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2015-05-03 Arabia

Saudis: those troops newly deployed in Aden aren't ours

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Posted by Steve White 2015-05-03 08:20|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 why are we supporting saudi arabia against the houthis?

Posted by anon1 2015-05-03 11:20|| 2015-05-03 11:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Because the Houthis are backed by Iran? Which is kinda odd Because the Houthis are aligned with ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a formerly US-backed Shia (who backed Saddam Hussein) and a ruthless bastard in his own right.

Posted by Pappy 2015-05-03 12:17|| 2015-05-03 12:17|| Front Page Top

#3 thanks pappy - but why would we support KSA over Iran?

Posted by anon1 2015-05-03 13:08|| 2015-05-03 13:08|| Front Page Top

#4 A bloody draw would be nice...

Posted by Steve White 2015-05-03 13:10|| 2015-05-03 13:10|| Front Page Top

#5 thanks pappy - but why would we support KSA over Iran?

Because they are our...um...friends?

Posted by Devo 2015-05-03 13:31|| 2015-05-03 13:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Ask the guy who bows to foreign kings.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-05-03 13:37|| 2015-05-03 13:37|| Front Page Top

#7 An outside strait, we are drawing and hoping

Posted by Shipman 2015-05-03 13:38|| 2015-05-03 13:38|| Front Page Top

#8 if only they could both lose...

Posted by anon1 2015-05-03 13:56|| 2015-05-03 13:56|| Front Page Top

#9 If you could quarantine the region and let them kill each other until they exhaust their countries and want to quit, that would be good.

Unfortunately, they are sitting on a huge supply of oil, on which much of the world depends, which forces others to get involved in dealing with ME madness.

It has been my opinion since the 1973 ME oil embargo responsible nations need to become independent of ME oil. This would strengthen relations between functional nations and force the dysfunctional nations to deal with with their issues or die.

They need us more than we need them.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-05-03 14:29|| 2015-05-03 14:29|| Front Page Top

#10 " but why would we support KSA over Iran?"

Iran has killed more Americans than any other Nation world wide in recent past.
KSA is very controllable, Iran is not.

Posted by newc 2015-05-03 15:10|| 2015-05-03 15:10|| Front Page Top

#11 A good part of it is control of the sea lanes. Iran has made it clear that it will attempt to shut off the Straits of Hormuz if conflict breaks out. Yemen sits at the entrance to the Red Sea. An Iranian controlled Yemen means a potential choke-point to the Red Sea and ultimately the Suez Canal.

Nearly all the KSA oil ends up in Europe and Asia (mainly Japan.) Obviously that would be affected. But so would general maritime traffic. It's not much of an imaginary stretch to consider that impact on the global economy.

Posted by Pappy 2015-05-03 16:26|| 2015-05-03 16:26|| Front Page Top

#12 The Saudis are pretending to be our friends.

Keeping up this pretense imposes restrictions on Saudi Arabia's freedom to act against us.

Iran is a mortal enemy operating under no such restrictions.

Saudi Arabia is the lesser evil.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2015-05-03 16:57|| 2015-05-03 16:57|| Front Page Top

#13 IRAN is vowing to NOT let Yemen fall to devious foreigners, + also that it will protect its interests in Yemen.

As for those alleged Saudi non-Saudi troops ...

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > [LA Daily News] OFFICIALS: ARAB COALITION "RECONNAISSANCE TROOPS" IN YEMEN.

Paving the way for larger ground force to follow???

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > "LIMITED" COALITION FORCE ON GROUND IN ADEN [another on the way to same]:YEMENI OFFICIAL.

Iff these mystery troops are "non-foreign", are they pro-Saudi anti-Iran Yemeni units???

VERSUS

* JERUSALEM POST > GULF STATES WANT QUID PRO QUO US ASSURANCES, [advanced US] WEAPONS, FOR SUPPORT ON [Nuclear = P5+1] IRAN DEAL.

Whatevar! NucWeaps Iran develops or acquires, the smaller GCC States want a reliable-n-effective US-Allied defense agz same + latest Conventional, etc. MilTechs.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-05-03 21:24|| 2015-05-03 21:24|| Front Page Top

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