Katy Perry explains Yemeni politics
It’s hard to think of two people with less in common than Katy Perry and Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yet, as Sheila Carapico notes, some enterprising Internet denizen mashed up Perry’s hit song "Hot ‘N Cold" with excerpts from the speeches of the long-serving autocrat, who has his own people — and diplomats ...
It’s hard to think of two people with less in common than Katy Perry and Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yet, as Sheila Carapico notes, some enterprising Internet denizen mashed up Perry’s hit song "Hot ‘N Cold" with excerpts from the speeches of the long-serving autocrat, who has his own people — and diplomats everywhere — pulling their hair out over his many broken promises to step down from office.
"I should know that you’re no good for me," Perry sings. "You’re yes, and you’re no. You’re in, and you’re out. You’re up, then you’re down." Yup, that’s Yemen for you these days.
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