What's the end game in Yemen?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

It's one of the most important oil choke points in the region and you have the Saudis and the Egyptians bombing the Iranian supported rebels, ostensibly with American support and acquiescence.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Sadly, World War...

...given the oily stakes.

[Cleita]

5. You aren't the first person to suggest that.

[Cooley Hurd]

7. Considering the proxies...

...this one will involve both NATO and the former Soviet Bloc countries. I fear it's Sarajevo, 1914.

[leveymg]

2. It's more like the end of the beginning. It signals an open Sunni-Shi'ia world war, with us in the

middle, and Israel pouring gas onto the fire. We should never have taken sides in any of this.

[etherealtruth]

3. Agreed

[riderinthestorm]

4. +1000 nt

[gratuitous]

6. End game? Same as always

Make big war until the people get sick and tired of it, then string things along until another hot spot flares up. Extra points if the next calamity happens between the announcement of the withdrawal date and the actual withdrawal. Then, with heavy hearts and many a frownie face, we will have no choice but to keep making war in the region because of this new threat. Meanwhile, the defense contractors keep raking in the dough, and we have to cut services and benefits for our own citizens because, you know, war and stuff.

[Chathamization]

8. Not sure. Yemen's been troubled by internecine conflict for the past several decades. This isn't the

first time Egypt and Saudi Arabia got involved in Yemen's civil war, either (though this time they're on the same side). This at least looks like a less volatile situation than the 60's, where Egyptian involvement has often been compared to America's involvement in Vietnam, and the conflict threatened to spread out into a larger one between Saudi Arabia and Egypt (I believe there were some limited clashes).

[geek tragedy]

9. solar, wind, and anything else besides oil nt