Oren Adaki

The absence of U.S. leadership created a power vacuum in the region where other destabilizing actors are trying to fill that vacuum. The Saudis and the rest of our Gulf allies have been deeply concerned about the situation in Yemen for a long time.

If the U.S. was really concerned about AQAP and counter-terrorism interests in the country, they should have acted before, it's pretty clear that Yemen is not a model of success.