Attacks by the Shi’ite Houthi movement against pro-Saudi and pro-UAE targets in southern Yemen have killed at least 51 people, most of them military forces loyal to the UAE, and a high-ranking UAE official.
The largest incident was a missile fired by the Houthis, which hit a
military parade in the southern capital of Aden. The casualties included
a number of military commanders, and parading fighters.
Despite drone and missile attacks being launched by the Houthis, and the
Houthis being very clear about that fact, Saudi Arabia wasn’t going to
miss a chance to use anything bad happening to blame Iran.
The Saudi ambassador said that the attacks, which again are by the
Houthis, prove that Iran “shares common goals” with ISIS and al-Qaeda,
even though those two factions have been fighting the Houthis for years,
and have at times been armed by UAE-backed forces.
Didn’t the Saudis ever hear that people actually fight back during a war and I wonder how much money they paid to get ‘Iran-align’ glued to Houthi.
I never see ‘U.S.-aligned Saudis or Israel’ or that used anywhere else but for some reason the Houthis have to always be introduced as Iranian proxies when that isn’t even true.
They also have to be introduced as “rebels” versus “the internationally recognized government,” aka the Saudis’ puppet regime.
Plus this is always forgotten.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/iran-houthis-yemen_n_7101456
Called “framing the discussion”, Karl Rove is a genius at it. His work in prewar propaganda in Iraq war 2 is legendary. Another one we heard for years was “self proclaimed Isamic State” as if every nation isn’t “self proclaimed”. Demonization of “socialism” is next up for election time.
Saudis can cry and blame all they want, but the fact is they are losing to Houthis….
Like the Vietnamese, they’re fighting to get their country back.
I hope they win.
It’s heartwarming, the Saudis have learned so much from the US in such a relatively short amount of time. Don’t let facts or a complete lack of evidence get in the way of framing your ‘enemy’ for everything under the sun.