As I sit here in the internet cafe, I can hear youths in the street calling people to come to the protests on the side of the Government. "Support Ali Abdullah Saleh, come now to the square," they chant - but in Arabic.
Of course I am staying well away from protests, except for these words I share with you here.
Protests in Yemen are not like protests elsewhere. Things were ugly yesterday, if the pictures on the news are anything to judge by, but I could imagine things getting very ugly. Most people have firearms, even women often have a small handgun stashed in their handbags. It is not anything unsual.
How it looks from my armchair (although I dont actually have a single chair in my house), if Ali goes a tribal struggle will ensure. An opportunity will open for AQAP which I would not rule out as a negative, if they are organised and principled, then why not! Then foreign interests will get aggitated and need to become very involved in regime change and AQAP rejection.
Who knows where this could go. But as for democracy...O people of Yemen, do not become intoxicated by false beliefs of freedom. Democracy doesn't mean freedom, it means following ones personal desires and following man made law above the laws given to you in your own language by Allah the Most High, Most Just.
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