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Yemen's fugitive president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has arrived in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, as the Saudi regime pushes ahead with its airstrikes against the homeland of the fugitive president.
The possibility of a ground offensive in Yemen has grown significantly as Egypt declared its readiness to send troops into the embattled country “if necessary” in the wake of air strikes launched by a Saudi-led coalition
We will do whatever it takes in order to protect the legitimate government of Yemen from falling,” Saudi Arabia's ambassador in Washington, Adel al-Jubeir, told a news conference while announcing the operation.
originally posted by: Silcone Synapse
Iranian(shia) interests are fighting in Iraq,Syria and now Yemen to prevent the likes of daesh/ ISIS(fanatical sunni sect) from gaining a foothold.
This is what they would say.
The Saudis are on the side of the west,yet they bomb those who fight against ISIS.
What exactally is going on here?
What side are our supposedley benevolent western governments on here?
Are us masses being fed a load of BS by any chance?
Would it be the first time?
But as usual,what do I know?
Nothing.
originally posted by: Ultralight
Weren't the Saudi's the money behind the 9/11 attacks on the US? Sure, why not trust them? (sarcasm).
originally posted by: Shiloh7
a reply to: Ridhya
There feels to be something so wrong about getting in bed with the Saudis. Although they might be sending in huge numbers of troops etc they have taken a long time to get their army involved in ME affairs so their royals must be feeling really threatened. But is their society with its humans rights and beheading of women in the street one we really have anything ethically in common with?
ISIS stinks to high heaven as to whom is funding it and its sucks like manipulation for some group (probably financiers) to get their rocks off on. I don't buy any of except the keeping out people who want to fight for it and then totally unaccountably slither back into the West. The whole set up is wrong, wrong and further wrong IMHP.
originally posted by: crazyewok
originally posted by: Shiloh7
a reply to: Ridhya
There feels to be something so wrong about getting in bed with the Saudis. Although they might be sending in huge numbers of troops etc they have taken a long time to get their army involved in ME affairs so their royals must be feeling really threatened. But is their society with its humans rights and beheading of women in the street one we really have anything ethically in common with?
ISIS stinks to high heaven as to whom is funding it and its sucks like manipulation for some group (probably financiers) to get their rocks off on. I don't buy any of except the keeping out people who want to fight for it and then totally unaccountably slither back into the West. The whole set up is wrong, wrong and further wrong IMHP.
If the UK even suggests lifting a finger to help the Saudis I will go nuts.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: tadaman
Me thinks Russia and Iran are nervous.
I agree. I'm thinking this was a turn of events they didn't expect.
They had a wide open situation and then the Saudis decided
enough was enough. boom baby! (*southpark)