Page 250 - What Kind of Yemen ?

What Kind of Yemen?

Sparked by a political crisis and later erupting into conflict and
civil war, the tension within Yemen has now become a full-scale war
that is being further fueled by the attacks of the coalition forces from

outside the country. Hunger, poverty and death have now become a
virtually inseparable part of Yemen.
In addition to all these facts, the events that sparked in Yemen
have brought another important truth to surface; the Yemeni people
are not the only ones that suffer. The other Middle Eastern countries
that have suffered under anti-democratic regimes for years are on the
brink of a major disaster as well. In Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and

Afghanistan, people are faced with a situation that is not unlike the one
in Yemen.
It is only natural for the people of Yemen, who have been
oppressed for more than half a century, to demand democracy, pros-
perity, peace, safety, liberty, and comfort. However, merely changing
administrations has proved insufficient for the salvation they longed

248