After Yemeni Regime’s Collapse, Calls Mount for US Military Escalation across Middle East and Africa
‘One day after Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi announced his resignation amidst the occupation of his government’s central facilities and his private residence by Houthi militants, a chorus of voices from the US political establishment and punditry are calling for expanded US and NATO military operations across the Middle East and Africa.
The collapse of the Yemeni regime, which as events have proven, enjoyed no support outside of the military aid flowing from Washington, represents another major debacle for US imperialism in the Middle East. The US had relied on Hadi to rubber-stamp authorization for drone missile strikes, despite widespread popular anger over the attacks, and to supply intelligence for their targeting and cover up their toll in terms of civilian casualties.
Obama had also touted Yemen as a model for his administration’s subsequent interventions in Iraq and Syria, with limited US military presence and what one senior advisor described as “intelligence-driven, dynamic targeting.”’
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