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Why haven't we hit the Houthis yet?

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  • MikM Offline
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    A good article on that subject.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-hasn-t-the-u-s-struck-back-after-red-sea-anti-ship-attacks/ar-AA1lE2Pv?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=3c5b703137704a2c99ae65bd0c5d984f&ei=20

    “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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      maybe because our guided missiles cost 2 million dollars and their unmanned drones cost a couple of hundred bucks made out of home depot items?

      in the meantime, as mentioned in the article, egypt stands to lose a gaziliion dollars from suez canal income, which is one of their main sources of income, if all the ships go around the cape of good hope, not to mention how everything is going to become more expensive.

      i think the US will need to come up with a viable answer to the houthis

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      • bachophileB bachophile

        maybe because our guided missiles cost 2 million dollars and their unmanned drones cost a couple of hundred bucks made out of home depot items?

        in the meantime, as mentioned in the article, egypt stands to lose a gaziliion dollars from suez canal income, which is one of their main sources of income, if all the ships go around the cape of good hope, not to mention how everything is going to become more expensive.

        i think the US will need to come up with a viable answer to the houthis

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        @bachophile said in Why haven't we hit the Houthis yet?:

        egypt stands to lose a gaziliion dollars from suez canal income, which is one of their main sources of income,

        Does Egypt have any influence with any of the terror groups in teh Middle East?

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        • MikM Offline
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          An international task force is already forming. It’s the best way as everyone has a stake in this.

          “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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            #5

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

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            • MikM Offline
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              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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                "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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                  #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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                  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                    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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                      And now…houthis!!

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

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