Yemen: yet another proxy war

[Jon-Erich]

SlayerRondo said:

ReimTime said:
I don't pretend to know much about Yemen, but I am interested in discussions such as this and will do a bit of research. You said that the Shiites are rebelling because a Sunni took over as President? And the USA is fighting ISIL in Yemen as well? AND there is a a faction of separatists in the South? AND the Sunni Empire of Saudi Arabia is helping Hadi attack the Shiite rebels as well? Sounds like a clusterfuck. But the again, almost all Middle-Eastern countries are clusterfucks; thanks to a century of political botches by Western countries.
I will do some research and return to the thread. It sounds like another Syria to me.

While Western Countries did play a part in the political mess in the middle east they were under the rule of the Ottoman empire for centuries before that which was a huge part of the political problems there today, also religious differences also play a part in th conflicts as they have for centuries before the west and Ottoman empire.

While the Ottoman Empire was far from perfect (they eventually collapsed for a reason after all), they were still at peace for quite some time. You still had the religious differences but they were kept mostly in check. It really wasn't until after the first World War that that most of the problems the region faces today really started. The British and French did such an awful job managing that region of the world. Also, who in the hell decided that it was a good idea to carve out Iraq the way they did? Anyway, what they really should have done was replace the dying Ottoman Empire with a union based on democracy. That way, the region as a whole would still have been under the control of a central government while each region could have somewhat of it's own identity and voice.