5/18/23 Erik Sperling on the US Attempt to Keep the War in Yemen Going

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Scott Horton

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🗓️ 27 May 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Erik Sperling was back on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss the situation in Yemen. Sperling explains the recent pressure campaign launched by U.S. officials to dissuade the Saudis from making peace with the Houthis without first securing a number of American demands. Sperling and Scott go over what these U.S. officials want, think through how this effort can play out and put all of these new developments in context. Discussed on the show: “In Strategic Shift, U.S. Draws Closer to Yemeni Rebels” (Wall Street Journal) “US maintains intelligence relationship with Houthis” (Al-Monitor) Erik Sperling is the Executive Director of Just Foreign Policy. Follow him on Twitter @ErikSperling This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For Pacifica Radio, May 25th, 2023.
0:05.0	I'm Scott Horton.
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0:50.4	All right.
0:51.5	Introducing Eric Spurling from just foreign policy, he's a
0:55.2	former congressional staffer and has been working on the Yemen War ever since
1:00.7	Obama switched sides in 2015.
1:04.0	Welcome to the show, how you doing, Eric?
1:06.0	I'm doing pretty well, great to be here.
1:09.0	Really appreciate you being here and I kind of resent the occasion to be quite frank. I had a
1:17.1	conversation with my friend the Yemeni journalist Nasr Arabi what six eight weeks ago and he was smiling and laughing
1:26.2	as the first time and I've been interviewing him since 2015 it's this first time I
1:30.6	ever heard him laugh, I think.
1:33.0	And he was saying the war is over.
1:34.5	It's all good now, man.
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