https://www.businessinsider.com/houthis-getting-smarter-red-sea-attacks-ships-paying-the-price-2024-6
US officials have warned that the conflict has no signs of slowing down, and the growing financial toll has raised questions about the long-term sustainability of the counter-Houthi mission.
These attacks are an "ongoing problem without an obvious or useful solution at hand," she added.
I can think of one
Last time they stopped was during the gaza ceasefire, to make it explicit
No, this is very complicated and the Houthis have been bombing ships connected to Zionism in the Red Sea for thousands of years. No one can even remember how or why this started. It's just part of their religious culture.
are the Houthis ever going to find out why Americans don't have free healthcare? i was told they were going to learn why months ago
They did. They shot down a predator drone and sent thoughts and prayers to americans because the US was gonna spend money replacing the drone and attempting to get revenge instead of taking care of the sick and injured
I would once again like to state that the US Navy getting clowned on by a country that doesn't have a Navy is extremely funny.
"Sustainabily of the counter-Houthi mission"
So not the feasibility of backing Israel's genocide?
Rather than solve the real problem, they want to manage its consequences.
Paralyzing global trade is a necessary price we all must pay to enable the noble goal of genociding Palestine
I read on ⚡️⚡️twitter that they’re trying to send fighters into Gaza. Never would’ve imagined that it would be Yemen leading the fight against Western imperialism, but I’m here for it. Their courage and resolve is seriously impressive.
but what's the KDR on active service US military personnel vs random Yemeni civilians who happened to be near our airstrike targets?Checkmate, Houthis
a little over 10 years ago, i told some lib friends that i thought some shipping lanes would eventually become contested/untenable as US empire declined, and that even the facade of "global" US naval supremacy was a logistical and material nightmare to maintain.
they rolled their eyes at me and were completely dismissive like i was the kookiest crank that ever lived. i haven't talked politics or current events to either of them for like 6+ years, but i doubt they would admit to even remembering that conversation.
but i doubt they would admit to even remembering that conversation
It happened prior to Oct 23 or Feb 22 so they won't
it must be instructive to grow up and live in places like the Gate of Grief/Gulf of Aden, the Dardanelles/Hellespont, etc and see the material flows and forces of the great powers parade and display their ships of war.
massive gunships and their support ships and helicopters perennially stirring off your coastline with flags from places half a world away, while bloated cargo ships slowly file along under the watchful eyes of 24 hour crews and the massive guns they control.
it probably makes the nature of western political economy very obvious.
Not as much as you might think. It's 300km wide.
The thinnest point is 30km off a very specific bit of Yemen. But the rest is so wide it's unpolicable. The warships have at best a 20-50km reliable range that they can cover around their ships. Their "watchful eyes" are less watchful than people realise and rely much more on being big and intimidating shows of force to deter action than their actual ability to prevent action by force.
Unless you're from that one specific point where it's thinnest, and spend a lot of time on the shore, you probably don't end up thinking about this much at all. Well, except if you're from Yemen and have been bombed to bits for decades.
well, that's what i mean... being around for one of the big, intimidating shows.
and people go to the shore and watch ships. its a thing everywhere ive been, even isolated places where there isn't much human activity to see out there. living near a coast is a constant invitation to go to the coastline and stare out at the horizon. more so if there's a shipping lane or fishing boats or weather or some kind of activity, biological or artificial.
if you live for 30 years in a coastal community where there has been significant foreign naval activity for hundreds or thousands of years, chances are high you've seen a foreign naval ship and considered the context.
and the growing financial toll has raised questions about the long-term sustainability of the counter-Houthi mission.
then leave
also, I hope that toll starts to taking more than just finances from the west
These kind of articles always read to me as, "Bad guy is bad please send MIC to fix it"
