CNN writer Tim Lister, writes well. I'd even vote for whatever he was running for!

Tim Lister wrote a piece about Yemen. On the similar topic of Extremism but also about a country that is seen as ' ungovernable' and similar to Somalia (as they are close neighours and Yemen have taken in thousands of Somalis as refugees after the bloodshed) as being unable to retreat from conflict, Tim Lister writes about the importance of Yemen and his simple, articulate and persuasive writing, made me want to read right to the finish. Furthermore, he even puts subheadings in to make it easier to understand, breaking each part up, further allowing me to want to know more.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/06/03/yemen.matters/index.html ( this is the article to refer to)

One final comment from Tim is that; " Growing instability in Yemen could lead to the nightmare scenario: a failing state and a failed state either side of important shipping lanes, and close to the world's most important oil-producing region..." 


Does this not scare you?

Why has this already gotten out of hand, that to an extent may not be able to undo? But Yemen are small players in the grand scale of oil exportation. Saudi Arabia on the other hand are.

Tim further highlights that Yemen has given rising to Al Qaeda recuiters. including - Osama Bin Laden's security. How have I not known more about Yemen? Now the research that I have done, you might like to know is that the US Agency for International Development funding increased from a meager $9.3 million in 2008 to $24 million in 2009.


Further contributing to our ideas about Yemen and the relationship they have with the USA government... can be seen from this lengthy depiction from a former U.S. ambassador in Sanaa, Edmund Hull, who wrote this week in Foreign Policy: "Left to its own devices, Yemen is unlikely to muddle through, with consequences that range far beyond the Arabian Peninsula. A concerted, multilayered diplomatic effort can succeed. Even a skilled political dancer like Ali Abdullah Saleh can't defy gravity forever."


What Tim also makes clear is the high uncertainty these governments are. The unrest, the conflict and outlook for these powerful countries are uncertain and therefore, the damage in which they will cause will be felt I believe, similarly to that of a Tsunami.