http://news.antiwar.com/2009/07/10/yemens-problems-go-far-beyond-narrow-us-focus-on-terror/ Original and up-to-date news Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:04:31 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/07/10/yemens-problems-go-far-beyond-narrow-us-focus-on-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-2812 BiancaSusak Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:28:01 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=4969#comment-2812 This is a last thing Yemen needs; more attention by world's minders to fix all their problems, from terrorism and seccessionism, to water and farm crops. How about leaving it alone? Is there a hope that the imperial amibitions would leave just some corners of the world to live their lives without outside meddling? Once the all-knowing arms of the all knowing people lay their hands on any place, all that is left is a dusty imperial outposts, with Coke machines and ugly T-shirts. Perhaps, for all who would like to see this unusual place, do it before it disappears under the hands of the meddlers. The "secessionism" hardly applies to Yemen. Its central Government is a confederation of regions/tribes, and the amount of local freedom is high. Before British colonized Aden, the province of Hadramouth was independent. The concept of nation-state was not known, and what became South Yemen was hardly subject to rule from Sana'a. This is a last thing Yemen needs; more attention by world's minders to fix all their problems, from terrorism and seccessionism, to water and farm crops. How about leaving it alone? Is there a hope that the imperial amibitions would leave just some corners of the world to live their lives without outside meddling? Once the all-knowing arms of the all knowing people lay their hands on any place, all that is left is a dusty imperial outposts, with Coke machines and ugly T-shirts. Perhaps, for all who would like to see this unusual place, do it before it disappears under the hands of the meddlers.
The "secessionism" hardly applies to Yemen. Its central Government is a confederation of regions/tribes, and the amount of local freedom is high. Before British colonized Aden, the province of Hadramouth was independent. The concept of nation-state was not known, and what became South Yemen was hardly subject to rule from Sana'a.

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