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The targeting of another U.S.-owned commercial ship Wednesday shows the militant group remains intent on continuing its attacks in the face of multiple rounds of U.S. military airstrikes.

The Houthis launched anti-ship ballistic missiles at the U.S.-owned, flagged and operated commercial ship Maersk Detroit as it was transiting the Gulf of Aden, according to a statement from the U.S. Central Command. The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely shot down two missiles and a third fell into the water. There were no indications of damage or injuries in the attack.

The U.S. military has been conducting airstrikes against the Houthis to degrade their capabilities since Jan.11, after several weeks of attacks on commercial ships by the militant group.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Darn Hoothi's standing up to Genocide.

America isn't starting more wars because they can't afford it, not because they're so nice. The Hoothies can blow up Saudi's oil infrastructure which is going to make this global shipping blockade look like a complete joke in comparison.

Ukraine and israel are draining the budget. If America starts escalating the middle east they won't be able to keep their aircraft carriers next to Taiwan. Fighting one war at a time is easy but it's starting to stack up.

Middle Eastern issues never seem to get solved with more violence. The freedom and democracy barrage is just going to backfire as it always has.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Comment is being reported, but I don't really see anything actionable here. My only request would be to please not minimalize the Houthi movement by calling them "Hoothies", I mean it's spelled correctly right there in the subject.

Going down the low hanging fruit road starts butting uncomfortably close to racism and I know you didn't mean it that way.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_movement

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

lol Ukraine is a bargain. I think the US has spent maybe 2% of the entire military budget supplying Ukraine with weapons. In exchange we get to see the last large generation of Russians turned into fertilizer along with all of their frontline hardware.

Israel is perfectly capable of turning the Gaza Strip into a moonscape without much support from the US.

The US hasn’t even touched the hardware needed to take on China (long range missiles and aircraft). On top of that we now have a west that is more united than ever behind the American Hegemony.

I think the US can afford to let a few off the chain and rain some good old fashioned freedom on a few Houthis.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're talking like Goku is stronger than One Punch Man because he can go SSJ9001. War isn't some attack power meter where the party with more attack power just magically wins. Tell me how more about how America just won against the Taliban.

Israel's iron meme system got wrecked by a bunch of Hamas fireworks. Their wall penetrated like it's nothing. Just like how israel can flatten Gaza, Hezbollah can flatten israel. Everyone can flatten each other these days. Rockets and Drones are insanely cheap and stopping them is expensive.

The question is if you think that's a good solution to the problem. From behind your keyboard it must look really funny.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

War is never a good solution, but I prefer to be on the side making the craters than getting cratered.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

War is never a good solution

Yes.

I prefer to be on the side making the craters than getting cratered.

Everyone is getting cratered.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

:Looks up: nope my sky is clear and I’m thousands of miles and an ocean away. That sound like a you problem.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are you talking about israel vs their neighbours right now or about America?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You stated everyone was getting cratered. Who do you define as everyone?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

israel and their surrounding countries. Which is what this conversation is about.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, I commented on a thread about the US being stretched to provide support for Israel and Ukraine. You made it about Israel only. But on any case I think Israel can crater the Gaza strip without much damage other side.

Hamas picked a fight they can’t win.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah israel hasn't cratered Gaza yet because they're so nice and totally not genocidal.

You do know that israel lost their previous war with Hezbollah right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's pretty bombed to shit in the north. Cratering means the entirety with the civilians inside.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

lol, No that just means making craters. But none the less, I don’t see the same type of change taking place on territory held and populated by Israel.

I doubt Hamas could even come close to revisiting the same destruction upon Israel. They can’t even save themselves let alone go on the offensive. None of the marginal allies of Hamas really give enough of a shit about them to help them even try.

I think we are about a third of the way through the “find out” stage for Hamas. It will be interesting to see how much is left when they are done.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Good points each of them, and it’s why I wonder if the US might move to conclude some of them, rather than have them nagging on .

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

America is probably going to drop and screw over Ukraine if the budget gets tight. But the Hoothi problem looks unsolvable with military force. Saudi tried that for quite a while with American weapons. And America just lost to the Taliban trying to do the same thing.

By for the easiest solution is to reign in Netanyahu and stop the Genocide in Gaza. Hoothi demands are what I would call "normal to anyone that isn't a genocidal maniac".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Was about to say the same thing.

Unless they want to keep grinding Putin by proxy, Big Z might be not be getting his calls returned.