THD wrote:
How bout those damn Christians that the lappdog is always railing against....sending that s*** over here from Yemen? More Christian shenanigans...huh lappdogg?
WHAT....those were MUSLIMS?
Such a little man with no ability to think beyond the rhetoric.
Once again the United States has created it's own terrorist problem. The United States has blindly supported a dictator in Yemen for more than 20 years. Saleh has been president since 1990 when his government took over what were 2 different unique countries.
Currently there are 2 different separatist movements going on in Yemen. One in the north and one in the south. Both are fights for freedom from an oppressive dictator. And once again the United States has found itself on the wrong side of freedom. The north in particular. The northern separatists are known as Houthis. They are muslim but one of the minor sects known as Zaydi's. Their homeland is northern Yemen and portions of Southern Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia took the territory in the late 1960s when there was a weak government in Northern Yemen.
Yemen's dictator sees them as a threat to his government and Saudi Arabia sees them as a threat to an oil rich territory of their country. This has made them enemies of the United States. The United States has sided with the Yemeni government and the Saudi Arabians. To the point that the US is removing its opposition to Yemen using child soldiers.
I also find it interesting that a "incident" happens the Friday before major elections, a few days before the Fed is expected to announce quantitative easing, and only a few weeks before the deficit reduction panel announces their recommendations. Of which one is supposed to be the reduction of defense spending.