Posted on 03/26/2015 9:57:39 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
The NY Times and the Financial Times are now reporting that the the former long term President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, is a major force behind the Houthi takeover in Yemen.
Saleh was forced out in 2012 during “Arab Spring” tumult, under pressure from the Saudis. These reports say that Saleh loyalists throughout the government enabled the Houthi advance.
The NY Times reports that Saleh wants to install his son as the next President. It also reports that Egypt has committed air and Naval assets to the operation, and will commit ground forces if needed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-houthis-yemen.html
I hope you’re wrong with the analogies to WWI, but these things start out like this.
ISIS is at war, and we’re still playing patti-cake.
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