In February 2021, One of Joe Biden’s first acts was to revoke the Trump-era Houthis terrorist designation and redesignate them as a humanitarian organization. Then he started giving them millions of dollars in humanitarian aid, knowing full well the Houthis reputation for diverting such money for terrorist activities. In fact, a USAID official told ABC News in March 2021 that Biden’s move would open up some $50 million to flow to the Houthis. Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the Administration was well aware that the Houthis have a reputation for diverting humanitarian aid for terrorist use, but expected the Houthis to abide by new commitments of use restrictions made to the international community.
The Houthis, also known as “Ansarallah,” came to power in Yemen during the Obama-supported Arab Spring uprisings that destabilized much of the Middle East in favor of terrorist-supporting governments. The Houthi slogan is “Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse the Jews, Victory for Islam.” On November 8, 2023 the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists shot down a $30 million MQ-9 Reaper US drone over international waters. Then they started attacking ships in the Red Sea. So Biden has decided to start a war with the Houthis by bombing Yemen. Reuters reports that the Houtis, said “five fighters had been killed in a total of 73 air strikes. They vowed to retaliate and continue their attacks on shipping, which they say are intended to support Palestinians against Israel, a popular cause in Yemen.”
Part of the Palestinian terrorist demonstrations at the White House January 14 included chants about Yemen showing the US who is boss. Now, during a tour of Nowhere Coffee Company in Emmaus, PA on January 12, Biden seems to have had a change of heart. Here is the exchange between him and a reporter: “Q. Are you willing to call the Houthis a terrorist group, sir? THE PRESIDENT: I think they are. Q. Was the strike successful last night, sir? THE PRESIDENT: Yes. It was very–I don’t think there’s any civilian casualties. That’s another reason why it’s a success. So, look, we’re going to get a chance to talk, apparently, at the–after the fire station. So, rather than–By the way, anybody want a coffee? It’s on me. (Laughter.) All right?” Yes, Mr. Biden, IT IS ON YOU AND IT’S NOT FUNNY.
Saying you are against terrorists and all their despicable acts on one hand, and clearing the way for them to receive billions of dollars in humanitarian aid on the other hand is worse than hypocritical. The Biden Administration, along with much of the rest of the world, wants to denounce terrorism when it first commits its atrocities, demand no defense against it, and then reward terrorism by sending it money in the name of humanitarian aid. James 1:8 says, “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” They take our hard-earned money and give it to evildoers, who kill the innocents, enslave and do harm to their own people, and enrich themselves in the process. Trying to characterize terrorists like the Houthi, Hamas, the Palestinian Authority and other Iran-backed groups as humanitarians is not only deadly, it is, say it with me…Stupidocrisy.
Sources:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-resume-aid-houthi-controlled-areas-yemen-amid/story?id=76395980
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/did-us-just-get-lured-into-war-with-houthis-2024-01-13/
