Holding the first session of parliament since before the Saudi invasion, Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi delivered a statement demanding that the Shi’ite Houthis “stop your crimes” and return power to him.
Hadi insisted that the Houthis need to decide between war and peace,
over four years after Saudi Arabia invaded to try to prop Hadi back up,
and over five years after Hadi’s term in office ended.
Hadi claimed to be on the road to restoring his government, and chided
those who didn’t show up for the session of parliament as failing their
duty. The MPs who did show up were mostly Hadi’s allies, while other
groups questioned the legitimacy, particularly since parliament’ mandate
ended in 2015.
Hadi’s upbeat attitude about retaking the country doesn’t seem
realistic, with large amounts of territory having not traded hands in
quite some time. The nation remains deeply divided, and UN efforts to
start negotiations have repeatedly failed, with Hadi in particular
unwilling to sign off on any power-sharing deal.
I really can’t understand why the Houthis are forcing this absolute saint of a man to bomb and kill them. How awful.
Hadi is a man with the perspective and self-reflection of a Fox News pundit.
Reporters have GOT to stop calling any idiot who calls himself “president” by that title. The title should mean something … like that the person is actually in term and in charge of his country. This fellow is not even able to get to his capital city and has been out of power for four years.
I was under the impression the rotund Hadi was poolside somewhere in the KSA drinking mint juleps.
Hah! Oh, wait, that wasn’t a joke? I thought Hadi was working on his tight 5 for the Chuckle Hut. He’s gotta do something. He doesn’t have a job anymore.
Political theatre. Last time they met in Stickholm, Hadi delegation and Houthis embraced – there was an understanding if sourts. Not that it will be clear to us for a whie.
Looking at the Houthi’s official portal, its byline blamees US for genocide, not Saudis. It to me indicates that Saudis want to cut a separate deal with Sana’a and Hadi is talking big. Perhaps so big as to become tradeable in the process. After all, all “mandates” however procured — have expired.
Just a hunch. At present, US has no reliable subcontractor in Yemen agenda. And agenda boils down to the control of Bab-Al-Mandeb. US has a base in Djibouti — but so does China. It was taken for granted before June 2017 that Saudis and UAE were to be combatants, and US with NATO allies defining the political outcome. But with CIA favorite, Bin Nayaf gone in June 2017 – everything changed. Everything. Not only MbN no longer controlled the government as Crown Prince, but did not keep any of his functilns, like his home turf, Ministry of the Interior. Now, that King’s own son was appointed to the job of Crown Price and heir, but the stories about King’s presumed failing health, dementia and other stories were exposed for what they were. Urging Allegiance Council to force King to abdicate in favor of our man, MbN. And with him at the helm, a new suitable Crown Prince would have secured US control over Kingdom’s future. And the agressivenes of Yemen policy, unwinable confrontation with Qatar, blackmailing Egypt — uncontrollable Islamists agendas all paud for and ideologically owned by the Kingdom -/ spelled both financial and geoplotical trouble.
The change signified immediately two major moves. With Egypt’s help, Qatar crisis was placed into a convenient limbo following Cairo meeting and the change of conditions into principles. Done. The standiff cureny serves as means of Saudi distancing themselves from US agenda in Qatar. Bottom line — Saudis will be of no help with Qatar and its open cooperation with Iran in every imaginable sector. Nor move a pinky about Turkish military base. Strenghtening relations with Egypt and Sudan, tying Jordan to its commercial interests — all moves aiming at gaining alliances in region to strengthen Saudi claim on Bab Al Mandeb, by thing Yemen to itself, and getting backup from Red Sea countries — Egypt, and Sudan. Predictable lashing out — stir up students in Sudan. Saudis already offered financial asdistance to help diffuse problem. Same happened in Pakistan — sudden IMF withdrawal of committment, and cutoff of US military aid. Both Saudis and China jumled in. Russia with military. And when presumably demented King took 2000 strong delegation to Russia, with contracts too numerous to list — it was clear that Saudis have their own plans, snd they do not coincide with US in many respects. The fact that US no longer imports that much oil from Saudis liberates Saudis to pay attention to their largest customers. Now, Jordan’s King threatened to remove his guardianship over Moslem and Christian Holly sites, as he opposed Israel’s right to claim East Jerusalem.
The theatrical murder of poor Kashoggi has not played out as expected. It did not cause rift in the Allegiance Council, suppkrt for Kkng and his son, stronnfer then before, and their opponents marginalized.
While it is still Yemen, Yemen, Yemen — the battles for emancipation of national interests around Middle East are proceeding at a swift pace.
To top it all off — Saudis seem to have redefined conflict with Iran. They want nucmear power plant — like Iran. And have A- bomb should Iran develop one. Tricky situation for us.
We have denied Turkey Patriot defense forever, they are now free to ing it into NATO faces. With nuclear power planrs — worse. We will not give them the technology — claiming higher ground. But the stupid thing is — we cannot provide them the technolkgy and build a plant, because we do not have a single company in that business. Saudis will go to Russians or Chinese or both — a new nuclear power plant technology now being built in Cbina by Rusdian-Chinese consortium.
Geez. Another narsistic psycopath .