The Yemeni Connection

[Manelis66]

A big part of the problem is that we Europeans are extremely complacent about the jihad.

[jmallton]

I mean this kindly.........as a friend.....Europe had better stop the spread of Islam or they will eventually stop you

[mrcombi]

Ever tied to weed the garden without attacking the roots..?

[HNK222]

Gaffney was one of the chief cheerleaders for getting the US attacking Iraq. No one who was catastrophically wrong with their foreign policy "wisdom" has paid any price for their ignorance. On the contrary, the more wrong you were the more accolades and respect you received (Bill Kristol, Frank Gaffney, David Broder, etc.). And if you had the wisdom to understand the Middle East, and advised against a reckless attack on Iraq, you're virtually unheard from (Robt Scheer, Wm Rivers Pitt, etc.)

[jmallton]

I agree Iraq was a mistake.....however.....trying to negotiate with people who want to kill you is also a mistake......you deal with muslims with a very stong hand or not at all....President Odumba is learning this first hand.....remember......not every Muslim is a terrorists......but......Almos­t every terrorist is a Muslim

[fleetingdays]

This is a distraction. We are going to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. Yemen is further down the list. We are in perpetual war mode.

[jwoodswce]

I wish that Gaffney would have identified the need for the U.S. State Dept to develop a new policy regarding failed and failing states to replace supporting the status quo on borders while encouraging democratization.

This policy is failing in Iraq and Afghanistan, because post-colonial borders are neither viable nor consistent with liberalization.

We need to support either territorial partition with political reform or authoritarian regimes within existing borders. I vote the former.