US and UK Air Launch Strikes Against Houthi Militants In Yemen

BBC News ^ | 1/11/2024 | BBC

[Nextrush]

UK-US air strikes launched against Houthis in Yemen...

[Nextrush]

Hopefully the missiles were properly gendered before launch tonight...sarc

[ought-six]

This strike is no surprise.

[riverrunner]

Took long enough

[CatOwner]

The planet has become a lot less safe in the past three years.

If only we could find some correlation. /s

[cowboyusa]

Weakness causes wars.

[Tennessee Nana]

A day late and a penny short...

[ought-six]

“Took long enough”

Well, one can’t say they rushed.

[Mr. Mojo]

“Proportional,” probably. Can’t upset the mullahs and jeopardize the Obama-Iran nuke deal.

[Nextrush]

The blockage of sea lanes is like attacking the “forces of nature” as Ned Beatty called them in that famous monologue in the movie “Network”.

These strikes talked about in advance to buck up the markets.

[ought-six]

“Weakness causes wars.”

There is much truth to that.

[frank ballenger]

Type probably used to hit Houthis....

” The Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), designed to hit anti-ship cruise missiles and lower speed threats like drones or helicopters at a range of up to 50 kilometers, the CSIS says. Each one costs more than $1 million. Experts think the US is using the SM-2 and/or ESSM missiles against the Houthi threats so far.” CNN (must be accurate./s)

There was a sniper’s memoir in the 1990s in which the author said he saved many millions of dollars in US taxpayer money by killing terrorists himself as opposed to the missiles fired from ships which sometimes hit but mostly missed targets. Such as “terrorist leader was believed to be in that compound but wasn’t.” I remember that when they total up the millions.

[toddausauras]

Wipe out as many violent thugs as you can boys. The more terrorists ripped to shreds the less will come here.

[TonyinLA]

When did Congress declare war on Yemen? Or Houthis? When was an American vessel attacked?

Waiting......

[cowboyusa]

Trump would have done this mounths ago.

[cowboyusa]

The Houtis should have thought of that

[NWFree]

Now they can bomb twice as many tents

[TonyinLA]

BTW....Why no mention of US provided weapons [$500billion] to Saudi to make war on Yemen, killing 500,000 civilians? Sounds pretty genocidal to me.

[Huskrrrr]

I think Bidet was pressured by the Brits.

[ought-six]

“The blockage of sea lanes is like attacking the ‘forces of nature’ as Ned Beatty called them in that famous monologue in the movie ‘Network’.”

No. A hurricane is a force of nature. An earthquake is a force of nature. A bunch of bandits sending rockets and drones and speedboats against international shipping is an attack, not a force of nature.

[existentially_kuffer]

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