'Success story': Yemen government resigns as Obama's triumph combusts

Breaking @aja reporting #Yemeni president @HadiPresident resigns #yemen pic.twitter.com/cZiFAxDFVU

— Rasha Jarhum رشا جرهوم (@RashaJarhum) January 22, 2015

America’s 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama declared Yemen a “success story” last September. His “small footprint” approach to fighting jihad was supposedly shown to be superior to prior administration’s more muscular commitments.

To quote Emily Litella: Never mind.

This afternoon, the besieged Yemen government resigned.

#BREAKING Yemen cabinet resigns: government source

— AFP news agency (@AFP) January 22, 2015

The “Yemen Model” Goes Down in Flames – by @MaxBoot @Commentary – https://t.co/j6xyCwViwp

— Commentary Magazine (@Commentary) January 22, 2015

What about American citizens and personnel in the crumbling country?

Obama claimed Yemen as success story, was wrong then, pathetic now. Embassy may be evacuated: http://t.co/3TEdqH13PL @powerlineus #tcot

— John Hinderaker (@jhinderaker) January 21, 2015

#Yemen government resigns. Will the admin pull State Dept officials out of U.S. Embassy now? Sources say ground situation is getting worse

— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) January 22, 2015

Shhhhhh.

https://twitter.com/Norsu2/status/558315926492557312

Previous Twitchy coverage of Yemen.