What's one to make of US moving some heavy hitting naval assets to Yemen in order to interdict an Iranian arms shipment? In one sense, Obama has no choice if he wants to stop this thing from turning into an actual shooting war between the Saudis and Iran rather than just its proxies - on the other hand, you're essentially drawing a red line and we know Obama's record with red lines - if Iran seeks to push against that line, Obama might be forced to decide between backing down or sinking one of their ships and sinking any dreamed of nuke deal with it. To say the least, I do not trust Obama to make the right decision.
* and right on cue - so on cue it's both funny and disconcerting - right on cue the Obama admin sends out conflicting statements about what the mission of the added naval assets is - the Pentagon seems to think it's about stopping Iranian arms shipments to Yemen - Obama spokespeople seem to want to say it's just about keeping shipping lanes open. Does this incoherence surprise anyone?
* and right on cue - so on cue it's both funny and disconcerting - right on cue the Obama admin sends out conflicting statements about what the mission of the added naval assets is - the Pentagon seems to think it's about stopping Iranian arms shipments to Yemen - Obama spokespeople seem to want to say it's just about keeping shipping lanes open. Does this incoherence surprise anyone?