Russian State Duma Chairman: US attacks Yemen for political reasons
(Baonghean.vn) - Chairman of the State Duma (Lower House) of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin said that US President Joe Biden decided to attack Yemen for political reasons to distract voters from failures in Ukraine and domestic problems facing the US.
"Biden needs a small victory to distract voters from his foreign policy failures in Ukraine and domestic problems in the United States. This is exactly why the Biden administration did not notify the US Congress about the attack on Yemen. This is evidence that the attack was carried out in pursuit of the political interests of the incumbent President," Volodin said in a Telegram post. Even Biden's allies "believe that his actions violate the Constitution," Volodin said.
The State Duma chairman also said that in the context of Biden's "extremely low" approval rating, Washington's decision to attack a sovereign state "renders international legal norms ineffective and abuses the UN Charter." Volodin concluded: "If the United States were a constitutional state, President Biden would be criminally liable until he launched a global war in the midst of his struggle to maintain power."
On the evening of January 11, the armed forces of the United States and the United Kingdom conducted airstrikes on positions held by Houthi rebels in several cities of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa and Hodeidah, using aircraft, warships and submarines. President Biden announced that the military action was taken in response to "unprecedented Houthi attacks" on ships in the Red Sea and affirmed that the attacks, targeting Houthi ammunition depots, launch systems, production facilities and air defense radar systems, were purely defensive./.
