By
Joseph
Klein
The
Obama administration, while showing willingness to cave in to just about every
Iranian demand in the ongoing nuclear negotiations, appears to be flexing its
muscles in the Yemen proxy fight between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The U.S. Navy
aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is headed toward the waters off Yemen
from the Persian Gulf, escorted by the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy. Its
presence will add to the fleet of other American warships already there,
including cruisers and destroyers, conducting maritime security operations in
or around the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb and the
Southern Red Sea. If President Obama's track record of backing down in the
face of Iranian demands in the nuclear talks is any indication, Iran does not
have much to worry about. He will most likely back down as well from
undertaking any consequential confrontation with Iran over Yemen. [more...]
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