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2015-01-26 Home Front: WoT

Wait What? Chief Of Staff: Obama 'Not Surprised' By Yemen Collapse

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Posted by Hupineger Glomomp7494 2015-01-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

Posted by Phusons McGurque1872 2015-01-26 00:22|| 2015-01-26 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 wow, that's one lame excuse.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Iranian envoy moons Kerry at the next nuke talks.

Posted by Mystic 2015-01-26 01:24|| 2015-01-26 01:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Obama is never surprised when a shining success story collapses. He also expects friends to betray him (check) and allies to run away from him (check).
Just another day between Barry, the Prince of Kenya's ears.

Posted by ed in texas 2015-01-26 07:24|| 2015-01-26 07:24|| Front Page Top

#4 We've had our 'top men' monitoring events in Yemen for quite some time.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-26 09:50|| 2015-01-26 09:50|| Front Page Top

#5 “We can’t be responsible for every government in the region. We have to make sure they’re doing that themselves”

There's one country I think the regime takes an exception to, but I'll be darned if I can recall its name.

Ish? Izzy?

Posted by Pappy 2015-01-26 10:29|| 2015-01-26 10:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Yemen's government was not exactly filled with good pro-western people. Yes the next government will probably be worse but there is a bit of freedom in knowing who are enemies vs those that play friend while helping enemies under the table.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-01-26 14:55|| 2015-01-26 14:55|| Front Page Top

#7 "President Obama was “not surprised” the Yemeni government fell into the hands of rebels backed by Iran,"

Speculation:

The Obama administration ceded Yemen to Iran in a new secret ~~'Grand Bargain'~~ 'Percentages Agreement.'

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2015-01-26 14:56|| 2015-01-26 14:56|| Front Page Top

#8 That's not "speculation" Hup, that's a potential enemy Course of Action (COA). Log it in! We'll factor the probabilities and construct a matrix as more supporting data arrives.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-26 15:07|| 2015-01-26 15:07|| Front Page Top

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