amy: we are going to go to break and come back to this discussion and radhya al-mutawakel ruhan nagratheir report is "day of judgment: the role of the u.s. and europe in civilian death, destruction, and trauma in yemen." bill hartung will also joined us about his report. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!,!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. the ring code as we continue our conversation with the u.s.-backed, saudi and uae-led war on yemen, i want to bring in william hartung, the director of the armed security budget for the center of international policy. your silly wrote a report titled -- -- he recently wrote a report titled "'little sparta': the united states-united arab emirates alliance and the war in yemen." why is thee uae referred to as little sparta and by whom? >> people like jimim mattis s he called them that because he is akin to the greek city state, which is a warrior state, so he is saying good warriors but putting the royer skilllls to vy dedevastating results, which noe of us should be supporting. i

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