Obama Mum as Counterterror Strategy Flounders in Yemen

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Considering the current and previous unrest and instability in Yemen, counter-terrorism experts doubt the wisdom of setting up a terrorism rehabilitation center in the middle of an al Qaeda hotbed where there has been a history of terrorists breaking out of prison.

“I think it’s a mistake to assume that the Yemenis have ever had a handle on their security — nobody ever really controls Yemen,” said Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “They have long had a weak central government … so what we’re seeing now is jarring but not surprising.”

Rehabilitating terrorism suspects or long-held detainees is “a very inexact science to say the least,” Schanzer told the Examiner. “The idea that you can do this successfully is not realistic, and choosing a country that has been deeply unstable as long as I can personally remember is foolish.”
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