U.S. trying to restrain Saudi Arabia on deadly Yemen airstrikes

Los Angeles Times ^ | 4/20/15 | Brian Bennett & W.J. Hennigan

[Nachum]

Washington - Top Obama administration officials have failed for several days to persuade Saudi Arabia’s government to limit the scope of its airstrikes on cities and towns in Yemen, a campaign that authorities said killed nearly 50 people Monday in Sana, the capital. The U.S. effort to restrain the Saudi attacks came as the Pentagon moved the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt and a guided-missile destroyer into waters off Yemen. In all, nine U.S. warships are patrolling near strategic shipping lanes in the Gulf of Aden and the southern Arabian Sea. Officials said the growing armada is meant, in part, to deter Iran from shipping weapons

[Nachum]

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[scooby321]

The Saudis hate Obama and blame him for Iran in the first place

[Star Traveler]

The Saudis are right!

[Nachum]

The Saudi’s first attack was dumping huge amounts of oil on the market to destabilize American Oil production. That in turn is costing hundreds of thousands of jobs and forcing the closure of many of our wells.

Now, they are doubly pissed off that they are allowing the Iranians (their mortal enemies) to get nukes and are fearful that the catastrophe in Yemen will reach them. Obama is in deep doo doo here.

The Saudis will milk this for all its worth, and bomb the crap out of Yemen in the mean time.

[lavaroise]

Is our navy going there to protect Iranian ships?

[Fungi]

Truth from the LA Slime? Something is always missing—the truth. FU LA Slime! May you wind up in the trash heap of newspapers—wait, you are there now.

[The_Media_never_lie]

What good is an Air Force if you cannot use it to defend your country?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

When i lived there in the 90s, the biggest complaint our fellow European contractors had about the Saudis was the that they only looked out for their own interests. I always responded with “who the f else should they be looking out for?” For a while their needs have been the same as ours.

[Dog]

Now we are protecting Iran’s proxies...

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Obama wants to lose the battle for them.

[Netz]

Good luck USA. NOBODY is heeding Obama or Kerry's request about anything on any issue. These two clowns are the laughing stock of the world. All US allies now know they are alone even as Obama says to Israel, “I've got your back”, R-I-G-H-T! Saudi Arabia and other (former) allies will do what they need to ensure their survival.

[22202NOVA]

Well, obviously it’s needed so the pilots can get hot chicks!

[McGruff]

We should mind our own business on this issue.

[Patriot777]

Examine the possibility that our Navy is going there to shoot down Israeli fighters and bombers that are going after Iran ‘ s nuclear and military sites...

[The_Media_never_lie]

Wish we had a country in which our govt. looked out for our interests.

[DaveA37]

“Officials said the growing armada is meant, in part, to deter Iran from shipping weapons”.........

Do those so called “officials” not think that Saudi airstrikes doesn’t send a stronger message? (Officials, dumb asses most of them).