Posted on 03/26/2015 8:35:21 AM PDT by Star Traveler
Jerusalem is worried by the Iran-backed Houthi takeover of Aden, but Saudi Arabia is burning with anger, and not at Tehran
It’s little surprise the group got Jerusalem’s attention. In almost every demonstration held by Houthis in recent months, the slogans heard may as well have been taken straight out of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran: “Death to America, death to Israel, curse the Jews, victory to Islam.”
The Houthi Zaidiyyahs belong to a Shia school of Islamic thought which is distinct from the beliefs held by Shiites in Iran, but they act in accordance with the regime in Tehran, which supplies the Yemenite rebels with advanced equipment that allows them to wage battle on the forces of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
As the rebels have managed to sack much of the port town of Aden, pushing Hadi out of his home Wednesday and sparking Saudi-led airstrikes, the concerns on the Israeli side are clear.
Firstly, an Iranian takeover of the strategic Bab el Mandeb Strait and the possibility of a Israeli ships coming under fire with no one officially taking responsibility for such attacks would not bode well for the Jewish state.
But aside from the threat of assaults on ships, the Iranian-Houthi takeover of Yemen raises another serious concern for Israel, namely, the potential rising influence of Iran in the region, which will allow the Islamic Republic to improve its position during negotiations on the country’s nuclear program.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
FUBO!
Clown Prince nobama is golfing in FLA now. Leave him alone!!!!!!!
King Obama has destroyed the middle east and it will reach America soon. This black rotten Muslim is a communists traitor and should be shipped to Kenya, his radical Muslim brothers. The entire Democratic party are hard core communists with a few in Washington who are radical terrorists.
what’s the opposite of the midas touch?
The mold is broken. The US is no longer the cop of the world. In some ways that satisfies me but I know that it is not proper because where there is a vacuum created, such as US absence, something will fill that vacuum and it may not be good. On the other hand it may force others to step up and get organized. How that turns out is a risk the US has been unwilling to take for a long time.
We are now going to see what happens when nations are allowed to slug it out and settle their own problems... that is up until the time the Russians or Chicoms decide to take an opportunity.
The world is not safe. It never has been. Obongo has made it a lot less safe than it has been for a long time though.
Sooo,
Ya gots to wonder if the half breed quota boy is up for another Nobel Peace prize to go along with the first one he got for no mookabooken reason other that the fact he is a mooselimb punk???
I have many Israeli friends. I have already apologized to them and made sure they not blame all Americans.
Not sure what the gambit is on Iran’s part. Saudi Arabia should be able to kick the rebels into the sea. Iranian control shipping in the Red Sea perhaps? Excuse for Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia perhaps, in the defense of the rebels? It seems foolhardy on the Iranian part. These Persian asshats play chess. This seems to be a risky play that could easily spin out-of-control
More Middle East uncertainty equals higher oil prices equals more American production equals less reliance on middle eastern oil.
Chaos is a ladder.
Iran is climbing, Obama is helping, and Saudi Arabia is in the way.
I’m pretty happy to see the Saud’s deploying their troops. You can bet they won’t be applying any stupid ROE’s when dealing with Iran’s proxies.
Of course the media never lets on that the bearded savages are taking over. They are just “rebels.”
So 0bama has handed the middle east over to his true bosom buddies, the beard and burka crowd.
The good news is the realization of the Arab leaders, who are not Islamic serial killers, is simple. They have to kill/destroy Isis and the other Islamic serial killers in their world and not depend on America.
Is it a matter of time before they act on what has been my tagline for months?
“What’s the opposite of the midas touch?”
‘The putrid fecal touch!’
“I’m pretty happy to see the Saud’s deploying their troops. You can bet they won’t be applying any stupid ROE’s when dealing with Iran’s proxies.”
You are correct when it comes to the Saudi’s killing the Islamic Serial Killers.
More important is what will happen to the cities/idiots who support the serial killers!
Stirring the pot is what they are up to. They have a free pass with obongo... they know he will do nothing and they had better make good while the sun is shining. They may not have another opportunity like this for some time.
Yes, Iranian control of the Red Sea... that is why the Egyptians are getting into the fray... to protect one of their main sources of income... the Suez Canal. Egypt is expanding the Suez and they need the Red Sea open. The Brits maintained island forts in the area for a long time at great cost to do the same thing... protect the canal.
Saudi moved much of their tanker loading to the Red Sea side to avoid having the Hormuz risk... that is now threatened... that is why the Saudis are hot to respond.
The problem is though that once the deed of whacking the Iranians they may turn on one another. This is why the UAE offer to the Egyptians to take out ISIS was so discouraged. Powers that be were afraid the Egyptians would not leave Iraq because of the oil.
Recall, There was an Egyptian Empire before the Ottoman Empire. It was run by the Mamlukes and their dowfall was at Marj Dabiq in 1516. The history of the ME is twisted and complex and not forgotten by the adversaries and it is also checkered by shifting alliances. It is a history most of us do not understand and can’t take the time to unravel.
The Houti’s already attacked and invaded Saudi Arabia before. The Saud’s had to slug it out tp get the land back. Now they have Iran’s full support and 185 tons of military gear from Iran.
PLUS half a billion dollars worth of our stuff.
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