The remarks come as the US confirmed a fifth round of strikes on Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen.

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.”

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  • Andy@slrpnk.netEnglish
    2735·
    11 months ago

    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.

    • ZaktorEnglish
      1415·
      11 months ago

      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.

      • SwampYankee@mander.xyzEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        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.

      • generalpotato@lemmy.worldEnglish
        63·
        11 months ago

        Part of me thinks, we’ll see Hilary2.0 unfolding in 2024. He should have picked Newsom and stepped down.

        • Andy@slrpnk.netEnglish
          43·
          11 months ago

          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.

          • ZaktorEnglish
            3·
            11 months ago

            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.