Not sure if this is worthy of its own thread, but, none of the others are a good fit.

 

Try to guess the country before clicking the link...

 

There is a country on the Arabian Penninsula in the midst of a bloody civil war, that has displaced about 150,000 people, and killed an unknown number. Some seem to think its a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, both of whom are accused of supplying one side of the conflict. Saudi and Egypt were involved in the a previous civil war there in the 60's, the country split in two in the 70's, then unified again in the 90's, now is fracturing again. During the Cold War, this country was seen as strategically key to that region because of its location, and both western and Soviet personnel were involved in proxy work there throughout that period. Al Qaeda is involved, and US military lives have been lost there in relatively recent history.

 

And yet, there is nearly no mention of this anywhere.

 

Take a guess what country it is first, then click the link to one of a few stories I could find.

 

I find it fascinating how little we've heard about this, as I think it has serious consequences for the region and US interests. The press is being shut out.

 

Thoughts?

Yeah, I could've told you it's Yemen. Put it this way, the country isn't invisible and there are people looking at it. It's just that the bulk of resources are directed to other, higher profile places.

So much for us only caring about places that only have oil...

So much for us only caring about places that only have oil...

Not sure who your sarcasm is directed at here.

 

So much for us only caring about places that only have oil...

There are a lot of countries with more oil than Yemen...

Who knows what gets a country publicity and what doesn't. Nobody seemed to give a s*** about the awful end to the Sri Lankan civil war (not that it's completely over, but the change of strategy to destroy LTTE)

So much for us only caring about places that only have oil...

 

 

We still have the old standby, we only care about white people. That always gets our attention.