1. Time to talk about very important things. Most Americans do not realize that United States military is deeply involved in assisting Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the endless conflict in Yemen. It is incredibly stupid policy, built on Iran-obsession while ignoring al Qaeda...
2...the US identified al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) as a major threat, one posing potentially direct threat to the US homeland. But in appeasement of particularly Saudis, the US is WORKING with AQAP, We are PAYING AQAP fighters to leave Yemen or join Saudi fighters...
3...this is because - just like Bush looked at al Qaeda through an Iraq prism before (and after) 9/11 - we are now adopting the Saudi view that Iran is the center of all threats in Middle East. This is even more illogical than the Iraq obsession. Shiites and Sunnis have been....
4...at war for 1,000 years. Saudis are Sunnis - the very people who are in al Qaeda and ISIS - but their bigger threat is from Shiites, who govern Iran. The shiites are far less of a threat to us, significantly greater threat to the Sunnis. Joining this insane conflict would...
5...make sense if we were accomplishing something. But just like in Iraq, we are accomplishing the opposite. We have not only failed to drive out Iranian influence in Yemen, but have actually increased it. Meanwhile, Yemen is tipping toward a humanitarian disaster, which of...
6...course does nothing but drive desperate people into fighting with the Shiites. There is no end game here. But AQAP is growing in influence, has more money (because we are giving it to them) as we are turning against our own national interest to appease Saudi Arabia....
7...the insanity of this proxy war is evident. The probability that it will achieve anything good is near zero. The probability that it will continue to be a disaster (financing one of our primary enemies is not usually a good strategy) is very very high. The Trump team....
8...is going to drag us into another quagmire (we are already in two, dating back to the Bush Admin) for no reason other than appeasement of Saudis. I know this is complex. Read about it. Americans are going to die because a bunch of guys in suits want to play war.
8...here is something excellent to read about the background of this lunacy and the massive numbers of deaths being caused by it. And Americans dont even know its going on. thesoufancenter.org/blockade-and-s…
