Yemen Trying to Disarm Rebels

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0130/p99s01-duts.html


In the article above, Yemen’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, is warning the rebels of Yemen to disarm. This action was caused by the death of six government soldiers. I thought it was funny that the president of Yemen was trying to disarm people because acquiring weapons is so simple. You could walk up to almost anybody and buy a knife, gun, or even a tank. I think that limiting weapons is a step to making a safer country, but it may just cause more trouble than good. I also think that what president Ali Abdullah Saleh is trying to do will be impossible. Even if he does manage to disarm the rebels, what will be stopping them from getting more weapons (which they could probably do in a day)? mg