Why is there talk of sending the US Military to Yemen?

This will not work and will only escalate the issue. Yemen is uncontrollable. Unless our interest are in jeopardy then the troops should not be sent in. It has been reported on CNN.

Who is paying for the “war” (the U.S. claims isn’t a war) in Libya? Is the U.S. military a pawn of the UN now?

I keep hearing top American officials claiming the decision to bomb Libya was to protect innocent civilians from being slaughtered (which makes one wonder why the same isn’t done in Darfur, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Yemen). No one in the United States seems to even be attempting to claim that Libya was a clear and [...]

Do you think it will be the USA military, the CIA or another country that catches this guy?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_al_qaida

US Launches Military Campaign In Yemen.m4v

The United States has quietly opened a largely covert military front in Yemen, which is being accused of claiming a significant number of dead civilians, including children.

What do you think of the US military blaming “terrorists” whenever they murder civilians?

Shouldn’t they take responsibility for their indiscriminate attacks, harassment and threatening against Iraqis and Afghanis? What about the fact that the US press reporting the deaths of militants when the rest of the world press prints that civilians are actually being killed? Why is it that the US press takes the military’s words and not [...]

Is this use of a private Security firm a sign of the falling standards of in US military training?

October 2000: Al-Qaida bombers attack the USS Cole in Yemen, killing 17 sailors. Shortly afterward, Blackwater receives its first big federal contract, training sailors in counterterrorism. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-10-19-blackwater-iraq_N.htm http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story… greggblack0590 Mine is a question! But if you need things explaining then I will. By using an external non military group to train the Military indicates that [...]

Is the Saudi military having difficulty with the Houthis?

Headline: Saudi deaths in fight with Yemen rebels reach 113 Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100121/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_saudi_arabia_yemen;_ylt=AqRQrrLVcyYhEWIPchkKvcTCw5R4;_ylu=X3oDMTNhOXNlMmk2BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMTIxL21sX3NhdWRpX2FyYWJpYV95ZW1lbgRjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzUEcG9zAzUEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNzYXVkaWRlYXRoc2k- Story: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – The Saudi army has lost 113 troops since the kingdom launched a sweeping offensive against neighboring Yemen’s Shiite rebels in early November, a military commander said in comments published Thursday. The kingdom’s well-funded but largely untested military joined [...]