tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post9195927359474623079..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: Drones and Revolution in YemenJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-42615338624134758592015-02-16T07:17:09.345-05:002015-02-16T07:17:09.345-05:00I don't have the impression that, at least und...I don't have the impression that, at least under Obama, making things better for Yemenis has been part of the rationale behind drone strikes in Yemen. I thought it was based simply on the principle of hitting al-Qaeda. One could debate that principle separately, but it IS a separate principle from helping Yemenis.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-54394783169441732372015-02-10T08:06:40.058-05:002015-02-10T08:06:40.058-05:00Maybe so, but if you're right the drones and t...Maybe so, but if you're right the drones and the deaths they inflict haven't made any difference one way or the other. Is that an argument for using them?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-2528576131949495082015-01-23T09:51:01.483-05:002015-01-23T09:51:01.483-05:00I think you're vastly overestimating the role ...I think you're vastly overestimating the role played by US policy. Yemenis are perfectly capable of generating their own reasons for fighting each other, and the Sunni-Shia divide is much older and far deeper than any feeling, good or bad, that Yemenis have about the US or anything it does or stands for. Much like the fights among Thais, these quarrels are internally-generated. As for foreigners, the roles of Saudi Arabia and Iran are much greater, because they play to things that Yemenis care about.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.com