The Obama foreign policy failure no one knows about

The American public has ignored the worst example of Obama’s foreign policy adventurism and its failures — Yemen.

The crisis in the gulf state country prompted a Saudi Arabian-led coalition of Gulf Arab states (along with Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, and Sudan) to conduct military operations in the country for 15 months, backed by the American and British governments.

Fighting on the ground has been among several groups, but coalition forces have supported Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi against Zaidi Shia rebels, known as Houthis, who support former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, according to the BBC. Islamic State and al-Qaeda’s Arabian Peninsula franchise also operate in the fighting.

“What happens in Yemen can greatly exacerbate regional tensions. It also worries the West because of the threat of attacks emanating from the country as it becomes more unstable,” the BBC noted.

To further Western goals of stability, the Obama administration has turned a blind eye to human rights abuses. And the president hasn’t shown any indication that policy will change.
 
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