Posted on 03/27/2015 2:22:48 PM PDT by Lorianne
Saudi Arabia and Egypt stand poised to conduct a massive ground invasion of Yemen, and the western media will be full of tales about how “Operation Decisive Storm” is liberating that country from the evil Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. And without a doubt, the Houthis are bad guys and so are their Iranian benefactors. But don’t be fooled into thinking that the war in Yemen is a battle of good vs. evil.
The truth is that the conflict in Yemen is actually a proxy war between two sets of bad guys that both ultimately plan for Islam to take over the entire planet. On one side, the Iranians are very honest about the fact that they view us as an enemy, and they plan to impose their version of radical Shia Islam worldwide as soon as they can. On the other side, the Saudis pretend to be our friends, but they don’t hide the fact that they believe that their version of Sunni Islam will eventually rule the world. And their version of Sunni Islam includes constant beheadings, the destruction of all churches and the death penalty for anyone caught smuggling a Bible into Saudi territory.
At the end of the day, there is very little difference between the Saudis and ISIS. In fact, ISIS gets a lot of funding from Saudi sources, and there is more support for ISIS on Twitter from Saudi Arabia than from anywhere else. Saudi Arabia is a horribly repressive regime where women are treated like dirt, where the secret police conduct a never ending reign of terror and where even a minor deviation from sharia law can mean the loss of a limb. But because our politicians and the mainstream media constantly tell us that they are “our friends”, we cheer them on.
It is being reported that the Saudis have mobilized 150,000 troops for a ground invasion of Yemen, and Egypt says that it is ready to contribute a very large force as well. The Saudis simply were not going to just sit back and watch as pro-Iranian forces took total control of their neighbor. The following is how the Telegraph recently described what the Iranians have been up to in Yemen for the past several years…
Let ‘em all kill each other and let Allah sort it out.
As I said earlier, it’s another case of bad against worse, but it’s not clear which side is worse.
Yes, we sure as hell should stay out of it.
The truth is that ISIS is simply just copying what the Saudis have been doing for centuries.
“Saudis have mobilized 150,000 troops for a ground invasion of Yemen”
18 million citizen. 8 million foreigners. Most of their army is National Guard, which I think we will find to be under trained, under supportive, and under equipped. According to various reports, they would have an extremely hard time presenting 150,000 armed troops. Maybe 150,000 personnel in total, but not armed.
Maybe our leaving half a billion dollars worth of military equipment and weapons there was a good thing. They can slaughter each other with our bullets.
Obama Doctrine: To fight a proxy war against ourselves.
(Hey, that’s pretty good...)
Red on red is always good.
Yeah, the Middle East tends to be like that. I had to explain that to a friend of mine during the whole Syria mess, he thought that just because the leader of Syria was a scumbag was a good reason to help the rebels.
***It’s The Bad Guys Vs. The Bad Guys***
Well now that they are all in the same place...
The enemy of my enemy is (not necessarily) my friend....
***It’s The Bad Guys Vs. The Bad Guys***
Well now that they are all in the same place...
Lumping these all together is flatly incorrect and ignorant. This Michael Snyder guy forecasts utter doom every other day. Fear sells.
The conditions for this war were gradually set over the last 15 yrs. But essentially started in 1979, in more modern history.
It is primarily a religious war, secondly a political one. This is what we get for removing secular dictators in that part of the world under the pretext of democracy.
One thing Sunnis and Shiites can agree on, is Allah wants them to convert or kill us Infidels.
If either or both sides get atomic weapons it bodes bad for us Infidels.
The mutually assured destruction deterent, won't stop them from doing what Allah wants done.
They go to paradise, us Infidels go to hell. - tom
“18 million citizen. 8 million foreigners. Most of their army is National Guard, which I think we will find to be under trained, under supportive, and under equipped.”
What other reason(s) do you think Saudis have for paying foreigners (include in that Egyptians, Pakis, etc..) to fight for them (apart from the fact that they’ve money to finance them if/when needed)?
Because they can. Simple as that. They’ve got billions laying around with poor people next door. Easy enough to hire them to fight.
It was the NG that did more of whatever heavy lifting the Saudis actually did in the Gulf War.
What do you say the odds are we see a little regional nuclear exchange in our lifetimes?
Saudis are funding ISIS.
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