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originally posted by: enlightenedservant
a reply to: Vasa Croe
I'd say bombing the Minsitry of Defense is a bit of a step up.
But it's not. Going by Peeple's post above, it's in Houthi controlled territory. And they've been at war with the Houthi alliance for the last 2 years.
To put this in perspective, at least 10,000 civilians had already been killed (as of August of 2016). The war has also caused a famine in Yemen and a massive cholera outbreak that was set to have reached the milestone of 1 million infected by this month.
originally posted by: supersword
a reply to: Willtell
It's a good thing Trump will be impeached if he starts war with Iran.
originally posted by: khnum
The new Prince Mohammed Bin Salman portrayed by the media as a moderate,the defence minister Trump sold $100 billion dollars worth of arms to earlier this year,whose war on Yemen has killed over 10000 civilians,caused a cholera epidemic of 1000 000 infected who is currently via a blockade starving 20 million Yemenis,and as reports come in is apparently reportedly torturing many of the 500 arrested in his purge,whose country finances 57 of the 61 listed terrorist organisations now this is the sort of guy like Pinochet the US can really get behind and support.
originally posted by: StallionDuck
originally posted by: enlightenedservant
a reply to: Vasa Croe
I'd say bombing the Minsitry of Defense is a bit of a step up.
But it's not. Going by Peeple's post above, it's in Houthi controlled territory. And they've been at war with the Houthi alliance for the last 2 years.
To put this in perspective, at least 10,000 civilians had already been killed (as of August of 2016). The war has also caused a famine in Yemen and a massive cholera outbreak that was set to have reached the milestone of 1 million infected by this month.
War - Famine - Disease - Death
Hmmmm Sounds familiar. Where did I see that mentioned...?
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
originally posted by: supersword
a reply to: Willtell
It's a good thing Trump will be impeached if he starts war with Iran.
Even far left media outlets have been priming the populace for a war with Iran.
Both sides of the isle beat the war drums these days. It's unfortunate.
originally posted by: enlightenedservant
a reply to: TheStalkingHorse
Here's how I see it. Yemen is incredibly poor. I think they're the poorest country on the Arabian Peninsula. However, their population is incredibly well armed (with small arms), with pre-war estimates usually saying that they were among the top 3 countries in the world in terms of guns per citizen (HERE, though there are plenty of other sources for this).
Saudi Arabia is incredibly rich. In 2016, they became the world's 3rd largest military spender (HERE). They coordinate and train militarily with major global powers like the US, UK, etc. And although Yemen and Saudi Arabia have roughly the same populations (25-30 million people), Saudi Arabia's military should've been able to dominate Yemen (on paper). Instead, the Yemen war has become a bogged down mess that the Saudis can't seem to win at all.
Now let's look at Iran. They have roughly 3 times as many people as Yemen (and Saudi Arabia for that matter), have a much more advanced military than Yemen, have a much more advanced civilian & industrial infrastructure, etc etc etc. If Saudi Arabia can't even beat their economically weak neighbor Yemen, then how can anyone expect them to defeat a much stronger Iran? Iran is larger, better equipped, more populous, and has much more treacherous terrain than Iraq. Yet the Saudis still had to get the West to take down Saddam for them because there's no way they could've done it themselves.