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2009-12-25 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2009-12-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 On Wednesday, a Houthi spokesman announced that the fighters were willing to withdraw from Saudi territory in exchange for an end to the attacks by Saudi forces

...now we begin to know the truth. invade a neighboring country..get your azz kicked

Posted by Mike Hunt 2009-12-25 01:41|| 2009-12-25 01:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Why, in the name of all that's holy, would the the Houthis invade another country when they were busily engaged in armed rebellion against their own government?

Posted by trailing wife 2009-12-25 10:29|| 2009-12-25 10:29|| Front Page Top

#3 TW - because their Iranian puppetmasters told 'em to?

Posted by PBMcL 2009-12-25 11:05|| 2009-12-25 11:05|| Front Page Top

#4 What I'm missing here is why the Mad Mullahs aren't stirring up trouble in the Saoodia-occupied northeastern quarter -- that region is mostly Shi'a.

And it's where most of the oil is.

The southwest quarter around Yemen is mostly nothing but sand, as far as I can tell on various maps.

Where's the profit for the Mad Mullahs?

Posted by Steve White 2009-12-25 11:09|| 2009-12-25 11:09|| Front Page Top

#5 draws the saudi military farther away from Iran?

Posted by chris 2009-12-25 12:00|| 2009-12-25 12:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Essentially. The Saudis have significant forces based in the NE. The Iranians are hitting them in another Shiite region where they ain't.

Posted by Pappy 2009-12-25 12:13|| 2009-12-25 12:13|| Front Page Top

#7 I'd guess that there aren't actually enough radicalizable Shia in the oil region to make much of an insurgency. From what I've heard over the years, they're oppressed, closely-watched, and totally disenfranchised. Che-head blovation aside, that isn't really a fertile mix for revolution. Isolated, under-supervised, neglected, and with some experience at self-government are much more promising subjects for radical mobilization. Bandit country is pretty much ideal, really.

Posted by Mitch H. 2009-12-25 14:48|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2009-12-25 14:48|| Front Page Top

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