Friday, February 15, 2019

Yemen

Sar Shalom

Anyone know of any group trying to prevent Congress from forcing a surrender of the Bab-el-Mandeb to Iran?

4 comments:

  1. Dear Sar Shalom,

    I tried to find the answer to your question
    with two google searches.

    This was the best answer I could find:

    www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/11/punishing-the-saudi-prince/

    If you really want a serious answer to
    your question, then I suggest that you
    try to find a publication that specializes
    in following then activities of Congress.

    Sincerely,
    Mr. Cohen

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    1. Thanks for the suggestion, but that's not exactly what I want. I've contacted my own senators about about the need to consider the geostrategic consequences of our actions in Yemen. I would like to augment that with either a petition or a demonstration to call attention to those consequences and demand that any show of disapproval of Saudi Arabia's actions be restricted to what would not effectively surrender the Bab-el-Mandeb to Iran.

      In the meantime, check out Evelyn Gordon's take on the situation: http://evelyncgordon.com/backing-the-saudis-in-yemen-is-right-strategically-and-morally/

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  2. Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:

    “But more always seems to be demanded of
    the Jewish nation and of the Jewish people
    than of others. Jews, unlike other groups,
    are expected to be in the forefront of
    defending the rights of their sworn enemies.”

    SOURCE: Chutzpah by Alan M. Dershowitz
    (chapter 5, page 170) published in year 1991
    by Little Brown & Co ISBN: 9780316181372 ISBN: 0316181374

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    Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:

    “I refuse to bend over backward to single out
    Israel – or other things Jewish – for super-scrutiny.

    I refuse to gloat, as so many in academia and
    the media seem to, over Israel’s shortcomings.”

    SOURCE: Chutzpah by Alan M. Dershowitz
    (chapter 7, page 211) published in year 1991
    by Little Brown & Co ISBN: 9780316181372 ISBN: 0316181374

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    Winston Churchill said this in 1937 CE:

    “When the Mohammedan upset occurred in world
    history, and the great hordes of Islam swept
    over these places, they broke it [Palestine]
    all up, smashed it all up. You have seen the
    terraces on the hills which used to be cultivated,
    which under Arab rule have remained a desert.”

    SOURCE: Churchill and the Jews
    (chapter 10, page 116) by Martin Gilbert, year 2007 CE

    CHRONOLOGY:

    Winston Churchill was British Prime Minister
    from 1940 to 1945 CE and from 1951 to 1955 CE.

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    Winston Churchill said [in year 1955 CE]:

    “You ought to let the Jews have Jerusalem;
    it is they who made it famous.”

    SOURCE: Churchill and the Jews
    (chapter 26, page 292) by Martin Gilbert, year 2007 CE

    CHRONOLOGY:

    Winston Churchill was British Prime Minister
    from 1940 to 1945 CE and from 1951 to 1955 CE.

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    Who are the Palestinians?

    www.algemeiner.com/2019/02/14/the-invention-of-palestinians/

    https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2018/06/who-are-palestinians.html

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    Why Israel’s 1967 Borders are Undefendable:

    www.algemeiner.com/2017/10/27/israel-cannot-withdraw-from-the-west-bank/

    www.algemeiner.com/2018/10/09/no-mr-president-two-states-wont-work-best/

    www.jns.org/opinion/why-does-ronald-lauder-want-israel-to-be-only-nine-miles-wide/

    www.jns.org/czech-president-disavows-two-state-solution-calls-for-one-state-of-israel/

    https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/03/guest-post-why-1967-borders-are-suicide.html

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  3. Historically, America has been on the side of the South in bifurcated countries, South Korea and South Vietnam. The exception was Yemen, where we were on the side of North Yemen. Now we seem to be on the side of South Yemen. The problem is the lack of anything like good guys. It is impossible to defend Saudi Arabia and its conduct in this war, yet the Houthis will not come to the table.
    Ruth Benedict, the anthropologist, told the State Department that Japan was an honor/shame culture. That's only part of it, Japan was also a win/lose culture, either you won or lost and compromise was losing. The same is true of the Arab/Persian culture and that is really the problem.

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