As much as I agree with Biden's foreign and national security policies (the alternative is a literal terrorist network that set up Afghanistan to fail & freed 5k Taliban fighters for no reason), the US & KSA are backing the good guys in Yemen. You know, the lawful government.
https://twitter.com/John_Hudson/status/1444314442267860996
In a place like Yemen, we in the international community don't have the option of sitting back and letting Iran's minions fully take over the country. (1) Humanitarian reasons, (2) They want to hold us to ransom by controlling the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Easy decision for me.
Easy decision for me.
Most in the English speaking media repeat the lie that the aggressors in Yemen are the KSA, UAE, and US. This lie began on Al Jazeera, which is owned by the Qatari regime, which supports the Iranian view of the region.
Think the Evergiven ship episode was bad? That's nothing...
Think the Evergiven ship episode was bad? That's nothing...
Regardless of who is in the White House in the US, every country in the world is affected by what happens in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It's always been that way, and it is a central issue in WWI, WWII, the Cold War, and since. Not only because of oil.
There are "great powers" as there always was. These countries have enough economic & thus military resource to be the decision makers, & the rest of us are reliant on them to maintain a rule-based international order. US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, China & arguably some others.
The great powers are the 5 veto-power countries of the UN Security Council, plus a few other countries like (the relatively recently united) Germany that have amassed power and influence since 1945. You could toss in Japan, India, Brazil, Australia, for example.
Any country that borders the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, or the approaches to them, is capable of blocking the shipping on which we all depend. Countries like Egypt, KSA, Sudan, Yemen, Eritrea, Somalia, and Djibouti.
All of the great powers have interests in these countries.
All of the great powers have interests in these countries.
The pandemic has been a useful reminder that our individual choices do impact others, whether we realize it or not.
Isolationism and anti-vaxxer ideology are >100 years old and they are part of far right fascism.
Isolationism and anti-vaxxer ideology are >100 years old and they are part of far right fascism.
Isolationism & anti-vaxxer ideology used to be fringe movements in the US. Bad actors have always tried to use one or other ideology for political ends.
Finally, they managed to get traction on not just one, but two. The Russian & Chinese regimes are laughing their asses off.
Finally, they managed to get traction on not just one, but two. The Russian & Chinese regimes are laughing their asses off.
Right now the US is under as much threat as it was in WWII. It's very important that policies like support for the government in Yemen via KSA and the UAE are not changed. During WWII we had tolerate some strange bedfellows. In 2021 it's the same.
Russia and China are run by fascists (from the far right and far left, respectively.)
The Republican party's actions and omissions throughout 2021 so far have shown how fascist they now are.
They must be kept out of power unless and until they rejoin the rules based world.
The Republican party's actions and omissions throughout 2021 so far have shown how fascist they now are.
They must be kept out of power unless and until they rejoin the rules based world.
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