An update from Arabia Not-Terribly-Felix. "Residents: Islamists seize third Yemeni town," from MSNBC, August 18 (thanks to Twostellas):
ADEN — Islamist militants have taken control of the southern Yemeni coastal town of Shaqra, the third town to fall into their hands, tribal sources and residents said Wednesday.
The tribal sources said government forces had allowed the militants to seize the town with little resistance. The militants, which the government says have ties to al-Qaida, entered the town in cars from another city already under their control....
Nikolai Chernyshevsky, (1828 – 1889) author of What is to be Done? coined the euphonious phrase, "Чем хуже, тем лучше" ("Chem huzhe, tem luchshe") "The worse, the better."
Yemen? Let 'em have it. Estoy feliz.
I thought that was a pretty good story. Maybe my comment put a stop to others. Too bad, if so.