False Narratives Regarding the War in Yemen

The War in Yemen has taken some radical turns in recent days. The death of Saleh represents a possible watershed in the larger war. The war is but a facet within a larger geopolitical puzzle which encompasses not only the Middle East but the entirety of the globe.

The Cold War was simple by comparison.

What's striking to me is that I find very few people are aware of what's happening in the world. This statement applies in general terms but specifically to the host of rather eye-opening, unprecedented and dangerous events that seem to dominate the news at present.

When I say news I do not mean in any way shape or form the various entertainment/variety shows that pass in the United States as news. Even the more serious shows are steered by bogus agendas and are more interested in sensationalising stories, creating pseudo-confrontations and harvesting sound-bytes than they are in helping their audience to understand what is happening.

This is deliberate and must be understood as the rotten fruit of a capitalist political system and its complicit and fully invested news media. The celebrity faces so many fools trust are not regular people like you and me. They are millionaires heavily invested in the Establishment system and the status quo. They are bought and paid for. It is futility to expect these people to report or produce news that will actually aid and assist the subservient classes of society to understand the world and make informed choices.

That's not their task. In fact it would subvert the existent order.

This is made abundantly clear when 60 Minutes reports on Yemen and fails to mention US connections to the Saudi regime and/or its complicity in the war through logistics and weapons sales.

This is egregious reporting and deliberately misleading. The Saudis are not loved by many US elites and many wish to put pressure on them. The news media gets to tell the story and utilise the dramatic images but does nothing to help the audience understand what's actually happening.

The State Department can make some public demands on the Saudis, manipulate them and even coerce them. The media helps in this and the public, understandably affected by images of starving children has been properly groomed. The story is a classic false expose. It tells of the scandal and tragedy but by the end of the story... it has functioned as a means of cover-up.

CBS can say they've covered the Yemen War and they might even get a trophy or two for their pathetic reporting. But again, unless someone is engaged in the history and politics of the region, they have really learned nothing about what's happening. Worse, they've been misled.

https://theintercept.com/2017/11/20/60-minutes-yemen-war-us-involvement/