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Foreign Affairs

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts) Mon Jan 11, 2016, 08:40 AM Jan 2016

Inside Yemen's Secret Sectarian Power Struggle - Video

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Inside Yemen's Secret Sectarian Power Struggle - Video (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Jan 2016 OP

The "irony" EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #1

Isn't it.. Jesus Malverde Jan 2016 #2

Funny as well EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #3

EdwardBernays

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1. The "irony"

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Mon Jan 11, 2016, 09:21 AM

Jan 2016

is that the US is helping al Qaeda, and committing war crimes in Yemen in the process...

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)

2. Isn't it..

Reply to EdwardBernays (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 11, 2016, 09:46 AM

Jan 2016

The people we used to drone are now our allies...

EdwardBernays

(3,343 posts)

3. Funny as well

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 11, 2016, 09:55 AM

Jan 2016

That years of bombing civilians in Northern Yemen didn't wipe them out, it lead instead to the overthrow of the Yemini government.

You gotta wonder how Americans can look at those kids graves in Yemen and think, "hey, this is something I'm glad to be part of".

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