Pompeo guarantees fail to assuage Congress on Yemen war
With bipartisan opposition to the Yemen war steadily growing, a Democratic wave in November could force the Donald Trump administration to end support for the Saudi coalition.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a certification to Congress on Tuesday that allows the United States to continue supporting the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthis.
A copy of Pompeo’s justification, obtained by Al-Monitor, characterizes the US role in the war as “limited defensive support” for its Gulf allies.
“Our support to the Saudi-led coalition promotes US national security priorities, including on counterterrorism and countering Iran’s destabilizing behavior,” Pompeo argued in the justification.
But as Democrats threaten to retake the House and possibly even the Senate in November, that support looks increasingly imperiled.
