Syria and Yemen, western hypocrisy at its best!

[jerseycowsman]

hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are starving to death in a brutal civil war sponsored by a huge amount of interference from Saudi Arabia. Yet we here nothing about it compared to syria

 

[dstudent]

hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are starving to death in a brutal civil war sponsored by a huge amount of interference from Saudi Arabia. Yet we here nothing about it compared to syria

I agree, bu but 'we' are friends with the house of Saud.

 

[jerseycowsman]

I agree, bu but 'we' are friends with the house of Saud.

Yep, they say they care about the Syrians, utter bollox! Underhanded backhanders for influence going on. If they truly cared for human beings, then what about Yemen

 

[Stuart J]

The USA won't get involved as Trump is an anti-interventionist....until he wants to intervene.

 

[dstudent]

It s not even rtrump fault, supporting Saudia Arabia and Israel unconditionally has been USA UK policy forever, he s just following their 'norm'. They are all gagging for Iran really.

 

[Sweepa]

hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are starving to death in a brutal civil war sponsored by a huge amount of interference from Saudi Arabia. Yet we here nothing about it compared to syria

Sponsored by Theresa May you mean?

 

[jerseycowsman]

Sponsored by Theresa May you mean?

That's probably why we hear nothing about it.
Do the press and government really think we are that stupid.
What about Sudan, or Mugabe, all as bad as Syria, yet nothing, what is going on that they don't want us to hear about?

 

[Exfarmer]

The Yemen war is caused by Iranian interference, who are of course the main backers of Assad.
All the wars in this part of the world are caused by clashes within the Islamic cultures.

 

[Muck Spreader]

The Yemen war is caused by Iranian interference, who are of course the main backers of Assad.
All the wars in this part of the world are caused by clashes within the Islamic cultures.

You forgot to mention the Saudis who have been pushing the Sunni fundamentalist cause and appropriating land in the Yemen for the last 100 years.

 

[Exfarmer]

I am not sure how land re distribution is blamed on the Saudis. Certainly it has been going on for some time but is an internal matter. There are huge problems in this area mainly due to a gross shortage and an even greater shortage of water

I certainly would not say that the Saudis have clean hands in this war, but they are very scared of the Iranian backed rebels who inspired this dreadful conflict.

 

[Old McDonald]

Does any poster believe that any middle eastern country and its rulers, whatever their religion, have any interest in having peace in the region?

So far as I know the area has been permanently at war since "time immemorial". It is their way of life - be at war with all and sundry.

Do any of you have any hope that you could, given an absolute supreme being status (which is what most of their fighting is about) , could achieve peace for any more than a couple of years?

 

[Henarar]

We will do them no good trying to impose peace on them, we also won't do them any good selling them weapons

 

[Sweepa]

You can blame the problems in the middle east on 101 different things but the "west" has had a major role in fueling the war. People will never wake up.