“The Senate on Thursday delivered back-to-back rebukes of President Trump’s embrace of Saudi Arabia, first voting to end U.S. participation in the Saudi-led war in Yemen and then unanimously approving a measure blaming the kingdom’s crown prince for the ghastly killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.”
https://www.msn.com/fi-fi/uutiset/ul...war/ar-BBQVwF6
“It would end U.S. support of Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen, which is suffering from a humanitarian crisis thanks to the conflict. More than 10,000 civilians have been killed and 40,000 injured.”
Now, the outgoing Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, has blocked the House from taking up the Yemen bill.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ill/ar-BBQRkgF
Moreover, The Guardian states that in Yemen “up to 85,000 young children dead from starvation” - children!! – a fact that I find horrific, and brings up a sadness in me. Every time I see that on the news, my eyes tear up. Because, in the main, it is with American bombs and American money that all this is happening.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...e-the-children
The Americans under Republican leadership is complicit (insofar as I am concerned) in this murder.
Ryan is a card carrying Catholic, and one of the most Conservative of the right wing Republicans. As such, he is an active pro-lifer, opposes abortion rights, opposes same-sex marriage, opposes equity pay.
Contrast Ryan with the New Zealand Prime Minister, a woman, Jacinda Ardern, who voted in favour of same-sex marriage, believes that abortion should be removed from their Criminal Code, as well as decriminalizing cannabis. She was even the first Prime Minister in New Zealand’s history who marched in a gay pride parade. Her work on pay equity for women is historic. “Pay equity deal will see women in education support roles receive 30 per cent pay rise.”
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/edu...-cent-pay-rise
In Canada, the majority of Canadians tend to vote for a party rather than an individual (
leader), as opposed to what happens in the States, where most Americans vote for a person who embodies their ideal of “
leadership”; and, I think that is where the heart of the problem lies – a kind of cult of personality - of “
leadership”, especially
male leadership. And, I think that it is the belief in
authority that lies at the heart of this problem. It is evident and, I think, unfortunate that most Americans are never taught to “
question authority”
per se. Because of this deliberate and inculcated belief leading to this overt omission (supported by organized religion), it follows that there is always a rise of nationalism and its ensuing violence, all at the expense of those who are poor, those who are women, those who do not fit into the GDP ideal of capitalism, where profit is the bottom line.
I really wonder when a large sector of American women (and if) will wake up to the damage they cause because of their support of male leaders.
Also, speaking of violence, please note that gun deaths in American have reached an all time high - 40,000 last year.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/13/h...cdc/index.html