Yesterday the news media reported that Iranian-backed Yemeni militia seized American weapons and
U.S. vehicles as Americans were told by the State Department to pack up and
leave. The American Embassy has shut
down operations and is involved in full-scale evacuation of Americans in Yemen.
U.S. Marines were ordered to hand over their weapons to Houthi gunmen at the
airport.
Now that our service members and diplomats are being bullied
and humiliated into leaving, American relations in the country of Yemen have taken on the
look of American surrender. Is this what is in store for our efforts in
the Middle East? Wasn't Yemen supposed to be Obama's bastion of success?
Today a corrected statement was issued by the Marine Corps that none of our weapons left behind in Yemen have
been handed over to the Houthi or taken by them. Believe what you want -- but why are we trusting an unstable new government in Yemen to honor its word?
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