Posted on 03/06/2024 6:11:10 PM PST by hardspunned
Three sailors have died and others have been injured after a Houthi missile attack on a ship in the Gulf of Aden, US officials have said – the first fatalities of crew of commercial shipping since the Houthis began launching strikes at ships in waters off Yemen last year.
The officials told US news agencies that the crew of the MV True Confidence had abandoned ship after the attack, which was claimed by the Houthis.
The British embassy in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, posted on X: “At least two innocent sailors have died. This was the sad but inevitable consequence of the Houthis recklessly firing missiles at international shipping. They must stop.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
This is the direct result of the US and others doing very little to stop a proven & growing menace
“All that is necessary for the Triumph of Evil is for good men (and women) to do nothing”
- Burke
The West is losing the Battle of the Red Sea to a country without a navy...
Joe won’t do a damn thing about it, but when Trump gets back in, he’s gonna lower the BOOM on the Houthis.
That’s what I hope for, anyway.
Nice to know the Brits sent a terse memo...
Trump could have solved this in one day.
May they rest in peace.
I hadn’t kept up and was shocked to hear that nearly 90% less than normal traffic is going through the area under attack due to ships being ordered to avoid it.
Costs of goods to the US and elsewhere will go up for anything affected (including the fuel as well as merchandise).
Wasn’t Obama involved in the mess in Yemen?
The US has the most powerful & modern navy in the World, but Biden won’t use it
“Stop, or we’ll warn you to stop again!!”
Gee, if there were only something that could be done.
Call Lt. Presley O’Bannon.
Welcome to FR
“They must stop.”
Ansar Allah is packing up and leaving.
They have been bombed for the last decade.
Out of curiosity I looked it up. The MV True Confidence is registered in Barbados, and so flies that nation’s flag. She is owned by a company that’s evidently based in Greece.
This “flag of convenience” stuff has got to stop. It can be fairly argued that the US Navy has a moral duty to protect all shipping. But it would be nice if more merchant ships paid US taxes and flew the US flag.
(And yes, I know that’s a minor point compared to all the chaos in the region.)
Give everyone 5 days to evacuate Sana’a, then nuke it.
Blame Iran.
Biden is not allowed to use our navy.
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