Comments on: Media Attention on Yemen (and Somalia and Sudan) http://www.seanbrooks.net/2010/01/media-attention-on-yemen-and-somalia-and-sudan/ A blog about the politics and conflicts of the Horn of Africa and the Middle East, and the role of the United States in facilitating peacemaking, state-building and economic development in the region. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:53:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sean http://www.seanbrooks.net/2010/01/media-attention-on-yemen-and-somalia-and-sudan/comment-page-1/#comment-79 sean Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:57:09 +0000 http://www.seanbrooks.net/?p=469#comment-79 This is something that’s been bothering me a lot lately, concerning <a href="http://humanprovince.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/afghan-expertise/" rel="nofollow">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="http://humanprovince.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/amuse-gueules-yemen/" rel="nofollow">Yemen</a> and <a href="http://humanprovince.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/wonking-out-or-wanking-off/" rel="nofollow">Somalia</a>. I’ve just come across your blog via Bec Hamilton. A good friend of mine from here in Beirut is currently enjoying SAIS in Bologna, so you might know him. In any case, I’m glad I came across the site. This is something that’s been bothering me a lot lately, concerning Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia.

I’ve just come across your blog via Bec Hamilton. A good friend of mine from here in Beirut is currently enjoying SAIS in Bologna, so you might know him. In any case, I’m glad I came across the site.

]]> By: Lauren http://www.seanbrooks.net/2010/01/media-attention-on-yemen-and-somalia-and-sudan/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Lauren Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:30:55 +0000 http://www.seanbrooks.net/?p=469#comment-77 You hit on one of my major pet peeves here. Every time this subject comes up, they have the exact same talking heads on TV -- always experts on national security, reiterating the same facts we already know. The conversation would be far less superficial if they would bring on more experts on Yemen and to get into some of the root and long-term causes of these problems. As you put it, someone who actually knows some Yemenis would be far better equipped to comment than former administration officials who are well connected but may have no direct contact with these kinds of issues at all. You hit on one of my major pet peeves here. Every time this subject comes up, they have the exact same talking heads on TV — always experts on national security, reiterating the same facts we already know. The conversation would be far less superficial if they would bring on more experts on Yemen and to get into some of the root and long-term causes of these problems. As you put it, someone who actually knows some Yemenis would be far better equipped to comment than former administration officials who are well connected but may have no direct contact with these kinds of issues at all.

]]> By: Elizabeth Allen http://www.seanbrooks.net/2010/01/media-attention-on-yemen-and-somalia-and-sudan/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Elizabeth Allen Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:37:11 +0000 http://www.seanbrooks.net/?p=469#comment-74 Here's another great link, from the PBS Newshour: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec09/yemen2_12-29.html Here’s another great link, from the PBS Newshour:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec09/yemen2_12-29.html

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