Monday, April 14, 2014

How American Drone Strikes Are Devastating Yemen

How American Drone Strikes Are Devastating Yemen

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Yemen 2nd only to Syria is a Sunni versus Shia Battleground. Saudi Arabia and Iran are fighting a proxy war there too. So, what the Yemenese people want is secondary to what Saudi Arabia and Iran want. The U.S. is on the side of Saudi Arabia mostly because Iran has proved itself an ongoing enemy to the United States for at the very least 34 years or more at this point.

Also, the U.S. sees Iran trying to destabilize Yemen to have a place to attack Saudi Arabia long term. So, U.S. drones are killing Iranian sympathizers and likely Hezbollah in this situation.

In Syria, Iran and Hezbollah are allied with Assad and fighting them are the U.S. , Saudi Arabia (and all other Sunni Arab nations) as well as NATO nations. This is an ongoing fight that could last years and years into the future the way it is presently going too. 

Note: As drone strikes become more "normal" in all police actions around the world the "paranoia" creeping into Yemeni society will permeate all nations where drones are used and make more sensitive people temporarily or permanently "Crazy" in PTSD ways.

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