March 27, 201511 yr comment_767743 So I'm by no means well versed in Middle Eastern history or foreign affiars, but I do try to keep up on current events. I also enjoy the different perspectives held by many here on topics like this. I'm not so naive to ask if we can keep the politics to a minimum, but let's certainly keep it civil. http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/23/middleeast/yemen-how-we-got-here/index.html -- Backstory http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/26/middleeast/yemen-saudi-arabia-airstrikes/ -- more recent events http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/03/26-why-attack-yemen-shapiro?utm_campaign=Brookings+Brief&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=16768935&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8HlwR9QlKdQJiL18SphNXVCqvJfrO8PCwaA490PnrT6Un6FLWoGEHxSFKtIvn-OmBWL9u9qZbvoTU99iPkIVTnHTMqGHkEPpGaePf8UhGWvhAp-v4&_hsmi=16768935 -- Western take http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/coalition-jets-continue-hit-houthi-targets-yemen-150327022702372.html -- non-Western take? Report
March 27, 201511 yr comment_767746 My take: whenever you think the Middle East is completely FUBAR, there happens something that fucks things up even more Report
March 27, 201511 yr comment_767752 just wait until they start the Beeldenstorm no wait they already are. meh, only a century to go until enlightenment Report
March 27, 201511 yr comment_767778 just wait until they start the Beeldenstorm no wait they already are. meh, only a century to go until enlightenment How optimistic of you Report
March 27, 201511 yr comment_767781 If the Muslims have to fight a war on an international scale where Shias and Sunnis must perish in vast numbers just so the Muslims can unite again and correct their ways, then I say let the war come. Report
March 27, 201511 yr comment_767786 just wait until they start the Beeldenstorm no wait they already are. meh, only a century to go until enlightenment How optimistic of you well, seeing as it took us almost a millenium (and we still have issues) to get to something of a peacefull state, I'd like some optimism that and AK's and cars get the job done faster then spears and horses. Report
March 28, 201511 yr comment_768405 I hope they dont forget to knockout AQ/ISIS while they play game of thrones. Edited March 28, 201511 yr by Shahenshah Report
March 28, 201511 yr comment_768419 People in the middle east should consider themselves lucky I'm not a world leader. We'd have already solved the majority of the problems by doing something similar to that. Report
March 28, 201511 yr comment_768423 The remnants would immediately start fighting over the island in the middle Report
March 28, 201511 yr comment_768504 The remnants would immediately start fighting over the island in the middle seeing what the island is, I'd rather think they would construct massive islands to sell to western billionairs. Report
March 28, 201511 yr comment_768505 seeing what the island is, I'd rather think they would construct massive islands to sell to western billionairs. Thats just the problem isn't it. The west has always been stupid enough to put their money in the wrong hands. I mean you support one guy to kill another guy but in an ironic twist of fate that guy also happens to hate you cuz you interfered in his life some point in time and now after he's done the job you gave him, he's gonna come after you and you get scared and call your allies and the whole party just becomes a cluster**k. The west always adds fuel to the fire. Need I remind everyone that these "rebel" Houthis were actually funded and supported by the US and KSA against the Yemen Communist Republic...... Report
March 28, 201511 yr comment_768507 If you zoom up you can actually see all the off-shore drilling platforms. Report
March 28, 201511 yr comment_768509 seeing what the island is, I'd rather think they would construct massive islands to sell to western billionairs. Thats just the problem isn't it. The west has always been stupid enough to put their money in the wrong hands. I mean you support one guy to kill another guy but in an ironic twist of fate that guy also happens to hate you cuz you interfered in his life some point in time and now after he's done the job you gave him, he's gonna come after you and you get scared and call your allies and the whole party just becomes a cluster**k. The west always adds fuel to the fire. Need I remind everyone that these "rebel" Houthis were actually funded and supported by the US and KSA against the Yemen Communist Republic...... war by proxi is cleaner at home, go figure not that such stupidity is limited to "the west", anyone in power does that. Report
March 28, 201511 yr comment_768513 The remnants would immediately start fighting over the island in the middle Probably the last oil well there thats why. Report
March 29, 201511 yr comment_768627 seeing what the island is, I'd rather think they would construct massive islands to sell to western billionairs.Thats just the problem isn't it. The west has always been stupid enough to put their money in the wrong hands. I mean you support one guy to kill another guy but in an ironic twist of fate that guy also happens to hate you cuz you interfered in his life some point in time and now after he's done the job you gave him, he's gonna come after you and you get scared and call your allies and the whole party just becomes a cluster**k. The west always adds fuel to the fire. Need I remind everyone that these "rebel" Houthis were actually funded and supported by the US and KSA against the Yemen Communist Republic...... Let's not forget all the aid to secular and moderate rebels in Syria, who are now either in ISIS or AQ offshoots. Tho, let's keep raging and have a collective memory loss and pretend they all were conjured out of thin air and talk about the island instead. Let's keep pretending the interventions to create puppet regimes have zero consequences. Also, FYI, that island replaces the areas having least density of Muslims per square mile, since were talking about holocaust level cleansing, thought you all ought to know. The island seems to be specifically targeted towards Arab and Persian Muslims oh and the Kurds, who last I checked werstn really part of the whole AQ/ISIS thread, but hey, why not, right? You will miss out on the billion others... Betsy, everyone in power does it, agreed, so let's call spade a spade, what ISIS does is terrorism, but what bush did was liberation :-) People in the middle east should consider themselves lucky I'm not a world leader. We'd have already solved the majority of the problems by doing something similar to that.What Hitler said about the Jews. Edited March 29, 201511 yr by Shahenshah Report
March 29, 201511 yr comment_768631 Bush "liberated", whom from what? he liberated rockets from their storage, thats for sure >_> Report
March 29, 201511 yr comment_768654 Somewhat unrelated, but still very informative. The last question is quite relevant to the Shia/Sunni conflict I believe http://www.pewforum.org/2012/08/09/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-infographic/ Report
March 29, 201511 yr comment_768736 You still have to take care of Boko Haram. The AU can take care of that Report
March 30, 201511 yr Author comment_768968 seeing what the island is, I'd rather think they would construct massive islands to sell to western billionairs.Thats just the problem isn't it. The west has always been stupid enough to put their money in the wrong hands. I mean you support one guy to kill another guy but in an ironic twist of fate that guy also happens to hate you cuz you interfered in his life some point in time and now after he's done the job you gave him, he's gonna come after you and you get scared and call your allies and the whole party just becomes a cluster**k. The west always adds fuel to the fire. Need I remind everyone that these "rebel" Houthis were actually funded and supported by the US and KSA against the Yemen Communist Republic...... :P Let's not forget all the aid to secular and moderate rebels in Syria, who are now either in ISIS or AQ offshoots. Tho, let's keep raging and have a collective memory loss and pretend they all were conjured out of thin air and talk about the island instead. Let's keep pretending the interventions to create puppet regimes have zero consequences. Also, FYI, that island replaces the areas having least density of Muslims per square mile, since were talking about holocaust level cleansing, thought you all ought to know. The island seems to be specifically targeted towards Arab and Persian Muslims oh and the Kurds, who last I checked werstn really part of the whole AQ/ISIS thread, but hey, why not, right? You will miss out on the billion others... Betsy, everyone in power does it, agreed, so let's call spade a spade, what ISIS does is terrorism, but what bush did was liberation :-) People in the middle east should consider themselves lucky I'm not a world leader. We'd have already solved the majority of the problems by doing something similar to that.What Hitler said about the Jews. While I agree it's a very fucked up solution to propose, I must point out that it's a different sort of fucked up than Hitler and Jew. Not more or less fucked up, but definitely different. Lol at your Game of Thrones comment. I'd go to war for Emilia Clarke. Report
March 31, 201511 yr comment_769087 Bibi said that it was a game of thrones in his speech to the U.S. Congress. It is very true that all these factions want an Islamic State, but they will all fight each other for who will be the king of that state. It's a very real analogy. Report
April 3, 201511 yr comment_769740 Bibi said that it was a game of thrones in his speech to the U.S. Congress. It is very true that all these factions want an Islamic State, but they will all fight each other for who will be the king of that state. It's a very real analogy.Bibi is also saying for last 10 years that Iran will get the bomb the next year. Let's not muddy the analogy. Report
April 3, 201511 yr comment_769744 Bibi said that it was a game of thrones in his speech to the U.S. Congress. It is very true that all these factions want an Islamic State, but they will all fight each other for who will be the king of that state. It's a very real analogy.Bibi is also saying for last 10 years that Iran will get the bomb the next year. Let's not muddy the analogy. Don't lie sha. Bibi has been saying Iran will get the bomb in a matter of months! Also he's had to mossad chiefs resign because they said he was lying and that their reports contradict the theory that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program, nor are they intent on nuking Israel. Also I was wrong about the Houthi rebels. Apologies to FoxFire or w/e and who ever else. Report
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