The “region” in this case is not simply Yemen. It is the enitre Middle
East. They want to make sure every government in the region will answer
to them, whether willingly or unwillingly. This is for a few reasons;
namely, they want friends, not enemies, surrounding their allies(Israel
and Saudi Arabia), they also want to make sure they have one more
“friend”, against Iran, and they simply want to make sure they have
control over an oil rich region without a pesky country trying to have a
say in it. As Iraq tried to just before the first Gulf War. Also, It is
not very habitual of US foreign policy to allow a country to have an
honestly functioning democracy in a region where they want complete
control, as was exemplified in South America during the Cold War, where
they systematically overthrew any sign of an emerging democracy and set
up murderous contras to subdue the population. This is because one example in a region might inspire the populations of neighbouring countries.
Dominion over the region for what? What do they gain by controlling the people and government in Yemen?
The “region” in this case is not simply Yemen. It is the enitre Middle
East. They want to make sure every government in the region will answer
to them, whether willingly or unwillingly. This is for a few reasons;
namely, they want friends, not enemies, surrounding their allies(Israel
and Saudi Arabia), they also want to make sure they have one more
“friend”, against Iran, and they simply want to make sure they have
control over an oil rich region without a pesky country trying to have a
say in it. As Iraq tried to just before the first Gulf War. Also, It is
not very habitual of US foreign policy to allow a country to have an
honestly functioning democracy in a region where they want complete
control, as was exemplified in South America during the Cold War, where
they systematically overthrew any sign of an emerging democracy and set
up murderous contras to subdue the population. This is because one example in a region might inspire the populations of neighbouring countries.