Common Dreams 
By JAKE JOHNSON
U.S. President Joe Biden’s advisers are reportedly discussing a possible trip to Saudi Arabia this spring to urge the kingdom to ramp up oil production amid fears of a supply shortage as the United States mulls a ban on Russian crude imports.
But progressive members of Congress and anti-war commentators were quick to pan the idea of further deepening U.S. ties with Saudi Arabia, pointing to the years-long, catastrophic assault the kingdom has been waging on Yemen since 2015—often with military and diplomatic support from the U.S. government.
“Our response to Putin’s immoral war shouldn’t be to strengthen our relationship with the Saudis, who are currently causing the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet in Yemen,” U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) wrote in a Twitter post late Sunday. “Yemenis might not matter to some geopolitically, but their humanity should. This is a wildly immoral act.”…
