Posted on 02/15/2015 12:00:33 AM PST by lowbridge
Earlier this week the United States and other western powers evacuated Yemen, citing concerns about security in the rapidly deteriorating country. On the way out of the country, U.S. Marines were instructed to destroy their weapons and U.S. vehicles were taken over by Houthi rebels.
Now, without a presence there, the State Department is arguing rebel Houthis can be trusted to keep their word and to respect the U.S. embassy until it can be reoccupied. Houthis have been seen on video calling for "death to America," just brought down the U.S. backed Yemeni government and have ties to terrorism.
Last night on The Kelly File, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki tried to explain why U.S. officials are taking the Houthis at their word.
"Do we want to return to Yemen? Absolutely. That's why we suspended our operations, we plan on returning when we can. The Houthies have said they're not threatening, they don't want to go after the United States, well the proof is in the pudding," Psaki said.
Anchor Megyn Kelly pointed out that the Houthis post signs that read "Death to America" at checkpoints and Psaki doubled down on her point about trusting the rebels.
"They have said they want the Americans, they want the westerners to have a presence in Yemen," Psaki said.
In September 2014, President Obama upheld Yemen as a success.
Yet another JuiceBox Kid at State? Surprise, surprise.
The State Department should go with it and hire Brian Williams as her co-anchor: "Jen, you ignorant..."
Just like all the others in this administration, when their mouth moves they are lying.
Couldn't we just fire the entire bunch of them and put the money to better use promoting Moochelle's school lunch programs?
Why do we have to be on the ground in Yemen?
We have command of the sea and there is no reason why we need to be on the ground there.
I’m sorry we left on such short notice and left our equipment and embassy, that’s bad planning and bad PR. But we should not have been there in the first place.
Who are we protecting? And why? NONE of them can be trusted.
I don't suppose that you have a link to that story?
A quick search doesn't turn anything up..
Or perhaps you were just being sarcastic?
It was on NBC TV. Brian Wilson as I recall made the report
Well, Thanks.
Ahem, looks like State was wrong again:
U.S. Navy ship targeted in failed missile attack from Yemen: U.S. by TigerClaws
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKCN12A082 ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3478556/posts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer was targeted on Sunday in a failed missile attack from territory in Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, a U.S. military spokesman told Reuters, saying the two missiles failed to hit the ship. “USS Mason detected two inbound missiles over a 60-minute period while in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. Both missiles impacted the water before reaching the ship,” Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said. “There were no injuries to our sailors and no damage to the ship,” he said.
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