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Saudi Arabia Imposes Naval Blockade On Red Sea Strait, Deploys 150,000 Troops As Iran Condemns Military Action
As noted earlier, the biggest significance of any Yemen conflict has little to do with its own domestic oil production, which at 133,000 bpd is negligible, but due to its location, which not only shares a border with Saudi Arabia, but more importantly due to the Bab el-Mandeb strait which connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden: it is the fourth-biggest shipping chokepoint in the world by volume (3.8 million barrels a day of oil and petroleum products flowed through it in 2013) and is just 18 miles wide at its narrowest point. It’s located between Yemen, Djibouti, and Eritrea, and connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea.
And since to Saudi Arabia preserving the logistics of oil supply is critical, it is hardly surprising that as Egypt's Ahram Gate reported earlier, the Saudi-led Firmness Storm coalition imposed a naval blockade on Bab El-Mandab strait earlier today. The Saudi navy's western fleet has also secured Yemen's main ports including Aden and Midi.
It is not just Saudi Arabia: moments ago Reuters reported that four Egyptian naval vessels have crossed the Suez Canal en route to Yemen to secure the Gulf of Aden, maritime sources at the Suez Canal said on Thursday. The sources said they expected the vessels to reach the Red Sea by Thursday evening.
The naval blockade is just part of what so far has been mostly an air-based proxy war. As Al Arabia reported previously, as part of the "Decisive Storm" coalition against the Yemen rebels, Saudi Arabia has deployed at least 150,000 soldiers in preparation for what appears to be a land assault next, an assault that already has the preemptive blessing of the US. As a reminder, Saudi Arabia will be fighting US-armed rebels, but that's a different story.
Just as importantly, and since as we reported first yesterday the Yemen conflict is merely a proxy war between the Saudis and Iran, we also now have reports that Iran has condemned Saudi Arabia's intervention, is demanding an immediate halt to the military action, and has warned that a war on Yemen won't be contained in one area.
From Reuters:
Iran demanded an immediate halt to Saudi-led military operations in Yemen on Thursday and said it would make all necessary efforts to control the crisis there, Iranian news agencies reported.
"The Saudi-led air strikes should stop immediately and it is against Yemen's sovereignty," the Students News Agency quoted Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as saying. "We will make all efforts to control the crisis in Yemen," Zarif said, according to the agency's report from the Swiss city of Lausanne where he is negotiating with six world powers to resolve a years-old dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
Earlier on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry in Tehran called for an end to the military operation.
"Iran wants an immediate halt to all military aggressions and air strikes against Yemen and its people," Fars quoted Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham as saying.
"Military actions in Yemen, which faces a domestic crisis, ... will further complicate the situation ... and will hinder efforts to resolve the crisis through peaceful ways."
Prior to that, Bloomberg cited the head of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, who told Iran's Fars News Agency that Saudi Arabia’s strikes on Yemen will haunt the kingdom as war won’t be contained,
So as the proxy war snags more and more countries, threatens to become less proxy, more war and much more global, keep an eye on Russia which is caught in that "other" proxy war from 2014 and which is also going nowhere fast. Because if and when Russia and China pick sides and get involved, that's when it may be a good time to take a vacation far away from any major metropolitan areas.
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This will fizzle out quickly, I hope.
With blow by blow reports of where the vessels are and will be, they'll be found at the bottom soon. Our vessels too.
That would be a game changer, and not in a good way.
Watch for attacks on Eritrea which has been going its own way outside of 'banker hell' as of late. They may use this conflict to weaken them in the same way they use ISIS as an excuse to attack Syria and Assad.
Funny how people make it as if Russia & China are all influencing every corner in the world. They don't have that capacity, not in Gulf at least.
The idea of "projection" in psychology has been one of the few theories which seems to hold true. The US methodically and psychotically seeking control thinks everyone else is psychotically seeking the same control.
Lets ignore the fact Saudi Arabia is at war with its neighbor over one of the most geostrategic pieces of real estate in the world.... There was a plane crash for Gods sake!
Is Yemen where that aircraft carrier headed off to a few weeks ago?
A veritable Storm of FIRMNESS!!
"... Deploys 150,000 Troops..."
I didn't think there were 150,000 people in that desert wasteland. The troops must be mercenaries.
ok everybody seems to be up on the score that there is a battle occuring - but the real question is why do these countries have an interest in Yemen at all?
The increasing war and chaos fits Richard Perle aka the prince of darkness 1990's description of "total war" to a tee.
This enveloping chaos and destruction has been the goal of the PNAC Revolutionaries since prior to their New Pearl Harbor in 2001 when they had plotted to attack seven countries in five years....needing only to manufacture the political consent to do so.
The climax won't be reached until the end of the war, which involves an exchange between USA and Russia....the nuclear genies of death.
Once they launch, the war, whatever you prefer to call it, is 12 hours from being over.
What if the Russians say NYET to the blockade and sink the Saudi Navy? Payback for Chechnya towel head suckers.
Are the Saudis looking to get the Peace Prize this year?
The Russians and the Chinese aren't going to do shit. The Russians have their hands full with Ukraine and this doesn't have anything to do with Taiwan or the South China Sea so China can care less.
i would probably expect that great shinning star on the hill, or the star with 5 points to do one of those things were they sink a ship and blame it on putin...and with that being said maybe vlad should do it and make it look like the usa did it to blame him...shit all he has to do is put out a u tube vid and that would be proof....
I suggest people look at the reality instead of what they think or wish Russia or Iran could/would do.
Overnight SA has bombed (and claims to have killed top leaders), taken control of main ports, established a major naval blockade and is ready to put boots on the ground. Against Irans's (and Russia's) ally. SA overnight.
Iran is like Russia thus far. Neither supplied their proxy with appropriate arms to counter the attack, neither shoots a missile, neither declares a nofly zone for protection. Just hot air and diplomatic complaints.
SA has done in 24hrs more than Russia has since Iraq1. Was a single jet shot down during the bombing. Has a single ship been even damaged?
Russia, Iran, China have no response. After all the talk on here about how easy of target the US fleet is in the area this is evidence to the contrary. They cannot even deal with the SA navy. Those same posters make wild claims about Iran's capabilities but SA just did it to Iran's proxy.
Forget what could happen. What actions of force did Russia accomplish in Serbia, Iraq, Libya, Syria?
"...I suggest people look at the reality instead of what they think or wish Russia or Iran could/would do..."
Iran and Russia have nothing to do with it. Why do you invoke 'reality', then repeat what you hear on CNN or read in the NYT?
"...Against Irans's (and Russia's) ally..."
That's like saying Haiti is a "U.S. ally." Yemen is not allied with Iran or Russia.
"...Iran is like Russia thus far..."
In the mind of the MSM and Israel.
"...Neither supplied their proxy with..."
Yemen isn't anybody's proxy. Is this the script you've been told to spread today? Sheesh...
"...Just hot air and diplomatic complaints..."
Almost as if Yemen isn't anybody's ally, proxy, etc. Gosh, what are the chances?
"...SA has done in 24hrs more than Russia has since Iraq1..."
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia created the Wahhabi nut-jobs - al Qaeda. Now they're terrified of blowback. What the hell does this have to do with Russia and Iraq?
"...Was a single jet shot down during the bombing. Has a single ship been even damaged?..."
No, because they attacked the equivalent of Haiti or Somolia. What kind of defenses do you imagine Iran/Russia have supplied them?
"...Russia, Iran, China have no response..."
Whoa!! That was quick. 'China' tossed in to your jumbled paranoia by the fifth sentance. Are you an ally of Iran or Russia?
"...After all the talk on here about how easy of target the US fleet is in the area this is evidence to the contrary..."
Wrong gulf. The Yemeni 'fleet' consists of fishing boats and their coastal defenses are AK-47s. Do you even know where Yemen is located??
"...They cannot even deal with the SA navy..."
Oh for God's sakes... WHO? Yemenis in row-boats? Somoli pirates? The Iranian/Russian/Chinese navy?
"...Those same posters make wild claims about Iran's capabilities but SA just did it to Iran's proxy..."
Yemen is not Iran's proxy. Yemen's Zaidi Shia are almost the polar opposite of Iranian Shia. Zaidi are more like Sunni than they are Shia. The only connection Iran has to Yemen is in Jewish-owned MSM outlets. You are either Hasbara or believe the MSM without an ounce of critical thought. Iran has nothing to do with Yemen or Zaidi Shia. The connection is laughable.
"...Forget what could happen. What actions of force did Russia accomplish in Serbia, Iraq, Libya, Syria?..."
So your logic is that... Iran is the invisible evil behind this and an existential threat to everyone but powerless? I'll remind you that the U.S. has killed far more Yemenis with its incompetent intel and drones than Iran's Russian-supplied Chinese-Yemeni drones.
"Iran and Russia have nothing to do with it. Why do you invoke 'reality', then repeat what you hear on CNN or read in the NYT?"
Read ZH. Iran has been the supporter of the rebels and the articles here, not CNN, have identified them as Iran's proxy.
"Yemen isn't anybody's proxy. Is this the script you've been told to spread today? Sheesh..."
Yemen has been identified by many as a proxy and allied with Iran. Right here on ZH as a matter of fact. Articles and claims that Yemen showed how the US and it's allies were now being driven back or out.
"No, because they attacked the equivalent of Haiti or Somolia. What kind of defenses do you imagine Iran/Russia have supplied them? "
I do not imagine they supplied them much of anything but small arms. No real support no real weapons. Also no real response or sheilding of their ally. Now try attacking a simular country in the ME that is allied with the west or Sunni's and you will actually see a real response. Russia/Iran have no influence once shots are fired.
"Whoa!! That was quick. 'China' tossed in to your jumbled paranoia by the fifth sentance. Are you an ally of Iran or Russia?"
Not sure the reason for thinking this make someone an ally of Iran or Russia. Many believe China has gained influence in the ME and northern Africa and are now a real player. They talk about Russia/China/Iran being a bonded group that intends to move together. I do not believe that at all.
"Wrong gulf. The Yemeni 'fleet' consists of fishing boats and their coastal defenses are AK-47s. Do you even know where Yemen is located?? "
I thought you could sail a boat (or sub) to that location. Is that not correct? If these are such easy targets it would not have taken much to supply the systems. SA is right there blocking the ports. The SA navy did this. Did Russia or Iran ever shown the capacity to take simular actions to protect an ally? Suddenly it does not look so simple.
"Oh for God's sakes... WHO? Yemenis in row-boats? Somoli pirates? The Iranian/Russian/Chinese navy? "
Well, yes. The SA "navy" just took over a proxy of Iran/Russia. The SA navy just blockaded ports and a critical shiping lane. You will not see Iran or Russia challange the blockade here or elsewhere.
"Yemen is not Iran's proxy. Yemen's Zaidi Shia are almost the polar opposite of Iranian Shia. Zaidi are more like Sunni than they are Shia. The only connection Iran has to Yemen is in Jewish-owned MSM outlets."
Funny, you were not saying that in response to articles here on ZH identifing the Iranian/Yemen connection. The articles claiming the rebels were tied to Iran and the US was getting pushed out by Iran becoming aggressive. Now that the proxy for Iran is getting cleaned up at a fast pace the story is different - suddenly it has nothing to do with Iran.
"So your logic is that... Iran is the invisible evil behind this and an existential threat to everyone but powerless? I'll remind you that the U.S. has killed far more Yemenis with its incompetent intel and drones than Iran's Russian-supplied Chinese-Yemeni drones. "
Not even close, please reread. Iran is not a threat but is hot air as is Russia in the ME. You are correct about the US. And it will continue here in Yemen as well as in Syria, Iraq and across the ME. And the lack of action by Russia will continue.
Watch Syria for a timeline on Iran. When Syria's fall in completed little time will pass before Iran begins.
This is just another clear example of who has any real influence and ability to project power in the ME. Whio is isolated in the ME.
Let me know when one of the opposing powers dare to sail a ship into a Yemen port without SA/US approval to provide supplies.
"...Read ZH. Iran has been the supporter of the rebels and the articles here, not CNN, have identified them as Iran's proxy..."
Tyler is parroting the MSM line here and all the articles Tyler reference parrot the MSM narrative. Tyler hasn't addressed the fact that an evil, corrupt U.S. puppet runs Yemen and is pissing off the Zaidi (and almost all other Yemeni).
"...Yemen has been identified by many as a proxy and allied with Iran. Right here on ZH as a matter of fact..."
Where? Do you mean in the StratFor analysis or the Israeli-driven MSM presumptions of an alliance where none exists? Sympathy for the Houthis does not equal 'military alliance'.
"...The SA navy just blockaded ports and a critical shiping lane. You will not see Iran or Russia challange the blockade here or elsewhere..."
Russia and Iran could care less if the Red Sea shipping lanes are blocked or not. Why would they? SA blocked a shipping lane important to Israel and the West, not to Iran and Russia.
"...Funny, you were not saying that in response to articles here on ZH identifing the Iranian/Yemen connection..."
As a matter of fact I was. Read my posts. Tyler simply regurgitated the MSM spin about the Iran-Houthi connections.
"...The articles claiming the rebels were tied to Iran and the US was getting pushed out by Iran becoming aggressive..."
You do know, of course, that the U.S. bombed Houthi cities in December, don't you? The Houthis hate Hadi - they wanted to kick his ass out of Yemen. The U.S. said that no Yemeni is allowed to choose their leaders - Hadi would remain in power and any Yemeni that opposes Hadi will be killed. That's why the U.S. bombed Houthis. The U.S. 'became aggressive' and got the Houthis even more pissed at Hadi and his U.S. support. You're not seeing the connection at all here? You can dismiss all of that and simply assume the Iranians have brainwashed the Houthis?
"...Iran is not a threat but is hot air as is Russia in the ME..."
So by your logic, Denmark and Vanuatu are also full of hot air because their obviously getting their ass kicked in Yemen and don't dare send in their ships and air force. They wouldn't DARE!
"...Watch Syria for a timeline on Iran. When Syria's fall in completed little time will pass before Iran begins..."
Congress and their Israeli masters want a war with Iran. Obama is interferring. As soon as Obama is gone, the war will start. The 'demonizing of Iran' spring MSM campaign has already started. Syria has nothing to do with it.
"...Let me know when one of the opposing powers dare to sail a ship into a Yemen port without SA/US approval to provide supplies..."
The Houthis are the opposing power and don't have a navy. The U.S. wants them ethnically cleansed from Yemen becasue they don't like the corrupt U.S. puppet president forced on them and they don't like the U.S. treating Yemen like a giant war gaming area. The Houthis are sitting ducks and easy targets for Saudi, Egyptian and U.S. Air Forces. There's nothing Iran could do if it wanted to. The U.S. seeks to pacify the Zaidi Shia by killing all the Houthi leaders.
And yet despite that Asssad is still standing. And Iran is still standing, even though Russia wont give them the S300, or veto sanctions against them. Your little Israel cant do jack, even with the worlds only superpower backing them. If you actually do attack Iran they will target the dimona reactor there goes your precious one bomb state, and the saduia oil fields - Russia would then be laughing all the way to the bank as oil goes through the roof.
"Shall we play a game?"
No the war will be over when the first nukes hit Tel Aviv.
....Viva #Eritrea....all roads lead to #Badme #Eritrea
Game changer? This game is as old as time, and has yet to even approach change.
OK....lets get the rules straight here.
"Bloomberg cited the head of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, who told Iran's Fars News Agency that Saudi Arabia’s strikes on Yemen will haunt the kingdom as war won’t be contained," thats the problem about iran, they have already set up trouble around the world to impliment when they want.
" problem about iran, they have already set up trouble around the world "
You misspelled "U.S.A."
Iran has been at war with Saudi Arabia and Israel for five years now.
You mean even quicker thank Iraq? :)
Can't help but think these things are dry runs for bigger plays. Also gets live training for your armed forces and allows for bugs to be worked out.
Aside from the US "hardware", what do these "rebels" have? Oh yeah, ideas.
World War III calling, as the Bush and Obama and Saudi policies of arming jihadist mercenary forces is making the Middle East a killing ground for civilians there. Next stop for these killers, the streets of Manhattan. Get your tickets to New Zealand now, before prices go up and NZ restricts visas.
That's what they said about the Archduke Franz Ferdinand moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emdzsz_XvfA
Got some F-22 s that need testing here.
Does it really matter, in the end, if Russian jets are better than US jets? No. It doesn't.
The US military has been honing it's skills in the Middle East for 20+ years. Looks like the navy might get a chance to try out some munitions.
It will matter, soon.
Honing your skills in places like Iraq is not adequate training to fight Russian's.
Just ask the 7000 crack mercenaries who got trapped in the Debaltsevo cauldron.
Oh wait, you can't because they are all dead...
Theres a big difference between shooting clays and shooting grouse.
Not in the case of direct conflict, but yes in the export market.
Anyone want to buy an F-35?
This must be serious. They couldn't wait till after the close of US markets on Friday and have it be 'old news' by monday? You know, just another war, nothing to see here?
Also, in an asymmetric response of Russia to the US decision to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine, the Parliament of Chechnya makes a decision to supply lethal weapons to Mexican rebels. They also will support the demand of Mexico for the return of the territories annexed by the US from Mexico including California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, and a part of Wyoming.
http://lifenews.ru/news/151787
Isn't US.gov already doing that?
Dammit, didn't we work this shit out with NAFTA already? /sarc
So where do Russia and China sit on this?
I didn't know the Saudis had a navy worth shit.
Round and round we go.
"I didn't know the Saudis had a navy worth shit."
They don't. The Saudi armed forces are riven with conflicting tribal loyalties. The energies of the top officers are devoted to heading off internal conflicts that might arise therefrom.
Wonder if this focuses them on a common "enemy" or highlights the conflicts further. Either one would allow you to shake out the malcontents before a real war starts.
Could be. But in Saudi the focus is, or at least was when I was there, on internal enemies.
http://news.usni.org/2015/01/09/missile-launcher-contract-gives-hints-sa...
Both vessels are armed and seaworthy.
http://nypost.com/2014/02/10/iranian-navy-contingent-heading-across-atla...
"Yes, 3 more days and our Al-Shishkabab missiles should be in range Ayatollah."
Gotta buy something with all those oil dollars and there's only so many islands you can build in the ocean.
same pattern every time
so predictable
"Decisive Storm"
Presumably this is to distinguish it from an Indecisive Storm?
Indecisive Storm, aka US foreign policy.
Incontinent Swarm (of Black Swans)
navel blockades? hmmm, oil, hmmm, the lifeblood of modern civalization. it had to come to this. pipeline next...oh, thats ukraine.
Could be more noise than fact to stimulate the masses. Or, we could be witnessing the birth of a Black Swan event. Either way, this war/non-war is further confirmation that great change is taking place in a historically and economically vital part of the world.
The only way for Dear Leader to take us complete communist is for complete chaos. Top down , bottom up, inside out.
Which of those are not happening right now?
Not content to be Mahdi in waiting, POTUS takes the form of Shiva.
iran demanded... lulz
Obama must be proud.
LHP not oil. Some substantial French and US 'interests' that were there until things got really messy. Mostly though, this is to clean up the mess the US made and destroy the arms the rebels got their hands on. Heck even Egypt is throwing in ground troops.
new reporting German co-pilot crashed the plane deliberately
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VA-111_Shkval
In tight spaces, this could make things interesting.
Right now, at this very moment, is the time to keep a close eye on what Israel is doing in Syria.
Yemen? Please. It's a distraction.
Turn in your guns Americans so we can distribute them to 3rd world rebels, many of whom are your enemies.
Sincerely,
The US Government
But FIRST pay your taxes to support
sheikh despots, military dictatorships, apartheid governments, fascists old and new,
and as many other tyrannies and oligarchies as possible,
to insure there will be many oppressed peoples to rebel
(and a watchful Homeland Security to crush any rebellion by you).
calling warren, we need a r.r. in th m.e.
Eat your ketchup and cheese mac and be happy you have that.
this will get real when the 1st saudi oil terminal goes kaboom..Iran can then hike the price of it's oil..payment in gold only.
Iranian ICBM missile sites might suffer collateral damage.
The NWO banks are funding the NWO takeover the planet. Q99X2 phone home.
Hope this doesn't interrupt King Barry's eternal golf game.
Aw what am I sayin? NOTHING interupts that asshole's golf game, least of all his job or bothering with irrelevant bullshit like trying to prevent wars or people from being killed/beheaded.
Thanks, DC, for the fucked up world.
It's all Beer and skittles until somebody looses and eye.
...looses and eye.
lulz
Beer capitalized and skittles not, that I can see, but looses and eye just cracks me up. Thanx.
Beer? Nope, the wanna be thugs drank of
choice is Purple Drank wit dem skittles an
blunts, yo.
There. Fixed it for ya.
Americans have allowed their country to be turned into a thug empire.
The bankers interests are not your interests.
This is all about control of the financial system.
And they wont even give you the courtesy of telling you the truth.
Soldiers will die on both sides for what?
You tell me.
London calling ...
"The drink will flow and the blood will spill, and if the boyz wanna fight you better let 'em" - Thin Lizzy
The responce of Iran--("We Want") is no suggestion--It's a demand--that won't fly-- IMHO many heads will come off over this--
I hope Russia and China know that a competing financial system has a price.
And that price is war.
The US is obviously prepared to start a fight, but I'm not convined the US wants to win.
The US hasn't won a war since 1945.
The war against the Constitution went superbly.
War against women seems to gain traction periodically.
It's not profitable to win wars.
When you have access to unlimited Fed Reserve confetti.
The Russians won WW2, the US/UK were merely fighting the same enemy.
That is a very narrow reading of history.
The Soviets plays a pivotal role in defeating Germany, and had they lost... well, shall we say things would be different. To say they won the war and the other powers did almost nothing is pure bullshit, except to the simple mind.
I agree its simplification but the Soviets had 6.4m troops fighting, while the entirety of the rest of the Allies had 4m. The Soviets took the seat of power, and forced the suicide of the enemy leader.
Yet the Russians were absent in the Pacific Theater. Russia demands recognition for the luxury of fighting a 1-front war?
The US blockaded Japan into making a pre-emptive strike in retaliation thus Pearl Harbour. The Americans were not in a rush to get to Berlin till they realised that the Russians would capture most of Europe making them the next world power, Germany had already been defeated for good in Russia, after that it was who could grab the most spoils of war.
it is good to see the arab/muslims doing their own fighting for a change instead of US.
It's on like Donkey Kong...
Amazing how all the dicks with the money in the world, and that will never fight themselves, are just itching to get into wars. You have to be an asshole to be in any military these days, except maybe Russia's since they will actually be defending their own land.
Ukraine is not Russia, look at a map.
you should have heard the words great grumps had about that "invention"
So as you can see Ukraine russia does not believe you are even a legitimate state, so don't be shocked when they treat the non russians like dogs when they subjugate you.
What a bunch of crap. I would expect Saudi forces to roll over the Persian rebels as the main Persian forces are tied down fighting isil in Iraq. Persia demands lmao... Need US air power to take Sadamtown.
The Saudi military is a joke.
They rely on US equipment.
And that equipment is maintained by US soldiers.
Do you really think a Saudi prince is going to get his hands dirty?
Do you really think Saudi princes take orders?
Wake the fuck up.
Wipe the Putin off your chin Chuckles it embarrassing.
Keep sucking on that bankers cock while they sacrifice you for their greater good.
does this mean an end to the "oil going to zero" posts?
Essentially Iran says, 'Wahhabi This, Assholes!!'
Looks (or feels) like: US supplies weapons to rebels to annoy SA. SA must respond, thus irritating Iran, which helps the US with further draining Iranian ersources in a proxy war as well as giving a possible argument - in case of escalation - for the US and/or israel to bomb iran.
More or less similar game as Ukraine basically.
Best thing for Iran to to (and implicitly worst for US, although not a major loss) is to avoid the situation completely. Simply don't play the game. As far as I can see, Iran would not lose too much compared to the earlier position.
Whatever you may think of the Iranians, I give them a lot of credit for avoiding getting sucked into a quaqmire thus far. If one country has been poked around and provoked in order to get paid full in a cosy bombardment, it's Iran (and North Korea).
At this point its fairly obvious that Yemen has simply been ALLOWED to exist, because of its position and potential ability to cause issues, that would of course demand a military response.
Part of the long plan. Otherwise the Saudis would have had the MIC take care of that 40, 50 years ago.
Very interesting line of thought and probably true.....
This a Black Swan event.
Nothing to see here. It's all part of the Greater Middle East Project, a work in progress.
Yemen needed $500M of US weapons to expand its territory, you see.
Mr Kerry is begging for help?
"So where does that take you? Anybody standing up in opposition to this has an obligation to stand up and put a viable, realistic alternative on the table. And I have yet to see anybody do that."
Defund the government.
Anyone still think Goldman and the big banks are going to let you pump $2 gas this summer?
Please do not fail to include the 40 cent federal tax they are pushing around as well as state tax es, already on the way up.
Exactly. GS didn't get rich by not manipulating prices.
Keep turning the heat up on that frog.
King Barry's submissive dick whipped Generals would be sporting wood if they weren't castrated by Val.
US desparation is ugly to watch.
Here's Yemens navy http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/yemen/navy.htm
So.........why close the big water when they can't control a bay?
Probably to block re supply of the Shiites by water.
My only concern about this war is that now more news time will be wasted on boring middle eastern confllicts.
Foot hold to take out SA. US can't start wars anymore than the bad guys working for US/jews job.
Let me know when the jews start to get bombed...
Israel must have a chubby over all this.
The good cop/bad cop routine was fun to watch.
Obozo pretending to disrespect bibi.
Bibi pretending to be insulted.
And all the American Jews laughing at the chumps who believed the farce!
The ultimate disrespect on you, of course.
That's how they always play it.
Bad actors. Jews are ntt laughing that load anymore because they're starting to get noticed everywhere they go.
Especially Michael Wienner (savage) and the flunky Lee Kaplan.
I told you so! This is the build up to full out Islamic Civil War between the Sunni and Shia. Please note that Obama's mouth piece at the WH is still saying Obama's anti-terrorism policy in Yemen was a success. IF the dissolution of Yemen is considered a success, then connecting the dots of Obama's M.E. policy is to create chaos in the M.E.
This is a confirmation of my theory that Obama is intentionally creating chaos in order to raise the price of oil to financially benefit his cronies in the Green Energy profiteers.
As far as Russia and China picking sides, that's a done deal - Iran. Unlike the US (Shah of Iran and Mubarak of Egypt), the Russians NEVER betray their partners no matter how badly they behave. Russia has a vested financial interest in the chaos of the M.E. due to their being a major oil and gas exporter who would capture market share and high prices for their energy exports. China has major oil and gas contracts with Iran, their prices are set so they benefit from rising energy prices that give them a competitive advantage for their exports.
All of this was foreseeable, either Obama is thee most incompetent leader in history OR he deliberately planned this. Every day that goes by further demonstrates deliberative planning.
All your worries about US domestic oil supply gluts will shortly be proven needless. Fracking is king.
You let a couple of em move in next door and pretty soon the neighborhood turns to shit.
So the crazy neocons and fellow travellers in the USA unable to push Russia into war by their illegal actions in the Ukraine are doing plan B.
Pushing Iran into war and thereby any nation with treaties and agreements with them.
Can someone give us a run down of treaty agreements between Russia and Iran.
This could be serious folks and once again the great satan - the US of bloody A - is up to her neck.
They sure want that war.
Better deliver the S400 now and negotiate the price later.
Russia invades and annexes the Crimea, but it's the crazy necons of the US that is trying to push them into war? Really? Obama took a gun to Putin's head and said either you invade Crimea or I'm going to blow a hole in your head?
Iran's proxies in Yemen and Gaza over throws a government and fires rockets into Israel, but the US is pushing them into war?
You must be a liberal who stereotypically confuses cause and effect.
But perversely you are correct, Obama as POTUS does want war, he instigates it by showing weakness and doing as little as possible to feign concern all the while getting over 200,000 people in Syria killed and over 50,000 people killed in Iraq since 2011. Who said Assad must go? The neocons or Obama? Who withdrew American troops from Iraq in 2011 and then refused repeated requests by Iraq's government for help in 2013 and 2014 until Obama started looking bad in the media.
Naval port. Bombardment. Troops massing at border. Blockade of vital resources.
For a moment there I worried thinking this was a violation of
national borders which threatened the whole world
(like the Russian "invasion" of Crimea).
Because if it were, the US would assuredly impose "sanctions"
against Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
But then I realized, in order to be condemned as a REAL invasion,
it must be non-violent, and followed by a popular referendum.
These days it is sooo easy to make fun of 'The West'.
Some it is deserved.
What time does your watch say?
So O bama has picked fights with the GOP, Cliven Bundy, Syria, Yemen, Russia, and Netanyahu.
The only one's he's beat so far is the GOP. Everybody who has stood up to him has won.
Think the Saudis might have to cut back production since not as many ships are going to be interested in transiting the Red Sea? They have a big port over there plus I think all the ships that come from the Persian Gulf usually go through there if they deliver to Europe or the US. All the Asian traffic should be unaffected.
Didn't WWI start in Bosnia....never know where next war comes from. F'n Obama one of the worst world leaders of the last century has built the tinder box....
Talk about Black Swan
What hasn't Obama screwed up.....unleasted terrorists in Eygpt, Libya, Yemen, Iraq, Ukraine...friended Iran and has put Russia back to the wall.
EXPLOISIVE.... All so he can befriend a few billionaires and piss off any normal thinking person! Obama will be known for bring a DARK PERIOD TO THE WORLD!!!
Why, why, why are you wasting your anger on a powerless figurehead?
Saudi military mobilizes = happy days for mercs. Come'on. Yemen mobilization is an excuse to close to Straits of Hormuz and so sop up new oil supply, before there is a run on pots and pans to store the excess.
World War 3
in progress