Will The Fall Of The Yemeni Government Help Or Hurt?

COL Ted Mc — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 02:38:21 -0500

From "Reuters"

Yemen president quits, throwing country deeper into chaos

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/23/us-yemen-security-houthis-idUSKBN0KV0HT20150123

(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.

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.

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.

"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."

[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.]

Yemen president quits, throwing country deeper into chaos

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.

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 23 at 2015 2:53 AM

1LT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 02:53:42 -0500

COL Ted Mc. From strictly foreign relations / international security perspective . . . instability is never our friend.
Warmest Regards, Sandy

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 23 at 2015 9:13 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:13:05 -0500

Undoubtedly, instability there will make matters worse for US interests.
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.

Not good.