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Saudi Arabia Begins Air Campaign in Yemen

US is providing air support for Iranian troops fighting ISIS in Tikrit. I don't see how the US can fight against Iran in Yemen and support them in Iraq. That's just too confusing. So, maybe that's why the US pulled out of Yemen and let the Saudi's and their coalition move in?
 
I dont watch CNN.
If CNN is good enough for mbig, it's good enough for me.
This overnight live version has always been "straight" news with zero snark, just like Wolf.
If I can watch Bret Baier's Special Report;
Could become a direct war soon enough.
Looks like it's already a war.
I'm sure our MIC will be appreciative.
As well as our soldiers who won't have to die there .
 
US is providing air support for Iranian troops fighting ISIS in Tikrit. I don't see how the US can fight against Iran in Yemen and support them in Iraq. That's just too confusing. So, maybe that's why the US pulled out of Yemen and let the Saudi's and their coalition move in?

US isn't exactly buddy buddy with Iran, even if its fighting ISIS in Iraq. Apparently there's concern that Iran may retaliate in Iraq for these attacks.
But we are indeed helping SA. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/26/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN0ML0YC20150326

Question is what happens after the airstrikes? Ground troops will settle the conflict, not air.
 
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US is providing air support for Iranian troops fighting ISIS in Tikrit. I don't see how the US can fight against Iran in Yemen and support them in Iraq. That's just too confusing. So, maybe that's why the US pulled out of Yemen and let the Saudi's and their coalition move in?

Yeeeaaahhh I suppose you could word it that way. It was the Iraqi government that requested US airstrikes.
 
This world-wide Sunni/Shia civil war certainly had its fire stoked by Maliki.
I don't put it on either of the last two Presidents--blame is useless--**** happens.
At least the new guy in Afghanistan looks much better than his predecessor .

Yeeeaaahhh I suppose you could word it that way. It was the Iraqi government that requested US airstrikes.
 
This world-wide Sunni/Shia civil war certainly had its fire stoked by Maliki.
I don't put it on either of the last two Presidents--blame is useless--**** happens.
At least the new guy in Afghanistan looks much better than his predecessor .

Policies advanced by both the present and former president have made this possible. This wouldn't be happening were Hussein, Mubarak, Gaddafi and Assad still in control.
 
In Yemen, the embattled government has cooperated in the U.S. fight against terrorism.
Yup, the US basically supported a corrupt government and the 2011 civil war started when the president tried to amend the constitution to have his son inherit the presidency- the government then proceeded to brutalize the south and suppressed dissent while America looked the other way and then it now backfired. When you ally with scumbags like that you can expect trouble and its finally happened.
 
Whitehouse line...
We strongly urge the Houthis to halt immediately their destabilizing military actions and return to negotiations as part of the political dialogue. The international community has spoken clearly through the UN Security Council and in other fora that the violent takeover of Yemen by an armed faction is unacceptable and that a legitimate political transition – long sought by the Yemeni people – can be accomplished only through political negotiations and a consensus agreement among all of the parties.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-pres...pokesperson-bernadette-meehan-situation-yemen

I dont know that SA will be able to sustain operations in Yemen, its heavily armed, and all mountainous. Egypt had its Vietnam there in the 1960's.

Apparently the Saudis have intervened at the request of the established govt.

Saudi "war room"...
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Policies advanced by both the present and former president have made this possible.
This wouldn't be happening were Hussein, Mubarak, Gaddafi and Assad still in control.
Imagine if Reagan would have knocked out Gaddafi--but he couldn't.

I've noticed you making this case tonight.
Better the devils you know right?

Looks like we haven't learned how to Nation build after regime change .
 
Imagine if Reagan would have knocked out Gaddafi--but he couldn't.

I've noticed you making this case tonight.
Better the devils you know right?

Looks like we haven't learned how to Nation build after regime change .

So now that its clear we are aiding SA, any thoughts on how the nuke talks with Iran are going to turn out?
 
So now that its clear we are aiding SA, any thoughts on how the nuke talks with Iran are going to turn out?

Ordinarily, I might mention that diverting to the nuke talks is one of yer classic derails.
I'm sure we'll hear more about the nuke talks next week when Benedict Boehner visits "I really didn't mean it" Bibi.

My greatest fear is the 24/7 GOP undermining of Obama on the World stage and the ramifications.
Imagine how Romney might be dealing with all of this--with foreign policy "experts" from Bush/Cheney--like Bolton.
And Senator "bomb--bomb--Iran" fully in charge of many more wars.

We really do have two separate governments in the nation right now--and yer party can't agree with itself on much of anything--as we saw with DHS .
 
Ordinarily, I might mention that diverting to the nuke talks is one of yer classic derails.
I'm sure we'll hear more about the nuke talks next week when Benedict Boehner visits "I really didn't mean it" Bibi.

My greatest fear is the 24/7 GOP undermining of Obama on the World stage and the ramifications.
Imagine how Romney might be dealing with all of this--with foreign policy "experts" from Bush/Cheney--like Bolton.
And Senator "bomb--bomb--Iran" fully in charge of many more wars.

We really do have two separate governments in the nation right now--and yer party can't agree with itself on much of anything--as we saw with DHS .

I wasn't asking for a political answer. Iran wont make a deal-why would they if we are helping to attack their proxies?
 
Trying to combine the discussion of the Yemen war with the Iran talks is a political ploy on yer part .

I wasn't asking for a political answer. Iran wont make a deal-why would they if we are helping to attack their proxies?
 
Trying to combine the discussion of the Yemen war with the Iran talks is a political ploy on yer part .

The Saudi's are an American ally invading Yemen while Iranian proxies fight them. At the same time Iran is in Iraq and also in the middle of nuke talks with the US.

Its entirely related, guy. Focus, or dont.
 
Iran went after Yemen for the sole purpose of gaining control over the gulf of Aden.
The gulf-states, Egypt and Jordan have no intention to let that happen, as they shouldn't.
 
So far, the Sunni coalition forces include Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan, Sudan, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Morocco. The US is lending reconnaissance and intelligence data.

SA has suspended international and domestic air traffic at seven southern airports. The UAE has turned off Yemen TV. It is reported that fleeing Yemeni president Hadi is now in Oman. Al Houthi reports that Sana'a International Airport has been struck with many civilian dead. The Saudi air force says that Houthi anti-air systems have been neutralized. Saudi jets struck Houthi positions in their stronghold province of Saada near the Saudi border and also struck the compound of the US-trained Yemeni Special Forces which is controlled by former president Ali Abdullah Saleh who is allied with the Houthi.

Iran termed the coalition operation an "invasion" and a "dangerous step" that will worsen the crisis in Yemen.
 
Imagine if Reagan would have knocked out Gaddafi--but he couldn't.

I've noticed you making this case tonight.
Better the devils you know right?

Looks like we haven't learned how to Nation build after regime change .

Well, not just tonight. But yes, it's not meant as a support of those figures, other than to say that they gave no quarters to the groups that now have enflamed the Middle East. Power vacuums last but a moment.
 
All brought to you by the Bushwhacking chicken**** chichenhawks from last decade.
Republicans are for taking responsibility as an election message.
Not so much in real life don't you think ?

Irrelevant - have anything on topic to discuss? Perhaps you think the Yemen success is a model to use going forward.... please tell me all about it.
 
It appears the Saud has requested for ground forces to go in.....the escalation prompted Putin to contact Iran.



Russia's Putin to Iran: Immediate ceasefire needed in Yemen.....

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin called for an "immediate cessation of military activities" in Yemen in phone conversations with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, the Kremlin said in a statement on Thursday.

Iranian-backed Shi'ite Muslim Houthi militias have seized large parts of Yemen. The conflict deepened on Thursday when warplanes from Sunni Muslim power Saudi Arabia attacked Houthi positions in Yemen, drawing protests from Tehran......snip~

Russia's Putin to Iran: Immediate ceasefire needed in Yemen



Turkey's Erdogan says Iran and 'terrorist groups' must leave Yemen: France 24.....

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Thursday as saying Turkey may consider providing logistical support to the Saudi-led military mission in Yemen and called on Iran and "terrorist groups" to withdraw from the country.

"Turkey may consider providing logistical support based on the evolution of the situation," Erdogan told France 24 in an interview, extracts of which were published on its website and by Turkish broadcasters.....snip~

Turkey's Erdogan says Iran and 'terrorist groups' must leave Yemen: France 24




Pakistan says it will respond to any threat to Saudi Arabia.....

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's office said on Thursday any threat to Saudi Arabia would "evoke a strong response" from Islamabad. Sharif chaired a "high-level meeting" in which he said Pakistan enjoyed close and brotherly relations with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

Pakistan would send a delegation, including military officials, to Saudi Arabia on Friday, the statement said. Pakistan was considering a request from Saudi Arabia for troops to send to Yemen, the foreign office said on Thursday.....snip~

Pakistan says it will respond to any threat to Saudi Arabia
 
Irrelevant - have anything on topic to discuss? Perhaps you think the Yemen success is a model to use going forward.... please tell me all about it.

Heya Ockham. :2wave: Pakistan weighed in too.
 
From The New York Times:



http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/world/middleeast/al-anad-air-base-houthis-yemen.html

Just as had been the case with Bahrain, it appears that Saudi Arabia and neighboring states may have drawn a line on preventing Shia movements from toppling governments in adjacent states. The Gulf Cooperation Council's military intervention to quash a Shia uprising in Bahrain very likely deprived Iran from gaining an ability to blockade the Persian Gulf, a development that could have facilitated Iran's drive for regional hegemony. Whether or not Saudi Arabia and its regional alies send ground forces into Yemen to restore order after using air power to degrade the Houthi militants remains to be seen. If they do, not only will such a development hold the possibility of strengthening regional stability, but it could also signal a new more assertive national security doctrine on the part of Saudi Arabia and its regional allies.

Someone with a spine needs to lead the world against radical ISLAM!
 
Four Egyptian naval vessels en route to secure Gulf of Aden: sources....


CAIRO (Reuters) - Four Egyptian naval vessels have crossed the Suez Canal en route to Yemen to secure the Gulf of Aden, maritime sources at the Suez Canal said on Thursday.

The sources said they expected the vessels to reach the Red Sea by Thursday evening.....snip~

Four Egyptian naval vessels en route to secure Gulf of Aden: sources
 
Four Egyptian naval vessels en route to secure Gulf of Aden: sources....


CAIRO (Reuters) - Four Egyptian naval vessels have crossed the Suez Canal en route to Yemen to secure the Gulf of Aden, maritime sources at the Suez Canal said on Thursday.

The sources said they expected the vessels to reach the Red Sea by Thursday evening.....snip~

Four Egyptian naval vessels en route to secure Gulf of Aden: sources

Looks like they have already secured the southern tip of the red sea, and the US will help keep it open...
Egypt seizes Bab el Mandeb ahead of Iran. Saudis bomb Iran-backed Yemeni Houthis. US launches air strikes over Tikrit
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U.S. will work to ensure Bab-el-Mandeb strait remains open -U.S. general | Reuters

And Im reading reports (twitter) that Turkey and Sudan are joining coalition forces.

Seems lots of nations are worried about Iranian power expanding into Yemen.
 
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