GETTING HOTTER – AT 10:30 A.M.  ET:   The clash between Saudi Arabia and Iran is escalating, in a region that's already a tinderbox.  Wow, this Obama foreign policy has really stabilized things.  From BBC: 

Iran has accused Saudi-led coalition warplanes of damaging its embassy and injuring staff in an air strike on Yemen's capital, Sanaa.

State media quoted a foreign ministry spokesman as saying planes had deliberately targeted the site.
But some later reports in Iran said missiles struck only in the vicinity of the embassy.

Residents and witnesses in Sanaa reported there was no damage to the main embassy building.

Sanaa residents reported dozens of air strikes on Thursday by the coalition, which is battling Houthi rebels.

Residents quoted by Reuters said missiles had struck 700m (2,300 feet) from the embassy, causing shrapnel and rocks to land near the building.

COMMENT:  The United States, incredibly, is tilting toward Iran in this crisis, and against its longtime ally, Saudi Arabia.  I have no love for Saudi Arabia, but this betrayal by Obama will be noted throughout the Mideast.  Apparently, the logic is that nothing must be allowed to interfere with the Iran nuclear deal, which is the centerpiece of Obama's so-called "legacy."  Some legacy.

January 7, 2016