Two years into a Saudi-led onslaught against the defenseless Third World nation, the result has been 10,000 deaths, 7 million slowly starving to death, and the worst cholera epidemic on record.

The Guardian reported back in March: “Aid agencies have warned that Yemen is “at the point of no return” after new figures released by the UN indicated 17 million people are facing severe food insecurity and will fall prey to famine without urgent humanitarian assistance.

A total of 6.8 million people are deemed to be in a state of emergency – one step from famine on the five-point integrated food security phase classification (IPC), the standard international measure – with a further 10.2 million in crisis. The numbers reflect a 21% increase in hunger levels in the Arab world’s poorest state since June 2016…

…“The numbers affected are absolutely extraordinary,” said Mark Kaye, Save the Children’s Yemen spokesperson.

“We keep on talking about a country that’s on the brink of famine, but for me these numbers highlight that we’re at the point of no return. If things are not done now we are going to be looking back on this and millions of children will have starved to death, and we’ll all have been aware of this for some time. That will shame us as an international community for years to come.”

Al Jazeera now reports that the Saudi military is blocking fuel for UN aid planes destined for Yemen.  This is even after it has become public knowledge that over one million severely malnourished children under the age of 5 are on the brink of succumbing to cholera.

The cruel Saudi blockade of Yemen’s ports is to blame for the cholera epidemic, the starvation crisis, and will be to blame once this genocide of Yemen’s civilian population escalates.  In a year, there will be at least 7 million fewer Yemenis on this earth.  Blame can clearly be placed around the neck of the Saudi government.  Blame can also clearly be placed around the necks of the governments that freely arm these butchers.  The US government, the largest weapons dealer, by far, in the world, has as its number one customer, Saudi Arabia.

This US-funded genocide of a poor nation is occurring in broad daylight.  The facts aren’t hidden from view.  Genocides throughout history take on a different light after understanding the Yemen crisis.  “Why did they let it happen?” is the first question after learning about some historical atrocity.  It happened, and continues to happen, because no one really cares.

Severely malnourished, all under the age of five.  They will more than likely die, all due to the Saudi war of attrition on the poor country.

Weed-related catering business is booming in states where it’s legal.

Introduced by Senator Cory Booker, bill would legalize marijuana at the federal level.

Shot to death outside rehabilitation center.

Researchers are stumped so far.

Then again, does marijuana really impair driving ability?

Studies Show Medical Cannabis Could Stimulate Weight Loss

“Cannabis is often recommended for weight gain in patients suffering from diseases such as HIV/AIDS or cancer, in which other medications or treatments may decrease appetite to a dangerous level. Several recent studies have shown that regular cannabis consumption may lead to a lower overall body mass index. These results indicate that cannabis could help people with weight issues stimulate weight loss through the regular consumption of cannabis in some form.”

Clearly a man-made crisis.  The Saudis, Third World savages armed with weapons gifted to them by First World savages, are blockading the poor country, destroying critical infrastructure, leading to the pollution of the water supply, the starvation of over 10 million children, and the worst epidemic of cholera in recorded history.

I know of no one, much less the ridiculous humanitarianism-as-fashion hipsters, who know of these facts, or who could even locate Yemen on a map.  Regardless, their government is arming Yemen’s tormentors with the latest weapons of war, including the barbaric white phosphorus, and unleashing them in indiscriminate fashion upon a helpless civilian population.  The survivors will eventually crawl out of the rubble, and in five years, ten years, or twenty years, unsuspecting First World civilians will die at the hands of strangers screaming something about “Yemen”.  Westerners will look on, dumbfounded, and blame the resulting terrorism on their hatred of our “freedom”, rather than an ineluctable consequence of their governments’ previous war crimes.

The death toll of the US-funded, Saudi strafing of Yemen: over 10,000

The US and UK have given more than $5 billion worth of weapons to Saudis since Yemen war began.

The UK also has blood on its hands: “UK-made fighter jets are dropping UK-made bombs”

WHO: Yemen’s cholera death toll reaches 1,992. 419,804 cases of cholera have been reported since April, or 5,000 every day.

Saudis are deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure with US and UK weapons.

Photographic evidence of Yemen’s starving, malnourished, dying children.

Your own government is funding this atrocity.

Instead of complaining, the prohibitionist hold-outs should legalize and let their state and citizens cash in on the green gold rush.

Almost a certainty, given Trump.