Threat Persists in Yemen, Somalia -- Wall Street Journal
While Washington obsessed Monday over President Barack Obama's plans in Afghanistan, as well as over a new burst of violence next door in Pakistan, some unsettling news arrived to remind everyone that the extremist threat isn't limited to those troubled countries.
Reports from Yemen said government forces had killed 59 Shiite rebels in the country's north. The death toll is a sign of the intensity of the government's current fight against a Shiite revolt that has forced tens of thousands of Yemenis out of their homes.
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My Comment: As much as we like to focus on the problems that these countries bring to the international table, there is very little that we can do to better the situation. Dysfunctional and failed states will take enormous blood and treasure to correct, a situation that is neither possible or palatable for all of us in the West to accept.