows firsthand the harm delivered by war, I call upon Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young to support a new Yemen War Powers Resolution to end killing in Yemen.
— Roy Wilson
Homer
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