COL Ted Mc431786<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>From "Reuters"<br /><br />Yemen president quits, throwing country deeper into chaos<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/us-yemen-security-houthis-idUSKBN0KV0HT20150123">http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/us-yemen-security-houthis-idUSKBN0KV0HT20150123</a><br /><br />(Reuters) - Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi resigned on Thursday, days after Houthi rebels battled their way into his presidential palace, plunging the unstable Arab country deeper into chaos and depriving Washington of a key ally against al Qaeda.<br /><br />Hadi, a former general, blamed the Houthis' control of Sanaa for impeding his two-year-long attempt to steer Yemen toward stability after years of secessionist and tribal unrest, deepening poverty and U.S. drone strikes on Islamist militants.<br /><br />The announcement startled the Arabian Peninsula country of 25 million, where the Iran-backed Houthis emerged as the dominant faction by seizing the capital Sanaa in September and dictating terms to a humiliated Hadi.<br /><br />"This is a coup," said Ahmed al-Fatesh, a hotel security supervisor, suggesting Hadi had been bullied from office. "The Houthis took power by force. Hadi is a legitimate president and was elected by more than 6 million Yemenis. Hadi tried to bring the political forces together."<br /><br />[EDITORIAL COMMENT:- Aside from the blinding flash of the obvious involved in the "This is a coup." statement, where the situation gets REALLY interesting is that the Houthis are BOTH anit-ISIS AND anti-US.] <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
<div class="pta-link-card-picture">
<img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/007/924/qrc/r?1443031776">
</div>
<div class="pta-link-card-content">
<p class="pta-link-card-title">
<a target="blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/us-yemen-security-houthis-idUSKBN0KV0HT20150123">Yemen president quits, throwing country deeper into chaos</a>
</p>
<p class="pta-link-card-description">Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi resigned on Thursday, days after Houthi rebels battled their way into his presidential palace, plunging the unstable Arab country deeper into chaos and depriving Washington of a key ally against al Qaeda.</p>
</div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div>
Will The Fall Of The Yemeni Government Help Or Hurt?2015-01-23T02:38:21-05:00COL Ted Mc431786<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>From "Reuters"<br /><br />Yemen president quits, throwing country deeper into chaos<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/us-yemen-security-houthis-idUSKBN0KV0HT20150123">http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/us-yemen-security-houthis-idUSKBN0KV0HT20150123</a><br /><br />(Reuters) - Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi resigned on Thursday, days after Houthi rebels battled their way into his presidential palace, plunging the unstable Arab country deeper into chaos and depriving Washington of a key ally against al Qaeda.<br /><br />Hadi, a former general, blamed the Houthis' control of Sanaa for impeding his two-year-long attempt to steer Yemen toward stability after years of secessionist and tribal unrest, deepening poverty and U.S. drone strikes on Islamist militants.<br /><br />The announcement startled the Arabian Peninsula country of 25 million, where the Iran-backed Houthis emerged as the dominant faction by seizing the capital Sanaa in September and dictating terms to a humiliated Hadi.<br /><br />"This is a coup," said Ahmed al-Fatesh, a hotel security supervisor, suggesting Hadi had been bullied from office. "The Houthis took power by force. Hadi is a legitimate president and was elected by more than 6 million Yemenis. Hadi tried to bring the political forces together."<br /><br />[EDITORIAL COMMENT:- Aside from the blinding flash of the obvious involved in the "This is a coup." statement, where the situation gets REALLY interesting is that the Houthis are BOTH anit-ISIS AND anti-US.] <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
<div class="pta-link-card-picture">
<img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/007/924/qrc/r?1443031776">
</div>
<div class="pta-link-card-content">
<p class="pta-link-card-title">
<a target="blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/us-yemen-security-houthis-idUSKBN0KV0HT20150123">Yemen president quits, throwing country deeper into chaos</a>
</p>
<p class="pta-link-card-description">Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi resigned on Thursday, days after Houthi rebels battled their way into his presidential palace, plunging the unstable Arab country deeper into chaos and depriving Washington of a key ally against al Qaeda.</p>
</div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div>
Will The Fall Of The Yemeni Government Help Or Hurt?2015-01-23T02:38:21-05:002015-01-23T02:38:21-05:001LT Private RallyPoint Member431790<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="337757" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/337757-col-ted-mc">COL Ted Mc</a>. From strictly foreign relations / international security perspective . . . instability is never our friend.<br />Warmest Regards, SandyResponse by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 23 at 2015 2:53 AM2015-01-23T02:53:42-05:002015-01-23T02:53:42-05:001SG Private RallyPoint Member431990<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Undoubtedly, instability there will make matters worse for US interests.<br />What is striking is that based upon what I saw yesterday, the State Department and the administration have absolutely no clue what to do, and appear to have been taken by surprise despite having a lot of assets monitoring the situation.<br /><br />Not good.Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 23 at 2015 9:13 AM2015-01-23T09:13:05-05:002015-01-23T09:13:05-05:002015-01-23T02:38:21-05:00