@emptywheel Yemen is their back yard. Do you put out the fire in your backyard or your neighbors?
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@BangingChains and that's different from ISIL how? -
@emptywheel I don't think it's different just more pressing for them. I'm not defending them. I just think they see that as a bigger threat.
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@emptywheel Money Money Money -
@WhiteOakQueen Well, that's what I assume. I'd just like to know how much and what the terms were. - End of conversation
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@emptywheel@DeepPolitics seems to me the destablisation of Yemen is a possible prelude to Saudi instability, hence the panic. -
@garymlord But that's true w/ISIL too. Moreover, some of these countries aren't stable themselves. Why die to stabilize KSA?
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@emptywheel@DeepPolitics From what I understand, Yemen is like Saudis back yard. Their influence there has been huge. -
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@emptywheel@DeepPolitics but an obvious answer is ISIL = mostly Sunni (backed by KSA), Houthis = mostly Shia (backed by Iran) -
@culleyetc@emptywheel@DeepPolitics Remember who triggered the Shia-Sunni divide and why: http://bushout.blogspot.com.au/2006/02/us-forces-planted-mosque-bomb-i-am.html … -
@culleyetc@emptywheel@DeepPolitics More from my old blog, quoting New York Times 2007 (sorry no link): http://bushout.blogspot.com.au/2007/02/us-destroyed-golden-mosque-believe-it.html … -
@culleyetc@emptywheel@DeepPolitics and if you want to keep going down the rabbit hole: http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/4583#DivideAndRule -
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@emptywheel@DeepPolitics I recommend this doco on US creation of Shia militias in Iraq http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/mar/06/james-steele-america-iraq-video … - 7 more replies
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@emptywheel Who says they're fighting ISIS/ISIL at all? So far ISIL's actions appear as those of a proxy force for US/SA/Isr/Tur interests.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Moolah and lots of it!!!!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel including Israel.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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