Tuesday, March 17, 2015

The Pentagon Has Lost $500 Million of Weapons Given to Yemen

As of now, the Pentagon is unable to account for over $500 million in weapons, equipment, and aircrafts which is at risk of being controlled by Iranian-backed rebels or al-Qaeda. This development came following the crisis in Yemen which, according to U.S. officials, has disrupted the success of U.S. counterterrorism operations.

Consequently, the U.S. Department of Defense is now unable to account for a variety of small arms, ammunition, night vision goggles, patrol boats, air vehicles, and other supplies.

The United States has long been carrying out a series of counterterrorism movements in Yemen, however the tension grew much heavier last month, when the U.S. closed its embassy in the capital of Sanaa and withdrew a large portion of its military personnel.


via Washington Post
“Even in the best-case scenario in an unstable country, we never have 100 percent accountability,” one defense official said
In January, the Yemen government was toppled by Shiite Houthi rebels who have been heavily critical of U.S. drone strikes in the country.

As a result, the U.S. government has halted much of the supplies that was scheduled to go to Yemen this year.

The instability of knowledge as to where, exactly, a $500 million dollar supply of weaponry is is, in itself, a comment on the nature of fight-fire-with-fire methods of foreign policy (and overall mindset) the West is always ready to wield as the loaded gun.

That's all I have to say today, but I'll be back tomorrow.

"Intelligence is knowing Frankenstein was the doctor. Wisdom is knowing Frankenstein was the monster." -Unknown

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