Must read -Why is US backing force in Libya but not Bahrain, Yemen?

[malaise]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12792637
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As the uprisings have spread out of North Africa to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, those interests have come to the fore again, with Washington taking a more cautious, country-by-country approach.

For the US, stability in those oil-rich states now appears to trump the hopes of their protest movements.

Yemen is crucial to Washington for its battle with al-Qaeda - which makes the Obama administration cautious in how hard it pushes Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

"The US is very afraid that if Saleh goes, Yemen will fall apart," Ms Ottaway says.
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[xchrom]

1. Our corruption is our undoing. Nt

[meow mix]

2. yemen?

in yemem you have Iran/Shiites trying to take over... how does this compare to libya? just curious as to your explanation.

i do love how DU'ers assume all arab nations are the same, lol, "well its full of those brown people aint it?"

wtf

[rfranklin]

3. It seems that the BBC is the source of the comments...

not DU'ers.

[riderinthestorm]

4. I hate how DUers assume that other DUers are ignorant bigots. wtf. nt

[DutchLiberal]

5. I don't recall the people of Bahrein or Yemen asking us for military assistance...

... like the Libyans *did*.

As the person above me said: not all Arab nations are the same; and yes, that *is* what's being said by a lot of people on DU who are so full of hatred against their own country that they would rather do nothing to help the people of Libya against their maniac dictator. Because somehow not getting involved in *every crisis in the world* means we shouldn't get involved *anywhere*, according to their 'logic'.

And yes, geopolitics are *always* a consideration in these kinds of decisions. Welcome to the real world. Doesn't mean there's an evil neo-con conspiracy behind it.

[doc03]

6. We can only afford three wars at one time I suppose. If Obama

asked for a tax increase to pay for a new war he would loose the cheerleaders in a second.

[Angry Dragon]

7. Follow the money