There is a country where a mob kicked out an elected but corrupted President

[Brenus]

Right. I was waiting for someone else to start it, but…
There is a country where a mob kicked out an elected but corrupted President. This President fled to a neighboring country. This country decided that the mob was frightening its national interest and started to bomb the mob. Remind you something? Ukraine? Nope, Yemen.
Ah yeah, but this time all western media agreed that Saudis have the right to do so. And they are building alliances in order to put boots on the grounds, thing they were not able to do in fighting ISIS.
So it appears that once again, international laws do not apply, but this time, once again, it is for a good cause… Well, kind of…

[Montmorency]

The US is only providing intelligence support on this one, and probably it's to show Iran that even if the US is willing to strike a balance with them included, it will go out of its way to opportunistically screw anyone over in order to maintain that balance.

Better than occupying every country in the region, at least.

[Greyblades]

Right. I was waiting for someone else to start it, but… I've been waiting for someone to start up the "indiana gay law", "Kansas libertarian experiment" and "Stephen king hands maine official his ass" threads for a month now.
Link?

[Rhyfelwyr]

Since this looks like another Middle Eastern sectarian war and there's no real 'good guys', I suppose the West will try to please its allies by towing their line. Probably geopolitics as well with the Saudis backing the Sunni Yemenis and Iran backing the Shia. I would have thought Iran would make a better ally than Saudi Arabia, Iran is less extreme in its fundamentalism and has a relatively strong civil society/general roots for democracy and Westernisation.

[Brenus]

"Link?" ? About Yemen? Really?

[Kralizec]

Ah yeah, but this time all western media agreed that Saudis have the right to do so. And they are building alliances in order to put boots on the grounds, thing they were not able to do in fighting ISIS.

Not my impression. The coverage I've seen/read is pretty much neutral.

Maybe it's different in France...or maybe you're just looking for western hypocrisy where there is none.

[GenosseGeneral]

Well, from my knowledge it is debatable at least whether Mr Saleh was "democratically elected". I also cannot see any good-bad narrative in the Western press (so far), only some remarkably neutral and informative articles. It seems to me like the majority of our dear journalists was unaware of what was going on (as always), until Mr Saleh requested international assistance and the Saudis began delivering it by F-16s.

[Crandar]

Well, from my knowledge it is debatable at least whether Mr Saleh was "democratically elected". I also cannot see any good-bad narrative in the Western press (so far), only some remarkably neutral and informative articles. It seems to me like the majority of our dear journalists was unaware of what was going on (as always), until Mr Saleh requested international assistance and the Saudis began delivering it by F-16s.
Υou have it mixed up. The president is named Hadi and is the successor of Saleh, when the latter was forced to resign.
He belonged to the opposition and has won the latest elections, where only one party participated, his.

Saleh, an ex-pro American and enemy of Houthis, decided that the Shias are the best way to satisfy his ambitions, so now he's one of their strongest supporters.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

NATO are the good guys. Therefore anything we have to do to serve our interests is serving the greater good. If you just slip those emerald-colored spectacles on, everything looks a lovely shade of green.

[Brenus]

"Maybe it's different in France...or maybe you're just looking for western hypocrisy where there is none." UK. I live in the UK. and :laugh4::laugh4:. Full steam hypocrisy, yes, as for Ukraine.

[a completely inoffensive name]

NATO are the good guys. Therefore anything we have to do to serve our interests is serving the greater good. If you just slip those emerald-colored spectacles on, everything looks a lovely shade of green.
It's still real to me darn it!

[Greyblades]

"Link?" ? About Yemen? Really?
Fine. You want to perpetuate the antics of Fragony, keep starting threads without a source.

[Gilrandir]

Not my impression. The coverage I've seen/read is pretty much neutral.
Maybe it's different in France...or maybe you're just looking for western hypocrisy where there is none.


I also cannot see any good-bad narrative in the Western press (so far), only some remarkably neutral and informative articles.
Brenus again inventing things :no:

[Brenus]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/26/saudi-arabia-begins-airstrikes-against-houthi-in-yemen: Sure
http://www.npr.org/2015/03/26/395475063/saudi-arabia-with-u-s-support-joins-fight-against-rebels-in-yemen
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/11500518/UK-will-support-Saudi-led-assault-on-Yemeni-rebels-but-not-engaging-in-combat.html

All "remarkably neutral and informative articles."

"Brenus again inventing things" Carry on...

No support whatsoever for SA...

[Sarmatian]

Hey, we live a planet Earth!








... and a link for Greyblades. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth

[Papewaio]

NATO are the good guys. Therefore anything we have to do to serve our interests is serving the greater good. If you just slip those emerald-colored spectacles on, everything looks a lovely shade of green.

The real bonus with thick green spectacles is you can weild with them...

[Viking]

The Houthis aren't a "mob". They are insurgents:


The Houthis take their name from Hussein Badr al-Din al-Houthi. He led the group's first uprising in 2004 in an effort to win greater autonomy for their heartland of Saada province, and also to protect Zaidi religious and cultural traditions from perceived encroachment by Sunni Islamists.

After Houthi was killed by the Yemeni military in late 2004, his family took charge and led another five rebellions before a ceasefire was signed with the government in 2010.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29319423

They took control over Yemen with military force.