...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
is ’equipping and facilitating’ the rebel group’s assaults on ships in Red Sea, acknowledges they haven’t been deterred by US-led response
Operatives from Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah are working inside Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
to support Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the
Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
murderous Moslems’ attacks on international shipping, a US official said Tuesday.
Tim Lenderking, the US special envoy for Yemen, told a Senate subcommittee that Iran’s holy manal state was "equipping and facilitating" the Houthi attacks, which have triggered retaliatory US and British strikes on Yemen.
"Credible public reports suggest a significant number of Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah operatives are supporting Houthi attacks from inside Yemen," Lenderking said.
"I can’t imagine the Yemeni people want these Iranians in their country. This must stop," he said.
The White House said in December that Iran was "deeply involved" in planning the attacks, which the Houthis say are acts of solidarity with the Paleostinians in the Israel-Hamas
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...war.
Lenderking, who has dealt with the Houthis since the start of US President Joe
The Big GuyBiden
...46th president of the U.S. Old, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call
brilliant... or is that an act?...
’s administration as he helped diplomacy to freeze a brutal civil war, acknowledged that the rebels have not been deterred.
"The fact that they continue this, and have said publicly that they will not stop until there’s a ceasefire in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
, is an indication that we’re not yet at the point, unfortunately, where they do intend to dial back," Lenderking said.
The bombing campaign drew skepticism from some senators from Biden’s Democratic Party
...every time you hear the phrase
white people,
white supremacy,
whiteanything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word
(Thomas) Nastyto the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy (D., Conn)
...Junior senator for life from Connecticutt, foreign policy mastermind, a fast friend and a sympathetic ear to mullahs, ayatollahs, and similar riff-raff. The indigestable boilerplate on his website sez he has
has dedicated his career to public service as an advocate for Connecticut families,which means approximately nothing. He's been
a strong voice in the Senate fighting for job creation, affordable health care, education, sensible gun laws, and a forward-looking foreign policy.You can guess what that mess actually means, though the voters of Connecticutt can't...
of Connecticut, who heads the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on Middle East, agreed that the United States has "an obligation to respond" to attacks on shipping but added, "I do worry about the efficacy."
He noted that US and UK strikes have hit a number of sites struck by a massive 2015-2022 Saudi-led air campaign against the Houthis.
"If 23,000 air strikes by the Saudis weren’t effective in moving the needle militarily and restoring deterrence, how can we be confident that our campaign of air strikes is going to have a different outcome?" Murphy asked.
The Houthis, who control war-torn Yemen’s most populated areas, have previously reported the death of 17 fighters in Western strikes targeting their military facilities.
The Houthi attacks have had a significant effect on traffic through the busy Red Sea shipping route, forcing some companies into a two-week detour around southern Africa.
Last week, Egypt said Suez Canal revenues were down by up to 50 percent this year.