Saudis lead air campaign in Yemen

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Re: Saudis lead air campaign in Yemen

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Flagg wrote:
Stas Bush wrote:Heh, they aren't even pretending: they are not bombing the great bogeyman, Al Quaeda in Yemen, either. The 'goverment' of Yemen barely controls a few provinces. The only thing Saudis will accomplish is the partitioning of Yemen.

Funny how the US is completely silent on the matter. What happened with the 'we must stand up to dictatorial regimes that attack other nations'?
I don't know how I missed this post... Anyway, I recall just a couple/ few years ago the US was launching a ton of drone strikes in Yemen, presumably against Al Qaeda targets (and anyone unlucky enough to be within a hundred feet because PRECISION!) at the request of the Yemeni President. Hell, America may still be doing that. And I think the US will only actually have an issue if the Saudis went in all "Iraq vs Kuwait" and tried to annex it, which is pretty much something I just can't see the Saudis doing. Mainly because I don't think they want the trouble of having to deal with the issues Yemen is dealing with and they are fully aware that, even if it wouldn't necessarily end with the same result (a massive US led UN coalition kicking them in the balls so hard with a spiked titanium boot so many times everyone loses count to the point where 12 years later the US's and UK's "Coalition of the Intimidated and Bribed Willing" can launch a total invasion with the intent of overthrowing the legitimate government (even if they are assholes, which the Saudis most definitely are to the point of the term being an understatement worthy of a Guinness World Record) with one hand tied behind their backs and the other twirling a cane) but would cause the Saudis too much fucking trouble to be bothered with.

Oh and as a (morbidly/ terrifyingly) funny aside: The Saudis are now saying that if Iran builds a nuke so will they and very quickly (leading me to assume they are either lying douchebags which would surprise me about as much as the sunrise, or they actually have a program similar to the one the Japanese* allegedly have, where a bomb and/ or bombs can be built rather rapidly as they have the knowledge, technology, and ability to produce them but simply choose not to for various reasons) which would really suck for Iraq, Syria, and Jordan as I believe an Iranian-Saudi Arabian cold war would be proxy-fought (well, more proxy fought than they already are :lol: ) in those countries should such an event occur. Which leads me to seriously rethink my position on Iran having nukes, despite it virtually guaranteeing all of John McCain's and the rest of the war whores of every political persuasion's wet dreams about a war with Iran having ice-cold water being thrown directly on their fun parts.

*That's what an article in a magazine I read at least 12 years ago said, anyway. And no, as usual I can't find the fucking article because I can't remember where, when, or who published it which pisses me off to a great degree, so take that with a heaping spoonful of salt.
They're not going to build a nuke, they're just going to buy one off pakistan.
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Re: Saudis lead air campaign in Yemen

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News out of Yemen suggests that the Huthis, despite the military campaign by the Saudis and their allies, have gained lots of ground and are close to controlling the port of Aden.
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Good article about the proxy war in Yemen: Link
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