U.S. Senators on Wednesday unveiled a measure aimed at ending U.S. support for the Saudi-led alliance in the war in Yemen, in a rare attempt to force Congress to vote against and oppose the White House. , who has approved the engagement. The proposal calls for a Senate vote to "withdraw US forces from a war (whose involvement) has not been approved," Republican Sen. Bernie Saunders, a Republican, said in a statement. Lee and Democrat Chris Murphy.
"We believe that since Congress has not declared war or authorized the use of military force in this conflict, US involvement in Yemen is unconstitutional and unwarranted, and US military support for the Saudi military alliance must end." Saunders, the unfortunate Democratic nominee to run for the party in the 2016 presidential election, continued. US President Donald Trump and his top advisers hinted in October that his government would not seek his approval. to launch military operations abroad in the future.
Since 2001, Presidents George Walker Bush, Barack Obama and now Donald Trump have practically been able to rely on laws approving the use of military force, passed immediately after the 11/2001 attacks, to launch operations against jihadist organizations. in the four corners of the world. But many Democrats, as well as some Republican lawmakers, have denounced this 15-year-old mandate, which allows for virtually U.S. military involvement without any time or other restrictions.
For Mike Lee, the proposed measure would allow Congress to regain power over the executive when it comes to foreign policy decisions. The US parliament "can authorize, or refuse to authorize, a military engagement and determine US national interests," he explained. As suggested, senators stress that under a 1973 decision, US forces involved in armed conflict abroad without a declaration of war "may withdraw from the presidency if Congress so decides." USA.
Washington has been supplying weapons and ammunition since 2015, channeling intelligence gathering and refueling Saudi-led coalition aircraft involved in the war against Shiite, pro-Iranian Houthi rebels in Yemen. The war, the last phase of which lasts three years, has claimed the lives of more than 10.000 people and, according to the UN, has caused "the worst humanitarian crisis in the world".