so we're now joined live by robert naiman who's a policy director from just two foreign policy robert thanks for being with us here on our international. u.s. officials have admitted that special forces were sent to. the saudi arabia yemen border late last year to help fight the who the rebels now how does this change the picture of what is going on in the region so the key thing is that the new york times is reporting that the u.s. soldiers are participating in targeting. hooty targets inside yemen it doesn't matter where they are they are actively directly participating in hostilities with saudi arabia against hutus in yemen so the two key things about this one is that congress has never authorized it under article one of the constitution and work hard clause under section two c. of the war powers resolution which is us law congress not the president decides when the united states will use military force the pentagon lie to the u.s. senate when the claim the u.s. was not directly involved the second thing is that under international law united states is a cold belligerent it's not i

military support so it'll be interesting to see how they react to this foreign policy analyst robert naiman told us the u.s. position on the conflict is contradictory. to say that you support ending war while i know you are doing everything in your power to help one side and prosecute the war is a contradiction the saudi and united arab emirates could not continue the war and now us weapons we know u.s. intelligence is targeting and ridiculing and u.s. diplomatic support of united nations so they're alone no one when they say they want to and they are the united states government is participating directly crucially you can work under international law the u.s. is directly heated and u.s. is going to be equally liable for every saudi worker. to journalist have launched a legal battle in the u.s. over their alleged inclusion on a government kill list artie's came up and as more now the issue in tuesday's court hearing was whether or not the united states could take unilateral action against american citizens suspected of being terrorists now the two journalists did not i that they have any li

military support so it'll be interesting to see how they react to this foreign policy analyst robert naiman told us the u.s. position on the yemen the conflict is contradictory. to say that you support ending the war while you are doing everything in your power to help one side prosecute the war is a contradiction the saudis and the arab emirates could not continue the war now u.s. weapons without u.s. intelligence targeting and refueling and u.s. diplomatic support nations so they're lying they're lying when they say they want to and they are the united states government is participating directly crucially in keeping that were under international law if u.s. is directly participating and u.s. and legally liable for every saudi work. to journalists have launched a legal battle in the u.s. over there alleged to inclusion on a government kill list artie's it came up and has more. now the issue in tuesday's court hearing was whether or not the united states could take unilateral action against american citizens suspected of being terrorists now the two journalists deny that they have any links

military support so it'll be interesting to see how they react to this foreign policy analyst robert naiman told us the u.s. position on the yemen conflict is contradictory. to say that you support ending war while you are doing everything in your power to help one side and prosecute the war is a contradiction the saudis and united arab emirates could not continue the war and now us weapons we know u.s. intelligence is targeting and ridiculing and u.s. diplomatic support of united nations so they're alone no one when they say they want and they are the united states government is participating directly crucially you can work under international law the u.s. is directly related and u.s. is legally liable for every saudi war. two journalists have launched a legal battle in the u.s. over there are alleged to inclusion on a government kill list came up and has more now the issue in tuesday's court hearing was whether or not the united states could take unilateral action against american citizens suspected of being terrorists now the two journalists did not i that they have any links to terroris