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2009-09-04 Arabia

The Huthists: A Result of Yemeni Weakness

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Posted by Fred 2009-09-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 "This is what happened in Afghanistan after the country was abandoned by the US following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. ..."

Wait. What? Is this 'New History' or a misunderstanding on my part. I thought the US just provided weapons. Does this mean that if we had continued to provide weapons everything would have been hunky dory?

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2009-09-04 08:38|| 2009-09-04 08:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Is this 'New History' or a misunderstanding on my part.

Ha. 'Experimental History' might be a good term for it. Unfortunately, it's FAR from the worst example of the genre that I have seen.

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2009-09-04 12:05|| 2009-09-04 12:05|| Front Page Top

#3 The seat of power in Yemen has always been Sanaa, and this remains true even today.

Except when Yemen was 2 separate countries which is has been for most of the last 50 years.

I don't read articles that say something so obviously untrue in the first sentence.

Posted by phil_b 2009-09-04 20:28|| 2009-09-04 20:28|| Front Page Top

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