Whodunnit? Pompeo dismisses Houthi claim that Yemeni rebel group carried out strikes on two huge Saudi oil processing facilities, but it doesn’t mean he’s right

Donald Trump doesn’t want a full-scale war with Iran, and neither does Saudi Arabia. It probably won’t happen.

None of this proves that it was the Houthis, or that it wasn’t the Iranians. It does leave the identity of the attackers up in the air, where it will remain until conclusive proof emerges one way or another (if it ever does). Mike Pompeo’s confident attribution of blame to Iran, later echoed by Energy Secretary Rick Perry, is just politics, not proof, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture image courtesy of The Guardian

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

September 23, 2019

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