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I'm thankful every day that I live in a developed nation that spares from this kind of suffering. We take so much for granted in the developed world, the cynici

I'm thankful every day that I live in a developed nation that spares from this kind of suffering. We take so much for granted in the developed world, the cynicism with which many of us view our own nations is naive and shortsighted.

danharaj 9y ago
Good chance that your developed nation is complicit or directly causing the conditions which made this cholera outbreak occur.
- bertolo1988 9y ago
  Can you relate to Europe/US? I have no idea about what is going on on Yemen.
  - danharaj 9y ago
    US: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/the-united-states-is-complicit-in-the-destruction-of-yemen.html http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/the-united-stat...
  - k-ian 9y ago
    https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/yemen-saudi-arabia-famine-starvation-uk-arms-sales-a7636586.html https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/yemen-saudi-arabia-fami... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/31/opinion/columnists/yemen-famine-cholera.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/31/opinion/colum... https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/07/13/us-and-uk-acting-above-law-support-saudi-war-yemen https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/07/13/us-and-uk-acti... This crisis is entirely man-made. Saudis are crushing the Houthi rebels, indifferent to civlian starvation and disease.
  - boomboomsubban 9y ago
    US and the UK are assisting in the blockade of Yemen. The US, UK, Germany, France, China, Canada, and Al Quaeda are also providing arms sales and/or logistical support to the Saudi Arabia led coalition. Wikipedia source, but I'll gladly edit if you can disprove any of their sources. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention...
- navigator01 9y ago
  I'd say more direct causes are the destruction caused by the Yemeni civil wars, religious opposition to modernization efforts and ongoing terrorism and violence perpetrated by extremists and separatist groups... Sure the West shoulders some blame but internal problems in Yemen itself have prevented it from developing.
  - nowarninglabel 9y ago
    You could say that, but you'd be ignoring the fact that the Yemeni civil war is a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and that the U.S. is the one backing, funding, and selling arms to Saudi Arabia to use in the war. It is also providing ongoing logistical support.
    - navigator01 9y ago
      Yes Iran and Saudi Arabia are also exacerbating the conflict. The US has been providing support to Saudi long before the Yemen war began.
      - lostlogin 9y ago
        One does wonder what Saudi Arabia would have to do before it lost the support of the US.
        stevenwoo 9y ago
        They can send the majority of the 9/11 attackers to the US and the US did nothing to Saudi Arabia, so of course our government is now more friendly with Saudi Arabia than any other country on earth. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saudi/analyses/wahhabism.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saudi/analyses...
        foobarian 9y ago
        Simple: run out of oil.
        9y ago
owebmaster 9y ago
Don't be so thankful because if your country lose (as it is probably one of the countries supporting this and other invasions on the globe), it might happen to be your time to suffer the same fate.

danharaj 9y ago

Good chance that your developed nation is complicit or directly causing the conditions which made this cholera outbreak occur.

bertolo1988 9y ago
Can you relate to Europe/US? I have no idea about what is going on on Yemen.
- danharaj 9y ago
  US: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/the-united-states-is-complicit-in-the-destruction-of-yemen.html http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/the-united-stat...
- k-ian 9y ago
  https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/yemen-saudi-arabia-famine-starvation-uk-arms-sales-a7636586.html https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/yemen-saudi-arabia-fami... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/31/opinion/columnists/yemen-famine-cholera.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/31/opinion/colum... https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/07/13/us-and-uk-acting-above-law-support-saudi-war-yemen https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/07/13/us-and-uk-acti... This crisis is entirely man-made. Saudis are crushing the Houthi rebels, indifferent to civlian starvation and disease.
- boomboomsubban 9y ago
  US and the UK are assisting in the blockade of Yemen. The US, UK, Germany, France, China, Canada, and Al Quaeda are also providing arms sales and/or logistical support to the Saudi Arabia led coalition. Wikipedia source, but I'll gladly edit if you can disprove any of their sources. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention...
navigator01 9y ago
I'd say more direct causes are the destruction caused by the Yemeni civil wars, religious opposition to modernization efforts and ongoing terrorism and violence perpetrated by extremists and separatist groups... Sure the West shoulders some blame but internal problems in Yemen itself have prevented it from developing.
- nowarninglabel 9y ago
  You could say that, but you'd be ignoring the fact that the Yemeni civil war is a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and that the U.S. is the one backing, funding, and selling arms to Saudi Arabia to use in the war. It is also providing ongoing logistical support.
  - navigator01 9y ago
    Yes Iran and Saudi Arabia are also exacerbating the conflict. The US has been providing support to Saudi long before the Yemen war began.
    - lostlogin 9y ago
      One does wonder what Saudi Arabia would have to do before it lost the support of the US.
      - stevenwoo 9y ago
        They can send the majority of the 9/11 attackers to the US and the US did nothing to Saudi Arabia, so of course our government is now more friendly with Saudi Arabia than any other country on earth. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saudi/analyses/wahhabism.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saudi/analyses...
      - foobarian 9y ago
        Simple: run out of oil.
      - 9y ago

owebmaster 9y ago

Don't be so thankful because if your country lose (as it is probably one of the countries supporting this and other invasions on the globe), it might happen to be your time to suffer the same fate.