Yemen: imperialism and its sidekicks sink in a swamp of their own making
Posted by: John Phoenix
So long as the US believed that a warmongering alliance led by Saudi Arabia would swiftly prevail against the popular uprising in Yemen, simultaneously shoring up US regional hegemony and boosting the profits of the US war industry, it was happy to support Riyadh’s reign of terror. There were no horrors unleashed upon the Yemeni people from the skies above their heads that the US and its sidekick Britain would not actively support with arms and strategic guidance.
What imperialism did not bargain for however was the courage and ingenuity displayed by the Yemeni people in their resistance to imperial diktat, despite the massively greater odds in favour of Riyadh, armed to the hilt by America and Britain. It is this steadfast resistance which is finally...










