Now that sounds more like a Global War on Terror than anything the left is going to do.
Here’s another article on Yemen that I haven’t seen posted.
Money talks louder than al-Qaeda in Yemen
British rule in Aden may be remembered with affection but we should not forget how the Yemenis wrongfooted us in 1967
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6982950.ece
As strange as it sounds, our interests and Russia’s interests actually are the same in Yemen. Al-Qaeda affiliates have worked with Chechen terrorists in the past. I’m not sure what China’s angle is...maybe the Uigars are trying to up their game?