“This counter-terrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out Isil wherever they exist, using our air power and our support for partner forces on the ground. This strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us, while supporting partners on the front lines, is one that we have successfully pursued in Yemen and Somalia for years.” YearsForceLinesEffortSupportAirFrontsStrategyTerrorismPartnersCampaignsTerroristSteadyPursuedRelentlessAir PowerSafe HavenIslamic StateIsilSomaliaIslamic TerrorismYemenCounter Terrorism Author:Barack Obama
“Our challenge is much more pervasive than it would be if we were just facing one enemy in one place. [Instead there is] the Middle East, Iraq, North Korea, Iran. There's a relatively long list that we believe are linked to the al Qaeda network in the Philippines, in Indonesia and in Yemen and other places. That makes it very clear that this is a global network.” IfsBelieveLongWould BeChallengesEnemyClearMiddleIraqEastListsIranAlsMiddle EastLinkedKoreaIndonesiaNorth KoreaAl QaedaPhilippinesYemen Author:Hillary Clinton
“Did either the nonexistent or the measured response after a series of attacks on Americans the past decade - in Lebanon, Africa, Saudi Arabia, New York, and Yemen - suggest to our terrorist enemies that it was wrong and unwise to kill reasonable and affable people, or did the easy killing imply that self-absorbed and pampered Lotus-eaters would not much care who or how many were butchered as long as it was within reasonable numbers and spread out over time?” PeopleLongSelfCarePastEasyNumbersEnemyNew YorkSeriesResponseKillingSpreadDecadesTerroristReasonableArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisLebanonUnwiseSelf AbsorbedLotusesYemenPamperedAffable Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“Two weeks before the attack on the USS Cole and then again two days before the attack, they saw through their analysis that a major event was going to occur in Yemen. They told the Navy not to bring the Cole into Yemen harbor. It went in and was attacked.” TwoSawsWeekEventsMajorsAnalysisNavyHarborsTwo WeeksTwo DaysYemen Author:Curt Weldon
“Why should we care about the coup? First, because we depend on Yemen's government to support our drone war against another local menace, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). It's not clear if we can even maintain our embassy in Yemen, let alone conduct operations against AQAP. And second, because growing Iranian hegemony is a mortal threat to our allies and interests in the entire Middle East.” IfsShouldFirstsWarGovernmentCareInterestSupportClearGrowingMiddleDependsThreatEastLocalsMortalsOperationsAlsAlliesMiddle EastNotableAl QaedaMenaceIranianDronesHegemonyCoupsArabianEmbassyYemenPeninsulas Author:Charles Krauthammer
“The problem in Burma is the problem in Egypt, the problem you refer to in Yemen, and the problem in a lot of these countries in the world: that you can get stuck in the process of transition, in what’s been called a competitive authoritarian… a pseudo democratic regime.” WorldCountryProblemProcessDemocraticStuckTransitionRegimesEgyptPseudoBurmaYemen Author:Larry Diamond
“Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport.” PeopleCountryAmericaBuiltJewRussiaFranceTerritoryPassportsYemen Author:David Ben-Gurion