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2015-04-25 Arabia

Air Strikes Pound Yemen Rebel Positions as Clashes Rage

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-04-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Never start something that you cannot finish. It appears that this is what the Saudis have done with the Yemen problem. If the Saudis went into Yemen and destroyed the enemy with full overwhelming force, then they would have taught the Iranians a lesson and sent them packing.

Saudis have lots of money and hardware. They do not have the depth to quicken the tempo and solve their Yemen problem. The Paks do not seem very enthusiastic about supporting Saudis with troops. Iran spends $4 to $6 billion a year on regional military mischief, I read, so they can keep working on the Saudis through a thousand knife cuts and slashes. Iran can keep harassing the Saudis on a level and tempo that is low enough to avoid a Saudi nuclear response. Wear the Saudis down and work on internal destabilization. Iran is playing a long game to become the regional hegemon. Only trouble is that this game is like playing with blasting caps on a stack of dynamite boxes. The whole thing can go south very quickly.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-04-25 11:38|| 2015-04-25 11:38|| Front Page Top

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