tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169130203475264933.post3123445213085735007..comments2024-03-10T22:24:34.032-04:00Comments on Uskowi on Iran - اسکویی در باره ایران: Heavy Fighting in YemenNader Uskowihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808543185109048956noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169130203475264933.post-40531714417639143742015-08-23T18:09:38.543-04:002015-08-23T18:09:38.543-04:00Houthis are just a loose militia force ,not an org...Houthis are just a loose militia force ,not an organized military . As long as the dice is rolling in their favor , they will advance . Once the going gets tough , they will make a speedy retreat to their tribal areas . Without any substantial foreign aid , they're not likely to put up any meaningful resistance .In a way that's a shame since we may never learn how a military quagmire involving this so called Arab Nato force will actually look like . IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169130203475264933.post-11339960938873846402015-08-23T08:24:26.981-04:002015-08-23T08:24:26.981-04:00I always believed rushing south to Aden was a seri...I always believed rushing south to Aden was a serious blunder by the Houthis, resulting in a force too thin to be effective against major counter attacks. Mareb could be a big test. The UAE-led offensive force with heavy equipment and air support and only 125 miles of a usable highway separating them from Sanaa could be a serious threat. They probably did not expect the move from Al Wudaydah to Al Abr and on to Mareb, with Taiz increasingly looking like a secondary front or diversion they were lured into.Nader Uskowihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808543185109048956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169130203475264933.post-998778522830135702015-08-22T23:10:54.147-04:002015-08-22T23:10:54.147-04:00Why are they (Houthis) not putting up a fight agai...Why are they (Houthis) not putting up a fight against the forces reaching Mareb when it's so important and instead fighting in Ta'az?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09487209897174949600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169130203475264933.post-62466958448163156352015-08-22T19:19:53.587-04:002015-08-22T19:19:53.587-04:00The words progressive, reactionary, revolutionary ...The words progressive, reactionary, revolutionary and resistance have indeed been misused in the region far from their original meanings. In Yemen, the fight is not between progressive vs. reactionary forces; as neither side is progressive. The fight unfortunately has become a sectarian struggle pitting the Houthis, with their dream (or nightmare) of establishing an Islamic state, ala Shia version, in southern Arabian Peninsula against the Sunni countries in the region and their Yemeni allies. And the conflict is expressed in political terms as a struggle to control the Yemeni state: Houthis and their Iranian supporters vs. the Yemeni government-in-exile backed by the Arab coalition. The Saudis and the UAE do not want to lose this fight and see Iran becoming a dominant power in their own backyard.<br />Nader Uskowihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808543185109048956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169130203475264933.post-28059433061305722262015-08-22T14:01:09.758-04:002015-08-22T14:01:09.758-04:00How could a force led by the reactionary rulers of...How could a force led by the reactionary rulers of Saudi Arabia and UAE be referred to as “resistance forces”? Are they more legitimate than the Houthi forces? Have the long suffering people of Yemen elected either of these forces to be their legitimate representative? R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com