Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said the US had been watching the conflict "for long enough," adding that Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and the United Arab Emirates, which are in a US-backed coalition fighting Shiite Houthis, are ready for talks.
"We have got to move toward a peace effort here, and we can't say we are going to do it some time in the future," Mattis said at the US Institute of Peace in Washington.
"We need to be doing this in the next 30 days."
He said the US is calling for all warring parties to meet with United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
special envoy Martin Griffiths in Sweden in November and "come to a solution."
US-Saudi ties have cooled in recent weeks after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the conservative kingdom, that has also tarnished the image of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
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Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016.....
Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened in the conflict between embattled Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, whose government is recognized by the United Nations, and the Huthis in 2015.