Will Yemen Be the Site of the Next U.S. Hostage Crisis (and Votes for Hostages Deal)?

[McCamy Taylor]

2. More on Yemen, Saleh and Deja Vu

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/world/middleeast/saleh-yemen-leader-to-be-admitted-into-us-for-medical-care.html?pagewanted=all

Update from The New York Times

“In the end, we felt there was enough good to be gained that it was worth managing the criticism that we’d get, including any comparisons to past episodes,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the arrangement was still being completed.

The official was referring to President Jimmy Carter’s decision in 1979 to admit the ailing shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, into the United States for medical treatment. That infuriated the Islamic revolutionaries who had overthrown the shah’s rule.

Antigovernment activists in Yemen said in recent days that they were worried that the United States would grant Mr. Saleh refuge and that if it did, they would demand he be returned for prosecution at home.