Completely unexpected!
1949: Who lost China?
2015: Who lost Yemen?
The answer is the same in both cases: the State Dept.
“U.S. intelligence was surprised...”
Well you guys have earned your paycheck obviously.
This is so.......unexpected!
They were also surprised by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Same old, same old.
I’m not at all suprised that they were surprised.
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.’
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?
*Drink*
I wonder if US intelligence agencies were surprised by the level of incompetence of the Obama administration, after he came into office?
I’m afraid it’s only a matter of time ‘till their surprised by something catastrophic inside of our own country.
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???
The real world is a “surprising place” ... :-) ...
this administration is surprised by virtually everything.
Obama’s Illegals get 100% of Obama Admin’s Attention ,everything else , blah
Snoop dog is in the white house, cheech marin is taking over America, and we’re wondering why we have no intelligence gathering capability?
http://www.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2012/02/184310.htm
Yemeni Presidential Election
Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
February 21, 2012
On behalf of the United States, I want to congratulate the people of Yemen on today’s successful presidential election. This is another important step forward in their democratic transition process and continues the important work of political and constitutional reform.
Today’s election sends a clear message that the people of Yemen are looking forward to a brighter democratic future. But there is still more work to be done. As part of the GCC Initiative, Yemenis will convene a National Dialogue Conference to address critical issues of national unity and the fundamental structure of Yemeni government and society, while taking steps to address urgent economic, social, and humanitarian challenges. The United States, along with its partners in the international community, will continue to support Yemen as it works to implement these reforms and confront these challenges so that all Yemenis will have the opportunity to realize their potential.
Obama was shocked when he read about it in the newspaper.
When you have a complete idiot running things, every day seems like a brand new day!
Libya is gone too, with smart power! Wasn’t it another D administration when, surprise Pakistan tested a nuclear bomb?