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Biden's shift in foreign policy offers a slim glimmer of hope for ending the Yemen conflict, with Saudi Arabia pressured to initiate peace talks amid escalating tensions.
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The full transcript provides a deeper understanding of the Yemen conflict and the role of the United States in exacerbating it, shedding light on the potential for peace through diplomatic efforts.
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Well, howdy there, Internet people. It's Beau again.
So today we're going to talk about some news coming out of the peninsula.
Some good news for a change. Good-ish.
It's not great news. We're not like throwing a party or anything.
But there is reason for hope, which is, I mean, that's a nice change.
Okay. So if you remember not too long ago,
the Biden administration decided it was going to review some Trump-era deals
involving supplying certain equipment to different countries.
One of the things the Biden administration decided to do
was no longer supply offensive equipment to Saudi Arabia
for their campaign there on the peninsula.
At the time, a lot of people criticized it and said that,
well, we're still supplying them. We're supplying them defensive stuff,
and maybe it'll be used both ways.
And there was a lot of criticism of it, as if it didn't go far enough.
The Saudis have now offered a peace deal.
They have offered a peace deal dealing with Yemen.
It's not a good deal. It's not going to be accepted.
I'm 95% sure it won't be accepted.
It is not a...it does not go far enough.
However, it's a start.
Saudi Arabia is kind of on its heels there.
They have lost one of their major suppliers.
The UAE has pulled out, kind of.
Support is not what it once was.
So peace is on the table.
But the deal they offered, really, it's more like a ceasefire
that might kind of eventually lead to peace.
It's not enough to motivate the opposition.
So what's going to happen?
Most likely, it's going to become more intense.
There's probably going to be short-term escalation
as both sides attempt to strengthen their hand
before they actually sit down to talk
and actually try to work out a real peace deal.
For the first time in half a decade, though,
peace actually appears possible,
like something that could happen within a year.
That's really good.
If you don't know about the situation there, it is bad.
It's really bad, and it's been bad for a long time.
And a whole lot of it, to be super clear on this,
is the fault of the United States,
because we did, for a long time, provide the support,
the equipment, the logistics, the intelligence,
to make it bad.
I don't want to go through the whole thing,
but basically, it turned into a Saudi-Iranian proxy conflict.
Because of that, the US thought it had interests,
and a whole bunch of innocent people
got caught in the crossfire.
Now, with Biden's new foreign policy,
his plan to bring Iran out, we can't appear oppositional.
So all of this has to wind down.
Biden has made it a pillar of his foreign policy
in the Middle East to end this conflict.
I would imagine the US government
has put substantial pressure on the Saudi government
to issue this first peace proposal,
even though, to be clear, it is absolute garbage.
It doesn't go far enough.
It's not a real peace deal.
But it's the starting point to get to real talks.
The bad news is that, until that happens,
both sides will intensify their efforts
so they have a stronger hand at the negotiating table.
At this point, Saudi Arabia is probably
going to end up in the weaker position
when they finally get to the table.
But that's subject to a lot of the fog of war type stuff.
There's a whole lot of stuff that could happen.
But take away, there is a slim glimmer of hope
that that conflict can finally be brought to an end.
Anyway, it's just a thought.
Y'all have a good day.
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