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BojackFan

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16. This is getting really messy over there. n/t

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 01:59 AM

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Saudi Arabia Begins Air Campaign in Yemen [View all] charlie and algernon Mar 2015 OP

Saudi use of American supplied weapons in an offensive non-consensual capacity may be a violation of the arms supply agreement. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #1

I'm guessing this is very, very consensual nt tishaLA Mar 2015 #2

It's never stopped the Israelis. n/t Mr.Bill Mar 2015 #3

I'm not sure bombing anyone will stop a civil war. Is there an example in history where bloomington-lib Mar 2015 #4

Ex-Yugoslavia. (nt) jeff47 Mar 2015 #5

In recent history, there most certainly was: freshwest Mar 2015 #17

Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease. Larry Engels Mar 2015 #24

Shock and Allah! El Supremo Mar 2015 #6

This is a very real conflict between Yemenis. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #11

Too late for that now...... DeSwiss Mar 2015 #13

"Saudi leads ten-nation Sunni coalition in bombing Yemen's Shia rebels" - Telegraph Larry Engels Mar 2015 #25

WaPo story eridani Mar 2015 #7

At least the Saudis waited to launch war by proxy with Persian Iran until after America evacuated diplomatic personnel. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #8

This is a fine mess. TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #9

If I am not mistaken Lawrence O just reported that we are supporting them with bombing. How jwirr Mar 2015 #10

All. Of. Them. Somehow. n/t DeSwiss Mar 2015 #14

It will fly under the radar of most people in the US Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #20

Even when the body bags were coming home a lot of Ameicans do not care as long as it is not jwirr Mar 2015 #21

Very sad, but true. Some people are just fucked in the head. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #22

Whoever we have treaties with, I guess. And we're not at war, we just sold them that stuff. freshwest Mar 2015 #18

Saudi Arabia is contributing 100 warplanes and 150,000 soldiers to the military operation in Yemen jakeXT Mar 2015 #12

When all else fails....... DeSwiss Mar 2015 #15

This is getting really messy over there. n/t BojackFan Mar 2015 #16

Oil prices rise 6% as Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen rebels (BBC) inanna Mar 2015 #19

Well that tears it...... DeSwiss Mar 2015 #23

Yemen's Hadi arrives in Saudi capital, after fleeing Aden Bosonic Mar 2015 #26

Saudi-led coalition launches fresh strikes in Yemen: local officials Bosonic Mar 2015 #27

so saudi arabia did not attach al queda or isis but the houthi's samsingh Mar 2015 #28

Yep. n/t Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #30

almost like an implicit support of isis and al queda samsingh Mar 2015 #32

Yemen rebel chief slams 'unjustified' Saudi intervention Bosonic Mar 2015 #29

eh, it's another one of them Shia/Sunni things Baclava Mar 2015 #31

why does the US support this or that armed-gang over another? ...nt quadrature Mar 2015 #33

White House concerned about 'Iranian activities' in Yemen Bosonic Mar 2015 #34