The War in Yemen - its personal
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The war in Yemen has raged now for 6 weeks and is only intensifying in ferocity, but given the lack of time given to the story by the English speaking media (with the exception of Al Jazeera), the narrative has slipped into describing the division along sectarian lines - Shia (Iran/Ex-President Saleh/Houthis), vs Sunni (Saudi Arabic/President Hadi & rest of Yemen) - with the main story focusing on Saudi Arabia and Iran - the proxy war which could explode into a regional conflict, perhaps drawing Russia and USA in on opposing sides. It is of course a lot more complicated than that and many of the guys fighting on the ground aren't the least bit interested in the bigger picture. And when the press keep repeating that those fighting in Aden are forces allied to President Hadi, this also isn't wholly true. Most of the guys who are opposing the Houthis are not soldiers. 80% of the Yemeni army is apparently not involved. Yemen's armed forces were allied to the ex-P