Meanwhile, in Yemen...
AP:
SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni security forces firing from rooftops and houses shot at tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators, killing at least 31 as the protesters entered a downtown square in the capital to demand the ouster of their autocratic president.
Friday's violence is the harshest response yet from President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a key — if uneasy — ally in the U.S. campaign against al-Qaida who has ruled Yemen for 30 years.
Other reports have the death toll at 33.
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"Friday's violence is the harshest response yet from President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a key — if uneasy — ally in the U.S. campaign against al-Qaida who has ruled Yemen for 30 years."
al-Qaida has ruled Yemen for 30 years?
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Yes, commas, how do they work?
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It's funny how we let "allies" massacre their civilians. I guess President Ali Abdullah Saleh isn't flamboyant enough to get his own no fly zone.
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Do the frogs get any oil from Yemen? God, I hope not, otherwise we'll be sending planes over there, too.
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Don't worry. President Obama is in charge. The American people, in their wisdom, pronounced him qualified to be POTUS, and thus to deal with foreign affairs. 65 million people can't be wrong.
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I bet he's getting pretty tired of these 3am phone calls.
