# šŸ‡¾šŸ‡Ŗ Don't mention Yemen **URL:** \ **Category:** News and current events\ **Created:** [23 July 2017 10:22 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997 "2017-07-23T10:22:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [30 November 2018 09:44 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/81 "2018-11-30T09:44:29Z")
šŸ™„šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚:lou_facepalm_2: ---
**Author:** ![Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/barry-sanchez/32/76_2.png) [@Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Barry-Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [30 November 2018 10:02 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/82 "2018-11-30T10:02:15Z")
Only if it fits the agendaā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [8 December 2018 22:24 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/83 "2018-12-08T22:24:20Z")
[https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1071530638854025218](https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1071530638854025218) ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [13 December 2018 17:40 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/84 "2018-12-13T17:40:44Z")
Hopeā€¦ Yemen war: Truce for lifeline port city of Hudaydah - [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-46555059](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-46555059) ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [14 December 2018 12:09 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/85 "2018-12-14T12:09:29Z")
[https://twitter.com/NAJ562/status/971661397326213121](https://twitter.com/NAJ562/status/971661397326213121) ---
**Author:** ![Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/barry-sanchez/32/76_2.png) [@Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Barry-Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [14 December 2018 12:14 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/86 "2018-12-14T12:14:55Z")
Iā€™m no expert on Yemen but what will happen if we (rightly) leave western Yemen, what of the Country as a whole? Will it be an Iranian staging post on which they can boss their affairs next to Saudi? ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [14 December 2018 12:16 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/87 "2018-12-14T12:16:42Z")
Is Iran the new Russia? ---
**Author:** ![Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/barry-sanchez/32/76_2.png) [@Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Barry-Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [14 December 2018 12:20 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/88 "2018-12-14T12:20:10Z")
Yemen is the proxy war between Saudi and Iran if thats what you mean, what is the relationship between the two? Oh its close, now I seeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [14 December 2018 13:21 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/89 "2018-12-14T13:21:25Z")
It is very deep Bazza, not a black/white goodbad issue so be careful not to fall down that rabbit hole. But very simply you have Shia Muslims who do not believe that Sunni Muslims are worthy of protecting The Holy Sites of Islam. Wonā€™t debate it just giving an indication of the depth of the issue. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [14 December 2018 13:22 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/90 "2018-12-14T13:22:29Z")
I hope so, because then we can finally confirm that Barry just rails against whatever bad guys the Western media feed him. This incarnation of Iran (1979 onwards) has never waged aggressive war. The Saudis are in Yemen right now, killing and/or starving civilians, using weapons the British sold them. Barry supports the Western coalition. He implicitly supports the Saudis because theyā€™re part of that. Letā€™s hear his moral equivalence, shall we? ---
**Author:** ![Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/barry-sanchez/32/76_2.png) [@Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Barry-Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [14 December 2018 14:24 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/91 "2018-12-14T14:24:44Z")
Western intervention shoudnā€™t apply to the Middle East, Iā€™ve said this a million times, they need to sort out their issues themselves, Shia and Sunni sectarian wars are nothing to do with the West and can not be blamed on the West, proxy wars can though and many are guilty including Russia, US and UK. ---
**Author:** ![Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/barry-sanchez/32/76_2.png) [@Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Barry-Sanchez)\ **Post date:** [14 December 2018 14:27 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/92 "2018-12-14T14:27:46Z")
So to answer fully again Pap I donā€™t support any coalition or intervention in that zealot place, we had ours split from state and church 500 years ago, the same revolution needs to happen here and once again Iā€™ll reiterate only when the women are free from oppression and can vote, work and leave the house with any one they want will we see real change. ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [15 December 2018 18:20 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/93 "2018-12-15T18:20:01Z")
[https://twitter.com/2flamesburning1/status/1074002271153913856](https://twitter.com/2flamesburning1/status/1074002271153913856) ---
**Author:** ![Nottarf-Krap](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nottarf-Krap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Nottarf-Krap)\ **Post date:** [18 December 2018 04:48 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/94 "2018-12-18T04:48:15Z")
I know we are talking Trump here, but even so surely the USA are better than this arenā€™t they? This is just so uncivilized. > **[US 'bans Yemen mum from seeing dying son'](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46597106)** > > Toddler Abdullah's relatives say his mother wants to see him before they take him off life-support. ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [5 January 2019 18:52 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/95 "2019-01-05T18:52:01Z")
> > > ŲÆ.ŁŠŁˆŲ³Ł Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų§Ų¶Ų±ŁŠ @abo\_raghad20112 ---
**Author:** ![Nottarf-Krap](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nottarf-Krap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Nottarf-Krap)\ **Post date:** [26 March 2019 18:20 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/96 "2019-03-26T18:20:56Z")
Five opposition leaders have signed a letter sent to the foreign secretary calling for the UK to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia on the fourth anniversary of the war there, saying it has contributed to a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Of course it will do no good, but it is a good reminder of why, amongst other reasons, the Tories donā€™t want an election. Corbyn, with cross party support would end the sales overnight. May has hinted at the threat of calling an election to try and get her crappy WA deal through, and it terrifies them. Despite all the bullshit polls putting Labour 20 odd points behind, just as it was before the last election, they know different. Never mind all the bravado about Corbyn being unelectable and the rest of the nonsense, the reality is that an election is the last thing they want. Hence the ramping up of the hysterical anti-semitism, and institutional racism in the Labour Party nonsense. Interesting that Chukka, Luciana and the rest of the Independent Group, saw fit not to sign the letter. I wonder why? Instructions from their sponsors perhaps? No concern at all for the men, women and children of Yemen who are being systematically slaughtered. But alleged name calling and bullying is beyond the pale What a bunch of vile, self serving hypocrites they are. > **[Five opposition parties call on UK to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/25/five-opposition-parties-call-on-uk-to-end-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia)** > > Corbyn, Cable and other leaders write to Jeremy Hunt about ā€˜morally reprehensibleā€™ policy ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [6 June 2019 12:32 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/97 "2019-06-06T12:32:05Z")
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**Author:** ![Nottarf-Krap](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nottarf-Krap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Nottarf-Krap)\ **Post date:** [6 June 2019 19:01 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/98 "2019-06-06T19:01:03Z")
Absolutely shameful. ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [18 June 2019 20:56 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/99 "2019-06-18T20:56:02Z")
> **[ā€˜The Saudis couldnā€™t do it without usā€™: the UKā€™s true role in Yemenā€™s deadly war](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/18/the-saudis-couldnt-do-it-without-us-the-uks-true-role-in-yemens-deadly-war?CMP=share_btn_tw)** > > The long read: Britain does not merely supply the bombs that fall on Yemen ā€“ it provides the personnel and expertise that keep the war going. But is the government breaking the law? ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [22 June 2019 11:25 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997/100 "2019-06-22T11:25:20Z")
The ruling on arms sales being unlawful by the court of appeal is the best piece of news Iā€™ve read this year, especially if the ban is not overturned. Of course, people are already trying to justify the sales, particularly with respect to UK jobs, the fear being that theyā€™ll go. I doubt it. There will be other countries wanting weapons. I can live with selling to countries for defence purposes. What I find difficult is when weā€™re flogging them to aggressor states that are more interested in attack. [Previous page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997.md?page=4) [Next page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/dont-mention-yemen/997.md?page=6)