Saudi Brig. Gen. Ahmed al-Asiri today told a group of US reporters that the Trump Administration has made promises to “significantly” increase US intelligence and military support for the kingdom against Iran, with a particular eye of fighting against the “Iran-backed” Shi’ites in Yemen.
Asiri presented the move as a necessary US commitment to “restore” US-Saudi ties after Saudi resentment that built up during President Obama’s time in office. Though he did not elaborate, Saudi Arabia’s main source of anger at Obama was going along with the nuclear deal with Iran.
Saudi Arabia has long presented its invasion of Yemen as being about the Shi’ites there being an “Iranian proxy,” though evidence suggests no real Iranian support for the Houthi movement before the invasion, and very limited support, mostly to spite the Saudis, afterwards.
Trump is definitely on board with hostility against Iran, and Saudi officials say that Trump has invited Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to help him “make the plan for the Middle East.” Whatever other aspects this plan ends up having, Saudi input ensures it will mean US hostility toward Iran.
Don’t worry about the US war machine rolling into action. Most of it’s technology was developed in China and can be switched off at the push of a button.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/23/us-navys-most-expensive-destroyer-breaks-down-in-panama-canal
This is a big lie that the Houthis and the former Yemen military are “Iran-backed” Shi’ites in Yemen. They might be Shi ites but they are not at all under the control of Iran. These are Yemenise people who successfully overthrew a corrupt hated dictator propped up by Obama and Saudi Arabia. What Saudi Arabia is doing is an absolute war crime and should be condemned and threatened with indictment. Trump needs to stop listening to the idiot neo-con wing of his admin who have a blind hatred of Iran to the point of lying that the Houthis are controlled by them.
” We have brought torture, cluster bombs, depleted uranium, innurmeral acts of random murder, misery, degradation and death to the Middle East, and call it bringing freedom and democracy to the Middle East.” Harold Pinter
If there is ever going to be evidence against Trump that will stop Raimondo’s foolish support of him, this has to be it!
Justin Raimondo has become a complete compromise of the antiwar agenda which is what this site is supposed to represent.
Justin personally gets Russian money. Why else the endless shilling for Putin? He hasn’t made a single criticism of Putin in his entire career.
He’ll turn against Trump if and when the Russians tell him to
In defense of Raimonod, definitely not true.
Yes, because nobody has a particular opinion unless the person to whom that opinion is most favorable is paying for said opinion /sarc.
Trump/Obama – what’s the difference ?