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Putting the Yemeni Humpty-Dumpty Together Again

by James Spencer
Of all the many failings of the Invasion of Iraq, the most egregious must surely have been the failure to plan properly for what followed the inevitable military victory. A toxic combination of airstrikes and 10 years of sanctions came up against a spiralling demand for goods and services once the fighting stopped. Yet due to dogma, the occupying authority never developed any plan for such a worst-case scenario. The result was—and continues to be—utterly tragic: a generation of Iraqis has been blighted.
A similar dynamic is developing in Yemen, where the US is assisting the Saudi-led coalition. Much of the operational planning was hurried—possibly due to the unexpectedly rapid rate of the Houthis’ advance—and thus the belligerents likely gave little thought to post-conflict rehabilitation. Further, the lack of Saudi (or allied) forces on the ground may hamper, if not prevent, a rapid aid effort.http://www.lobelog.com/putting-the-yemeni-humpty-dumpty-together-again/#more-30286