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Why haven't we hit the Houthis yet?

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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    jon-nyc
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    #5

    Seems like we could funnel munitions and intel to the Saudis to take them out for us

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    • MikM Away
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      Mik
      wrote on last edited by Mik
      #6

      That’s what I initially thought would happen. It still may, although the Saudis are trying to mend fences with Tehran, so they may be hesitant.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • George KG Offline
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        #7

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • 89th8 Offline
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          wrote on last edited by 89th
          #8

          Only the first few seconds of the video is needed. Heck of an explosion. I believe everyone had been evacuated off the ship prior to it?

          Link to video

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            #9

            https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/15/saudi-arabia-iran-houthi-threat-yemen-israel-red-sea

            and

            Turki al-Faisal, a former Saudi intelligence chief and diplomat, has expressed the kingdom’s disappointment at the way Iran has been helping the Houthis. Speaking at Chatham House in London on Friday, he called for more international action to block such assistance and said the “pinprick bombings” mounted on Houthi positions by US and UK naval forces in the Red Sea needed to be more effective.

            “The Houthis now hold the world as hostage in the Bab al-Mandab entrance to the Red Sea, and yet Iran is not showing that it can do something there if it wanted to, and the kingdom would have expected Iran to be more forthcoming in showing not just to us but to others that it can be a positive factor in securing stability and removing differences not just with Saudi Arabia but the rest of us.”

            He said it was unclear if the Iranians could control the Houthis, and the world was in trouble if it could not.

            Saudi Arabia has not joined the US military attacks because it says it has been pursuing a diplomatic route to form a national government in Yemen.

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            • bachophileB Offline
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              #10

              And now…houthis!!

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              • MikM Away
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                Mik
                wrote on last edited by
                #11

                The only way to handle this is to remove their ability to launch missiles and drones. We should have done it much more assertively months ago when they started threatening vital shipping lanes.

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                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                • bachophileB Offline
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                  #12

                  Brits and US attacking in Yemen.

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                  • George KG Offline
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                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      #14

                      I haven't seen any confirmation of an actual hit - though it has been reported that there was an attack.

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