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US official: US was surprised by collapse of Yemen govt
Yahoo! News ^
| Feb 12, 2015
| KEN DILANIA
Posted on 02/13/2015 8:01:58 AM PST by Leaning Right
The Obama administration's senior counterterrorism official acknowledged Thursday that U.S. intelligence was surprised by the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Yemen.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: houthi; houthisiran; iranhouthis; obamairan; yemen; yemenfailedstate
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This is appalling, and will certainly be the lead story on every news broadcast tonight. Unless, of course, Ted Cruz does something today like drive one mile over the speed limit. Then that will be the lead story.
To: Leaning Right
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:03:00 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Leaning Right
1949: Who lost China?
2015: Who lost Yemen?
The answer is the same in both cases: the State Dept.
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:04:00 AM PST
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: Leaning Right
“U.S. intelligence was surprised...”
Well you guys have earned your paycheck obviously.
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:04:05 AM PST
by
VanDeKoik
To: Jack Hydrazine
And Prince Obie didn’t know a thing about the collapse until Brian Williams reported on it from Yemen while dodging incoming rounds...
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:05:33 AM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
To: Leaning Right
This is so.......unexpected!
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:06:03 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
Betcha the NSA/CIA was not surprised. The W.H refuses to listen to the content and recommendations in the daily briefings.
It’s a surprise because all they hear is blah, blah, blah, is it tee time yet?
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:07:04 AM PST
by
USCG SimTech
(Honored to serve since '71)
To: Leaning Right
They were also surprised by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Same old, same old.
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:07:25 AM PST
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: Leaning Right
I’m not at all suprised that they were surprised.
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:07:27 AM PST
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
To: Leaning Right
Actually, it won’t be the lead story. Three letter news won’t cover one damned bit of it except for some blurbs about how the Marines had to sledge-hammer some M-9s at the airport.
F-16s, M1A1/2s, and all that? Not one damned peep.
‘It never happened. Under Obama? Hell no.’
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:08:03 AM PST
by
Gaffer
To: Leaning Right
How is it I can read a few articles concerning Yemen over a few months and I can see a collapse coming but these idiots, with all their resources, can’t?
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:08:29 AM PST
by
ryan71
(The Partisans)
To: Leaning Right
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:08:42 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Leaning Right
I wonder if US intelligence agencies were surprised by the level of incompetence of the Obama administration, after he came into office?
To: Leaning Right
I’m afraid it’s only a matter of time ‘till their surprised by something catastrophic inside of our own country.
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:10:33 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
To: Jack Hydrazine
One more foreign policy success for the obola regime. Terrorist take over a country and modern weapons provided by America. Where have we seen this before?
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:10:46 AM PST
by
peeps36
(Save The Tortoise And Kill The People)
To: baltimorepoet
If it doesn’t fit Obama’s narrative, he no doubt ignores it until he can’t anymore.
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:13:09 AM PST
by
rbg81
To: V_TWIN
I’m afraid it’s only a matter of time ‘till their surprised by something catastrophic inside of our own country.Again!
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:13:38 AM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
To: Leaning Right
We don’t even have a viable intelligence service. It’s been getting systematically emasculated since The Bent One and Hitlery embarked on their joint presidency.
What capabilities we have are being largely directed at the domestic population.
What can one expect from people running the state department who seriously believe that we can intimidate terrorists and despots with twitter hash tags???
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:14:32 AM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
To: DoughtyOne
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:14:37 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
To: USCG SimTech
Betcha the NSA/CIA was not surprised. Yep. From the article:
"Rasmussen also noted that extremists in Libya, Afghanistan, Egypt and Algeria had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group"
So here are four more places that might soon surprise the White House. Somebody ought to forward that list to Obama. Or at least attach it to the back of his golf scorecard.
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posted on
02/13/2015 8:17:52 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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