Saudi Arabia cannot launch ground offensive againt Yemen: Analyst
Press TV has conducted an interview with Ali Al Ahmed, the director of IGA in Washington, to share his thoughts on Saudi Arabia’s ongoing aggression against Yemen.
The following is a rough transcription of the interview.
Press TV: With talk of a ceasefire and now these leaflets being dropped, where do you think this is headed? Are we going to see an intensification instead?
Ahmed: I always believe that the Saudi monarchy has no trajectory but to intensify this war especially ahead of the US-[Persian]Gulf or [P]GCC summit next week, the Saudi monarchy needs to have something, some achievement so when they come to the DC, they will have something to show for.
So far they have not been able to really achieve much militarily but to destroy Yemeni homes and infrastructure, and I think that is why today they have announced blatantly that they are going to commit one of the largest war crimes in modern history by destroying a city, by considering or converting a whole city as a military target.
That only happened twice in history when the United States dropped its nuclear bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki and also when in World War II, they destroyed the city of Dresden as a cultural icon.
So, Sa’ada is not a military target, it is really the Dresden of the Middle East today because it has been targeted for nothing but because the leadership of the movement that is fighting the Saudis happens to be born in that city.
Press TV: So, then, Mr. Ahmed it is kind of confusing, isn’t it that the US still stands by the Saudis although - as you have correctly said - the goals are not being achieved and that is quite obvious at this point; but then at the same time, we have the UN and then a Hadi official saying he wants ground intervention in the country. How should we read this?
Ahmed: Well, Hadi’s statements really do not mean anything. He is not an entity anymore. It was very sad - maybe ironic - that John Kerry would meet a person who was no longer the president of Yemen, who has no tools of power… yet spends time meeting him.
So I believe the Saudis want to do a ground invasion. The problem [is] that they do not have ground support to do that. If they need to do a ground invasion, there has to be at least 100,000 soldiers and they do not have that.
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