What's up with Yemen?

[Bengalzona]

(02-20-2019, 03:00 PM)Dill Wrote: Ha ha, good work B-zona.  I would only add you forgot one "important" player here.  Houthi=Shia=support from what Shia nation which is SA's biggest counterweight in the region?  I put "important" in quotation marks because I think their material support is rather minimal. But WHO they are blows that support up big in the Saudi perspective, and is probably one of the primary reasons why Trump/Bolton are redefining US policy goals upward in the region.

Also, AQ was "in" Yemen before 2009 (remember the U.S.S. Cole), though it didn't have territory yet.  

The coalition of buddies includes Egypt (at least for the blockade) which got a serious bloody nose in North Yemen back in 60s when they stuck in 70,000 troops to oppose a Saudi-backed coalition there. ("Nasser's Vietnam" ME historians call it.)  Not sure why Egypt would help out now. Quelling the civil war is certainly in their national interest, but not necessarily in favor of Saudi Arabia.  Maybe there is an aid quid pro quo here.

NB: I read somewhere recently that Pakistan was now sending aid to Saudi/Hadi forces too.  Haven't found the link though.  Going to mention it anyway!

Well, I did mention how "they are Shi’ites and not Sunnis and, therefore, should either be dead or slaves", per the Saudis.

Got a puzzler for ya: Whaddya get when you combine secret U.S. nuclear technology slipped to Saudi Arabia without Congressional approval with existing Pakistani centrifuges?

Give up?


Ta da!!! Instant Saudi nukes!!!

(I'll give partial credit if you said wealthier Trumps)