And Just Across the Strait from Yemen...
The BBC reports:
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Djibouti to call for President Ismael Omar Guelleh to step down.
The demonstrators were reportedly monitored closely by security forces in riot gear.
Mr Guelleh's family has governed the Red Sea city state since independence from France in 1977. The United States has a large military base in Djibouti.
The constitution was last year amended, to let Mr Guelleh seek a third term.
Some of the protesters say they will stay in a stadium until Mr Guelleh, 63, leaves power in the Somali-speaking country.
Elections are due in April. Mr Guelleh was re-elected unopposed in 2005.
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I want that mug.
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It's for sale here.
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No love for Zappa, Jesse? This was perfect for Sheik Yerbouti.
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This is the 1848 of the Arab world. Hopefully it will end better for the protestors.
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Sure it isnt 1989?
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I hope it is but don't think so.
Don't think many of the regimes in the region will just stand down.
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1848 is not the year I want this to be. Bad times for revolts.
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"The United States has a large military base in Djibouti."
My inner child is snickering
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I hope it won't be painful to pull out of Djibouti.
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Fucker
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Wouldn't it be perfect if our ambassador to Djibouti were Joe Mama?
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Protestors: " all your bases are belong to us."
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sez who?
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According to al-Jazeera, the officers in the French Foreign Legion stationed there have already surrendered.
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Some of the protesters say they will stay in a stadium until Mr Guelleh, 63, leaves power...
Huh? Were I a tyrannical overlord, I think I'd just send a few loyal soldiers to cover the exits for a couple weeks.
I'm just not seeing the threat.
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Surely a good tyrant could find a couple "anarchists" to blow it up.
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Is there even one two bit, pissant, pile of dirt country that we don't have a base in?
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Iran?
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canada
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North Korea?
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The NORAD operated DEW stations don't count?
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Sort of speaks to the dangers of seasteading, don't it?
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How so?
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The Vatican?
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Canada.
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Where are the canadian hordes to get upset at me calling them a two bit, pissant, ball of dirt.
Im disappointed.
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The NORAD operated DEW stations don't count, you two bit, pissant, ball of dirt, eh? (I'm not canadian, but we did go to Montreal for our honeymoon)
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Luna.
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My biggest concern here is that it will become a big enough news story that the Danish elephant trick will stop working.
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Too many steps in the math part of that trick.
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I just hope they're watching where the huskies go and avoiding the intake of yellow snow. I mean yellowcake.
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look