The U.S. is enabling a terrible mistake in Yemen

Millions are suffering. Al Qaeda is on the rise. What's not to hate?

A group of Yemeni men loyal to the Houthi movement chant slogans.
(Image credit: MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Don't look now, but another nation in the Middle East is falling to pieces.

This time it's Yemen, which was already the poorest nation in the region when a civil war broke out early this year. Things have only gotten worse since Saudi Arabia intervened with major military force.

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.