Sunday, September 06, 2015

Saudi propaganda in the Economist: have people noticed that Economist on the Middle East has been sounding like Al-Arabiyya as of late?

"Saudi Arabia’s push into Yemen this summer also seems to have been part of General Suleimani’s undoing. The Saudi action, at the head of an Arab coalition, came in response to Iran’s involvement in backing and supplying the Houthi rebels, a group that follows a form of Shia Islam and that drove the internationally-recognised government from the country in March. " Internationally-recognized.  I like that expression.  However, it has to be conceded that the article is well-researched and documented using the top-knotch methods of National Inquirer as in "insiders say".  The whole thesis of the article by the way is drawn from latest Saudi gossip sheets.