" Siding with Yemen " is a bit rich. The writing is on the wall for the current regional war to expand into a proper world war. They don’t want their infrastructure, be it shipping or oil related to be hit by missles.
It’s one thing to carry out an air campaign halfway across the earth where your enemy cannot reach your homeland. It’s a bit different when the war is in your backyard and not on the television.
Same reason why Saudi Arabia is so squeamish about this whole air raid campaign. Both nations host American bases and troops. They are the logical first targets for the Houthi’s to attack. Signing off on this would be stepping foot into the ring as a meatshield, with little to gain from this charade.
Yemen has already been bombed back into the stone ages, infrastructure wise. More airstrikes will not break them.
They are the logical first targets for the Houthi’s to attack.
Houthis just don’t have means to do that. Iran is friendly with both them and Oman. Oman doesn’t have a history of declaring war or threats over something, so they proclaimed their ultimate neutrality - and blocked access to it’s airspace.
Yemen has already been bombed back into the stone ages, infrastructure wise. More airstrikes will not break them.
Official Yemen wasn’t bombed. What was is a territory held by the Houthy junta. It’s not better or worse than an official dictator. It’s just incorrect to miss that distinction.
And I don’t think they would be capable of anything military-wise after these strikes.
They just don’t have any serious backing even from other islamic states, so I don’t know why they even acted out for western allies can simply erase everything they have without any backfiring.
I feel like it’s other states who ordered their leaders to act, while these leaders are completely safe.
It does say something about both the Houthis and Oman though - Uzbekistan supported the US against Al-Qaeda despite being Muslim and neighbouring them, Chile supported the UK against Argentina despite neighbouring them, Spain supported the Nazis despite bordering France, the UK and Portugal (the latter of whom remained neutral but offered to join the allies at the start of the war)
There’s lots of examples of neighbouring countries risking a lot to support their neighbours’ enemies but the fact that Oman are rushing to close their skies implies that they don’t see this as worth risking much at all for (at least to me)
Uzbekistan supported the US against Al-Qaeda despite being Muslim and them,
So did Iran, Russia also helped the northern alliance and allowed NATO to use her airspace to attack the Taliban in the early years.
Chile supported the UK against Argentina despite neighbouring them
Shocking that Chilé under an American backed military dictatorship would support the U.K. over Argentina.
Spain supported the Nazis despite bordering France, the UK and Portugal
Well the U.K. and France sat on their collective asses while the Axis countries sent armour and their air forces to help fascists in Spain. The allies easily could have had an allied Spain but they were more concerned with short term political gains and appeasing fascists rather then outright confronting them, or at the very least arming them to a level sufficient to defend themselves. Sounds kinda familiar…
There’s lots of examples of neighbouring countries risking a lot to support their neighbours’ enemies
Well yes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend but that’s not a sufficient analysis of the postion Oman is in to explain why they did not allow open skies.
Oman hosts American troops, logistics hubs and aircraft. Oman is definitely not " aiding" Yemen as much as they are trying to keep the war out of their borders. If it benefited them in some drastic way to support the air war, they would. Its seems like a pretty high risk low reward scenario.
The Houthi’s aren’t going anywhere, and if anything will likely be better armed rather then poorer in the next few months and years.
Oh good, it’s escalating. /s
Good on Oman.
how are they going to enforce that?
The government of Oman represents me
Good guy Oman
Everyone going ape mode nowadays. Where are the good old hippie days where everybody was busy being high as a kite thinking about love and boobs
The US was still fighting in Vietnam while that was happening.
And by fighting we mean committing atrocities.
And most of the hippies just turned into wealthy neo-liberals who compost and wear colourful clothes.
Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.
I think some of them were at that music festival…
Unfortunately…
Religious fundamentalists plague the middle east. They have shutdown so much positive change.
Yes, you’re right, the US has shut down so much positive change in the middle east. It seems like the other day that i read about how the US effectively destroyed the democratic Iranian government, and installed a puppet religious fundamental government.
I suppose it makes sense for the US to impose a fundamentalist government, they just want the middle east to be like themselves
Positive change done by who? US-backed dictatorships?
How did they get into power i wonder?
