The Muslim World War Has Begun
With Saudi Arabia attacking the Houthi rebels that toppled the government in Yemen, a proxy war is being fought against Iran who supports the rebels. It’s a war in the Muslim world that America has had very little hand in, but it may flare into something much bigger.
Twitter offers some interesting snippets of commentary and unsubstantiated reporting:
#Saudi Arabia, #Kuwait, #Qatar, #UAE, #Bahrain, #Jordan, #Egypt, #Sudan, #Morocco and #Pakistan are the members of the coalition in #Yemen
— Zaid Benjamin (@zaidbenjamin) March 26, 2015
#Saudi Arabia and #Pakistan were conducting joint military exercises in southwestern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday
— Zaid Benjamin (@zaidbenjamin) March 26, 2015
BREAKING: Husi official announcement: A Saudi jet is downed in Sanaa! @hasansvri #Yemen #Houthi
— Fer Gunay (@FGunay1) March 26, 2015
Call for Fajr prayers echoing now amidst bombardment and antiaircraft fire..this is so surreal! Sana'a #Yemen
— Hisham Al-Omeisy (@omeisy) March 26, 2015
Another wave of heavy bombardment just started again. Looks like airstrikes won't stop til all resistance on ground is dead Sana'a #Yemen
— Hisham Al-Omeisy (@omeisy) March 26, 2015
Saudi bombed Yemen. Jordan bombed Syria. Egypt bombed Libya. Iran pulling strings in Iraq. Looks like we have entered an Islamic World War.
— ~ (@kopiganja) March 26, 2015
BREAKING: Obama in open partnership with Iranian regime, as US planes strike Tikrit while Qassem Suleimani wages ground ops.
— Lee Smith (@LeeSmithTWS) March 26, 2015
US provides air support for Iran in Iraq, supports Saudi against Iran in Yemen, negotiates nuke deal w/them while fighting cyber war against
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) March 26, 2015
#Saudis bombing the Houthis military capacity including the 1/2 Billion $ in military equipment the US lost and left behind in #Yemen
— Jane Novak (@JNovak_Yemen) March 26, 2015
Look at it this way: our Mideast policy is balanced because it is random and apparently unguided by any strategy, history or ties.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) March 26, 2015
Pic purportedly shows #Egyptian ships leaving Suez to join #Saudi military operation in #Yemen ! pic.twitter.com/4jQNbbpk5G
— Fahad Nazer (@fanazer) March 26, 2015
Houthis are now reportedly returning fire by launching missiles in to Saudi. #Yemen`
— Iona Craigأيونا كريج (@ionacraig) March 26, 2015
#Yemen | #Saudi-led coalition continues airstrikes in #Sanaa tonight https://t.co/j30HbT1pMz
— Zaid Benjamin (@zaidbenjamin) March 26, 2015
Preserve this memory of Sanaa, Yemen. When the sun shines, what will it look like? pic.twitter.com/G9w4zX3bSr
— Vijay Prashad (@vijayprashad) March 26, 2015
And yet, just today Jon Karl asked the White House Press Secretary if Yemen is still considered a success – they said of course it is!
I can see this getting a lot worse. At least we can say that our reticence to participate in world affairs means we can’t be blamed when it goes to hell. I assure you as soon as the casualties start piling up they’ll start begging America to intervene. And if we do, then all the casualties of our intervention will be blamed on us. Perhaps it would be best to stay away and let them kill each other off. Of course, that’s just a cynical position. If we do that, then whoever wins would then become a threat to America. It’s a dangerous world out there and we have an idiot leading us.
And what the hell, why not laugh a bit while the world careens into a fiery train crash.
State Sec @JohnKerry furiously searching for YouTube video that caused World War Islam: pic.twitter.com/rj1wHwtvHC
— el Sooper ن (@SooperMexican) March 26, 2015
"We're gonna need a bigger James Taylor" – @JohnKerry formulates US response to Muslim World War: pic.twitter.com/YIrSYAkoe3
— el Sooper ن (@SooperMexican) March 26, 2015
