Other big story is invisible

Rarely have I seen an important story grab hold of the public like the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. Many I encounter bring up the fateful confrontation between Brett and his accuser without being prompted. "Did you see that hearing" they exclaim. As important as Kavanaugh's Supreme Court appointment is, there is another big story I lament gets nary a word of coverage in the media or from the lips of people I encounter. It concerns our criminal war of near genocide we're conducting against Iran inside the decimated country of Yemen, fought by our Saudi and Gulf State proxies. If that sounds incredibly complicated...it is. Suffice to say the Saudis intervened in the Yemen civil war in March, 2015, with our complete support, to deflect growing Iranian influence in the region. Over 15,000 dead, a million suffering cholera, and millions more displaced or starving has had virtually no impact on Congress which has sole war making power short of handing it off to the president; in this case first Obama, now Trump. But the carnage has gotten so grotesque that 24 House members, including 2 from America's war obsessed Republican party, have introduced a bi-partisan bill under the War Powers Act to end US war crimes in Yemen. Rep. Ro Khanna of California introduced a similar bill last year that war mongering House leaders wouldn't even bring to a vote. Khanna's 24 member coalition will demand a vote this time round. Why? Casualties have skyrocketed 164% since June with 500 killed in a 9 day period, including 51 kids in a school bus hit by a US bomb dropped by a Saudi plane refueled by Uncle Sam. When the other 411 House members get to vote to end these atrocities, they should contemplate how they might feel about another country dropping a bomb on a school bus carrying their kids or grandkids. Don't count on them to do that. The eventual vote will be a lop sided and ringing endorsement of perpetual war, America's most profitable export, and its plague on humanity.