Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh (below).
The story of oppression among Arab countries is long and distringished and started a long time ago when oil and gas became a commodity in the West. The 'idea' of control over nations resources became paramount to so called "American interests." If the media believes they are going to pander to fear AGAIN, they are grossly mistaken.To make the dynamics of the 'long lived' Oil Leadership of these countries perfectly clear all one has to do is look to the gross negligence of the people in Nigeria, a peaceful people. When their nightmare was realized and oil companies paid damages the monies went to a corrupt government with no relief for the people of that country.
This is a peaceful Arab movement of non-violence. I am not about to throw support to any military invasion by The West in support of old regimes that oppressed the people which brought about these protesters and their demands.
Just because there are sanctions and military enforcement to limit Gadaffi's ability to kill his own people is NOT license to garner support for invasions and long term military commitments. ABSOLUTELY NOT. There is absolutely NO EVIDENCE these movements are anything but non-violent seeking a change in government to rid them of oppression.
To demand nations 'meet the approval' of The West or else; is not what any of this is about. The USA intelligence has a lot of work to do for new assessments and protections of this country and its allies. Those protections do not include invasion known to increase extremism and spawn al Qaeda cells in any region any foreign military establishes a presence. American arrogance is not going to win out this time so every Republican can reap the profits of war while soldiers die in the process.
THERE IS NO WAY !
I am looking forward to new friends and continued alliances with benevolent people, not 'new battlefields' or 'ground assaults.' If the Middle East was more secrure without Facebook and Twitter, then that is an even more interesting reality.
...Joining widespread (click title to entry - thank you) international condemnation of the mass killing of civilians, the Arab League urged Sanaa on Tuesday to make "concerted efforts to safeguard national unity and the right to free expression."
With tanks deployed outside key installations in the capital, Saleh warned earlier on Tuesday that a coup attempt in Yemen could spark civil war, a day after two soldiers were reported killed in a clash between rival units.US Defence Secretary William Gates told reporters in Moscow that Yemen's "instability and diversion of attention from dealing with AQAP (Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula) is certainly my primary concern about the situation."...
