Islamists Storm Yemeni Capital as Obama Gives SOTU

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  1. Rainbow Crow

    Rainbow Crow New Member Past Donor

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    http://time.com/3674778/yemen-al-qaeda/

    I'm guessing this didn't make it into the SOTU. President Barack "don't say the I-word" Obama read well from the teleprompter, if not from Paris, as his foreign policy continues to unravel. Yemen has been a hotbed of radical Islam for a long time now and Obama's policies there are clearly not working.

    So, I didn't watch it and am prepared to eat crow, but did Obama mention anything related to the military or terrorism at all in his SOTU?
     
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    The houthis of Yemen are virulent enemies of AQ and ISIL.
     
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    But all Muslims support ISIL...duh.
     
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    Yep.. Yemen has been a hotbed of terrorism, radicals and opposition since the 1950s.

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    Yes.. the Houthis are a minor sect ...loosely Shia.. The name starts with a Z and I don't know much about them.. They are funded by Iran.
     
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    what does his have to do with the SOTU and are you sure it happened while Obama was speaking and not the GOP, does it even matter when it happened

    terrorists will be terrorists, that is what they are
     
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    Read the article and you can see the disconnect between Obama's victorious talk and the outcome of his policies.
     
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    Jonsa Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I assume you are being facetious.
     

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