[Pearls Before Swine]

Lucky for the Saudis is that the Houthis have the north of Yemen and the Sunnis the south, so the AQ types have to get through the Shiites to make trouble in Saudi. Its sort of a religious geographic sandwich.

That is an unholy sandwich, indeed. You're saying that the Shiites, who are supported by Iran and therefore have no love for the Saudis, are the bulwark between them and the more radical Al Qaeda Sunnis, who although co-religionists to the Saudis, want to get at them? The Middle East give me a headache.

[buwaya]

You got it.
The AQ Sunnis are much more dangerous to the Saudis as they have an appeal to the majority of the Saudi population, which lives fairly nearby near the Red Sea Coast - Jiddah, Mecca, Medina, etc., and lots of friends in high places, as we know.
The Shiites/Houthis in this case have friends only of rather different brands of Shiites (the differences between Shiites are good for several headaches) who are a monster desert away along the Persian Gulf (or the Arabian Gulf for Arabs).
So The Houthis are unlikely to serve as a sanctuary for AQ terrorists and guerrillas.

[buwaya]

You got it.
The AQ Sunnis are much more dangerous to the Saudis as they have an appeal to the majority of the Saudi population, which lives fairly nearby near the Red Sea Coast - Jiddah, Mecca, Medina, etc., and lots of friends in high places, as we know.
The Shiites/Houthis in this case have friends only of rather different brands of Shiites (the differences between Shiites are good for several headaches) who are a monster desert away along the Persian Gulf (or the Arabian Gulf for Arabs).
So The Houthis are unlikely to serve as a sanctuary for AQ terrorists and guerrillas.