US President Joe Biden has said that attacks on the Houthis will continue even as he acknowledged that the group have not stopped their Red Sea attacks.
The US carried out a fifth round of strikes on Yemen on Thursday after a US ship was struck by a Houthi drone.
White House spokesman John Kirby told reporters that US forces “took out a range of Houthi missiles” that were about to be fired towards the Red Sea.
He said the American attacks took place on Wednesday and again on Thursday.
On Wednesday, a Houthi drone hit a “US owned and operated bulk carrier ship” which later had to be rescued by India’s navy. It came as the US designated the Houthis as a terrorist organisation.
“Well, when you say working are they stopping the Houthis? No,” Mr Biden told reporters in Washington DC on Thursday before he left for a speech in North Carolina.
“Are they gonna continue? Yes.”
…until morale improves.
Not sure there was anything else going to happen about this. Houthis are shooting missiles so now they get missiles shot back in the hopes they’ll stop.
Or you know, just broker a ceasefire in gaza
Yeah just stop the fighting there, ezpz
Not a peace deal just a ceasefire
Yeah, it’s just that simple. /s. The absolute maximum leverage the US has (short of threatening invasion) would be to withdraw aid. We could certainly do that, but China and/or Russia would be more than happy to take on the job. Do you figure that would be helpful to the Palestinians? These dumb shit takes on foreign policy drive me nuts.
It’s totally unexpected that bombing the mountain tribe that has turned into a very successful rebel group, with the same stuff they’ve been bombed with by Saudi Arabia for years, would not actually stop them and make them change their minds.
I mean, weren’t both the US Adminstration and British Cabinet implying just a weak ago that the one strike back then would be it?!
Surelly the History of US and UK interventions in the Middle East did not at all hint that one single strike against such an adversary would be enough???!
Oh and by the way, for our dutch friends: Et was heel erg stom om met de VS en de VK mee te gaan (it was really stupid to go along with the US and UK).
When the Arab coalition got closer to Hudidah port to stop Iranian arms to reach the Houthi. The UK intervene claiming “Famine and war crimes”
They wanted the Houthi there because the Saudi will keep buying militry aid.
Now these same port and more got bombed with no media talking about famine or war crimes.
It was a bit obvious.
What’s more interesting - if US would continue to bomb them, would other actors take an opportunity against rebels? Yemeni monarchy, for example. Reigniting another war would be even more disastorous.
I’m sure both the recognized Yemeni government and Saudi Arabia are absolutely stoked about this. It’s actually a bit weird how exuberant the Houthis seem about it all given how many people are sharpening knives in the background.
Nope, totally wrong. KSA has demanded the US stop attacks.
Just because you beat your wife all the time, doesn’t mean you’ll let anyone else do it.
After the humanitarian disaster of Decisive Storm, it’s hard to understand. Maybe enough Iranian money can cure one of empathy.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
White House spokesman John Kirby told reporters that US forces “took out a range of Houthi missiles” that were about to be fired towards the Red Sea.
US Central Command - which oversees US operations in the Middle East - said in a statement that it had “conducted strikes on two Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed into the Southern Red Sea and were prepared to launch” on Thursday.
“US forces identified the missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen” around 15:40 local time (12:40GMT) “and determined they were an imminent threat to merchant vessels and US Navy ships in the region”.
Also on Thursday, the leader of the Houthis delivered a fiery hour-long televised speech in which he called it a “great honour” to be “in direct confrontation” with Israel, the US and the UK.
Since then, the group has launched dozens of attacks on commercial tankers passing through the Red Sea, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
The strikes - supported by Australia, Bahrain, the Netherlands and Canada - began after Houthi forces ignored an ultimatum to cease attacks in the region.
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President has wide latitude in matters like this. Air strikes in this context are legal for him. He can even deploy troops as long as their deployment isn’t longer then 60 days.
The Houthis attacked ships on the Red Sea. This could:
- Violate international law
- Destabilize the region
- Have an impact on global trade
The Houthis fucked up and America is punishing them understandingly so. Can’t say the same for helping Israel but we should analyze events fairly and not have a knee-jerk reaction with " 'Murca bad" all the time.
The US has spent decades developing and deploying smart munitions in an effort to be the good guys and minimize civilian casualties. It’s all very laudable but, in return, terrorists like the Houthis and Hamas have learned to hide more effectively in the civilian population, effectively creating human shields, which is a war crime.
It is probably true that a few retaliatory strikes won’t stop the Houthis from firing their Iranian missiles at civilian shipping. Something more drastic may be necessary. For example, I can’t imagine that Egypt is particularly happy about the reduction in traffic through Suez, nor should any bordering country be happy with missiles flying around over a shipping lane. It’s also an environmental disaster waiting to happen.
At least he’s not making fun of anybody on Twitter.
This is so fucking stupid.
Pros:
- Doing so feels good/ on brand
- Funds the military industrial complex
- Popular among the neocons who Democrats think choose the president
- Allows us to keep assisting with a genocide
Cons:
- Guaranteed to escalate
- Costs us international influence
- Costs us billions of dollars
- Raises the prices of goods
- Makes the electorate nervous and unlikely to reelect a president who seems to only oversee rising tension
- Further entrenches the impression that we’re not actually a formidable threat if you learn basic geurilla tactics and don’t mind waiting us out
- Further establishes our deep affection for genocide
- Increases the likelihood of dozens of unstable and unpredictable indirect consequences
- Oh… and strengthens the targets of our attacks and aligns with the adversaries goals
Biden is fucking EVERYTHING up. He’s fucking up the middle east, he’s fucking up his reelection, and in turn he’s going to fuck us all right back into the Trump dimension.
This is SO fucking stupid.
Yeah, I thought one of his strong points was supposed to be foreign policy, but his stance on Israel has isolated the US and seems to be fueling chaos in the Middle East. If he wanted to just say “I’ll do what I want, I’m the president”, he could have at least had the decency to not seek reelection and doom us all.
The real mistake may have been attempting to pivot to Iran in an attempt to reinstate the JCPOA. As admirable a goal as that is, I also think it’s clear Trump squandered any trust Iran had in the US when he cancelled it. Iran has taken the Biden admin’s overtures as an opportunity to test its regional influence, instead of being a good faith negotiating partner - and why would the Biden admin have expected anything else when the US hadn’t been a good faith partner? Trump was awful on foreign policy, and set middle-east peace back decades, but Biden has completely failed to understand and adapt to the new status quo.
Part of me thinks, we’ll see Hilary2.0 unfolding in 2024. He should have picked Newsom and stepped down.
I hate Newsom. But you’re right, Biden looks like he’s going down in flames. I think he’s counting on Trump going to jail, because head-to-head, unless something changes, Trump is getting set up to coast to victory. It’s horrifying to watch.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say “coast to victory”, I think both men are deeply disliked by factions of their electorate and thus could lose, but if it was literally anyone but Trump, I’d say it’s already a foregone conclusion.
Wow. As a progressive left voting Democrat, getting downvoted for not agreeing with establishment. OK, thanks. Lesson learned. Thanks democrats.
Thx Joe for another reason to not vote for you.
WWIII here we come!
I’m pretty sure ww3 was already started by stuxnet. Have you not seen the news lately regarding cyber crime/espionage/attacks?
Enlighten us.
I’m being serious, not sarcastic, i really do want to know.
This is a podcast that will cover some of the biggest ones.
If you don’t want to listen to a dork podcast since they can be long, short version is: https://cisoseries.com/category/podcast/cyber-security-headlines/
Cool, thanks for the links
OPM was hacked a while ago all us gov with clearance taken
Chinese hacked Google and Microsoft to help them with zero day development, since Chinese have the source code now
Chinese hacked Microsoft and got us gov office 365 emails
Russia and China hack everything and everyone to steal intellectual property.
Russia has conducted cyber attacks against the places they invade.
If you Google cyber attacks, you’ll get endless results
we are already in the warm up for ww3 since the fucking russians invaded parts of ukraine and want to conquer big parts of europe…
I was talking about the cyber crime/ espionage attacks.
And I’m pretty sure it’s the US plus assorted allies agression that is inflaming tensions around the world.
you think west ist responsible for the atrocities the russians started 2014? LOL!
Yes
Then you are a hopeless person.
are you on crack or just a stupid tankie?
As a Democrat, thanks Joe, for giving me more reasons to vote for another.
Which therefore, unfortunately, is a vote helping trump.
Have some spine though. Call out a spade for a spade.
Edit: not directed at your comment. Only downvoters.
Enjoy Trump.
Enjoy choice
