Are you confused? Can you distinguish between the Shiite Houthi tribe and the Sunni Huothi tribe? One is a group of fierce rebels that has just brought down the government of Yemen* while the other tribe grows opium poppies in Pakghanistan. One group has the undying enmity of Iran while the other is detested by Saudi Arabia. Or are you able to tell the difference between the Shiite Badr Organization and the Kurdish Bard Group? This is important, as one group has been able to drive back the nearly-invincible ISIS fighters—which is great news, although all the other tribes believe they are much worse than ISIS—which is terrible news, while the other group puts on Shakespeare’s plays in the parks of Erbil.
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*An unbreakable rule of Journalism is that one cannot use Yemen in a sentence without the modifier, “the poorest of the Arab nations.” We have taken great liberty in putting this essential in a footnote.
**A second unbreakable rule—this must read “boots on the ground.”