Posted on 10/19/2023 11:51:49 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper
A US Navy warship operating in the Middle East intercepted multiple projectiles near the coast of Yemen on Thursday, two US officials told CNN.
One of the officials said the missiles were fired by Iranian-backed Houthi militants, who are engaged in an ongoing conflict in Yemen. Approximately 2-3 missiles were intercepted, according to the second official.
The officials said it was unclear what the missiles were targeting. It’s possible the missiles were fired at the USS Carney or launched towards another target.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
ping me when the source is eliminated.
Now reports another attack on the US base in Iraq
Separate from the one a few hours ago
Faytuks News Δ
@Faytuks
BREAKING: Drones and rockets target Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq housing US troops, multiple blasts heard inside the base, security sources tell Reuters
That’s it! Time to go after north vietn... Yemen!
True,
But as I have written elsewhere, the threat will increase because you can expect much more lethal weapons to proliferate into these places in the future.
What matters is - if hit is this an act of war? And what's our next step? Do they use the right pronouns? Is that more important?
Gulf of Tokin 2.0?
“ping me when the source is eliminated.”
Source of the missiles or source of the report?
Yes
Exactly.🤬
...not quite....!!!
“In August 1964, the American destroyer USS Maddox was stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam. That month, this ship was involved in two events collectively referred to as the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which changed the course of modern history in ways that reverberate to this day.
On August 2, it was attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. And then, two days later, on August 4, the Johnson administration claimed that it had been attacked again. After the second attack, the U.S. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution almost unanimously, allowing the federal government to “take all necessary measures” to protect U.S. forces in Vietnam.
It was tantamount to a declaration of war, but it was based on a lie.
After decades of public skepticism and government secrecy, the truth finally came out: In the early 2000s, nearly 200 documents were declassified and released by the National Security Agency (NSA).
They showed that there was no attack on August 4. U.S. officials had distorted the truth about the Gulf of Tonkin incident for their own gains — and perhaps for Johnson’s own political prospects.
Surprise! Proxy wars go both ways.
Not sure what the vegetable FJB and his dipshit controllers in CIA and State were expecting.
“It’s possible the missiles were fired at the USS Carney or launched towards another target.”
Well I guess that about covers it.
The world is on fire thanks to this demented diaper wearing dementia riddled buffoon
maybe we shouldn’t pee our pants every time someone shoots missiles at us. Or charges our boats in the gulf. And lets let Iran have a bomb and an ICBM to deliver it to Europe or Tel Aviv with while we send them billions for humanitarian aide.
Sovereignty, democracy, human rights, and even our national security are only arguments used when there is a political and economic advantage in taking action.
See our Southern border and the PRC as examples where you have a real national security threat and we choose to take no action because the economic interests go against such.
“Gulf of Tokin 2.0?”
Those who refuse to learn history are doomed to repeat it.
Rule #1: The elites want you dead. Wars are great for that.
81 million people also own pieces of this.
“It’s possible the missiles were fired at the USS Carney or launched towards another target.”
_______________________________
How many other targets would be allowed to be near a US Navy vessel?
Seems pretty damn clear it was shot at the Carney!
How media covers for the scumbags of the earth!
Yeah. That putz, Biden, is getting us into a war that we aren’t prepared for.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.