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Buying Silence: How Arms Sales Keep The U.S. In The Yemen War | Graham Elwood

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Channel: Graham Elwood · 2018 · News & Politics

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Buying Silence: How Arms Sales Keep The U.S. In The Yemen War | Graham Elwood

An investigative anti-war commentary and foreign policy breakdown hosted by Graham Elwood for The Political Vigilante. Reviewing reports from The Wall Street Journal and National Review, Graham exposes how Secretary of State Mike Pompeo overruled his own diplomatic staff and regional military advisers to certify US aerial refuelling and munition transfers for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. Graham details internal State Department memos revealing that the Bureau of Legislative Affairs pushed for continued military support primarily to protect lucrative U.S. weapons deals and future arms sales. Graham analyses the catastrophic human cost of the conflict—including surging civilian casualties, mass starvation, and U.S. ordnance used in deadly strikes—while calling out corporate media networks for whitewashing military contractor profiteering.

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📚 Sources & Further Reading:
1. Wall Street Journal - Pompeo Backs Continued Support for Saudi War in Yemen: https://www.wsj.com/
2. United Nations OCHA - Yemen Humanitarian Crisis: https://www.unocha.org/yemen
3. Wikipedia - Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_Yemen
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In this video I discuss the following: 
✅ Mike Pompeo overruling State Department advisers to certify Saudi military aid.
✅ Internal memos: Bureau of Legislative Affairs prioritising U.S. arms contract revenue.
✅ Mid-air refuelling support and U.S. precision munitions fuelling the Yemen war.
✅ The humanitarian toll: Over 16,700 civilian casualties and severe childhood starvation.
✅ Corporate media complicity: How defence advertising shields the war machine from accountability.

⏳ Timestamps: 
00:00 - Introduction & The Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
00:45 - Wall Street Journal Report: Pompeo Overrules Advisers on Saudi Aid
01:45 - U.S. Aerial Refueling & Munition Sales in the Yemen Conflict
02:40 - The UN Casualty Toll & Euphemisms Around "Mitigating" Casualties
03:30 - Internal State Department Memos on Diplomatic Credibility
04:35 - Bureau of Legislative Affairs: Protecting Weapons Sales & Future Contracts
06:20 – Eisenhower's Military-Industrial Complex & Media Defense Justifications
 
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