Bernie Sanders: Lead in the Senate to End Endless War, Starting in Yemen

Sen. Bernie Sanders

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As a candidate for President in 2020, Joe Biden promised to “end endless wars,” including the Saudi war in Yemen. These promises are enshrined in the 2020 Democratic Platform, where it says:

“Democrats will deliver on this overdue commitment to end the forever wars… Democrats will end support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen and help bring the war to an end... Democrats believe that the United States should support diplomatic efforts—not block them.”

Although President Biden deserves credit for bringing home the troops from Afghanistan and pushing for a ceasefire in Yemen, these 2020 Democratic Platform promises remain largely unfulfilled. As recently reported by The Nation, the U.S.-enabled Saudi blockade on people in Yemen continues, while the Intercept has reported that the Biden Administration is now slow-walking diplomacy to end the war. U.S. troops remain in Syria. The Biden Administration continues to take escalatory steps in Ukraine it had previously refused, such as its recent decision to transfer cluster bombs to Ukraine – in violation of the cluster bomb treaty and despite the opposition of 150 Members of the House and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. As the Netanyahu government takes unprecedented actions that threaten democracy in Israel, Israeli democracy activists complain that the Biden Administration is not speaking up forcefully enough against this to stop the Israeli government’s present course.

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To: Sen. Bernie Sanders
From: [Your Name]

Bernie, we need you to challenge the drift of the Biden Administration back to endless war. We call on you to:

1. Re-introduce your Yemen War Powers Resolution to end all U.S. participation in the Saudi war in Yemen, as you promised to last year, and encourage House Members to introduce a companion resolution in the House.

2. Co-sponsor the Murphy-Lee-Durbin 502B resolution demanding transparency and accountability for the U.S. role in the Saudi war in Yemen, as Senator Warren did in July. Encourage House members to introduce a companion resolution in the House.

3. Introduce a 502B resolution in the Senate to force the Administration to answer the questions of human rights groups about the transfer and use of U.S. cluster bombs in Ukraine. Human Rights Watch told Democracy Now that the Biden Administration was not being transparent about what cluster bombs they were transferring and what the “dud rates” of these cluster bombs are, which is crucial to how many children will be killed and maimed in the future by unexploded bomblets, long after the conflict has ended. Children in Laos are still being killed and maimed today by cluster bombs dropped by the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnam War.

4. Introduce a 502B resolution in the Senate to force the Administration to answer the questions of human rights groups about U.S. policy towards the erosion of democratic norms in Israel, consistent with the intent of Rep. Schakowsky’s “Supporting Israeli Democracy” resolution in the House.

Thank you in advance for taking action in the Senate to end endless war!