The UK will provide defensive military support to Saudi Arabia against attacks retaliation from Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels government, the prime minister has confirmed.

Speaking to reporters while travelling to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Andy Burnham said Saudi Arabia has requested support, “and on the advice of the defence secretary and the foreign secretary, last night I agreed to that request”.

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    The country who used to be the most evil empire who killed over a hundred millions of people oa still supporting oppressors and colonizers the Saudis, the use and Israel

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    this is useless. what you need, if you really want to fight yemen is men, which the uae pulled. this space is not only not going to be filled, but if it were now it’d be pointless. what you really need to do is carpet bomb all of yemen, another genocide, another holocaust, will the gringos be complacent once that’s done?

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    I just can’t help but feel like this is a waste of resources and political capital for the UK government during such precarious times

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      You don’t understand though because you do not receive money from filthy rich donors.

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      Apparently the UK is selling a lot of the bombs and planes to Saudi so that’s likely the motivation for this emotional support operation.