Ward Carroll is a retired naval aviator. A Tomcat driver.
Rantburg University is now in session.
Maritime expert Sal Mercogliano joins Ward to discuss tensions in the Red Sea caused by an increase in Houthis firing missiles and drones at commercial shipping as it passes through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. What is the resonant effect on the global economy if ships take alternate routes around South Africa or wherever, and what is the U.S. Navy and NATO partners prepared to do about it? And why did the EISENHOWER Strike Group just move out of the Persian Gulf closer to Yemen?
Dr. Salvatore R. Mercogliano is an associate professor of history at Campbell University in North Carolina and adjunct professor at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. He holds a bachelor of science in marine transportation from the State University of New York Maritime College, along with a merchant marine deck officer license (unlimited tonnage 2nd mate), a master’s in maritime history and nautical archaeology from East Carolina University, and a Ph.D. in military and naval history from the University of Alabama.
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#1 Threaten peace in the region, sure.
Threaten regional economic stability, is there any?
Any goods or services the US needs to survive? No.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-21 05:34||
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#2 Do or do not. The time for 'demonstrations' is long past. It looks like someone has volunteered to be the example. That example is not a few air strikes. That example is to go full Mongol on someone pour encourager les autres. You've squandered any influence you might have had by spending too much time worrying about what others think about you. It's time to reestablish fear in other peoples minds what Americans think of them.
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#3 The only people Joe "Nobrain" Biden will go full Mongol on is the citizens of the United States. He licks the ass of any one else around the world.
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#4 What #2 Procopius2K said.
Posted by Tom 2023-12-21 11:53||
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#5 There is an Iranian interest at work that constrains O’Biden. Joe is dangerously compromised in ways discernible only through his actions. Why does he placate the Iranians instead of confronting them? He is compromised. We don’t know in what way, but there isn’t any rational reason for him to chase after Iranian love like some pimply faced kid with a Selena Gomez crush. This crush or compromised condition continues to make the world less and less safe.
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#6 Sorry, Ike. Jet fighter planes are very cool. I understand that. But I think in this case we need to carpet bomb the bastards with the heavy bombers, the B1, B2 and the Buffalo. Teach them some respect. But, I know, Joe won't do it.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-12-21 12:13||
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#7 Hmmm - anyone recall Exercise Millenium Challenge 2002? Surely the OPFOR hasn’t studied that looking for opportunities to further shift the goal posts
Posted by Slenter Panda4300 2023-12-21 12:14||
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#8 Did one of those guys say we need an international coalition to deal with this? I don't see the problem with the US unilaterally carpet bombing the Houthis. But if we need a coalition it seems to me that now would be a good time for NATO to do something about a real threat to their security and economic well being instead of squandering their resources on a bloody, stupid war with Russia.
And, yes, we know that Biden is compromised by Iran because Obama was/is so obviously compromised. It's ironic that they engage in a chickenshit proxy war against Russia but give Russia's ally Iran a free pass for all the mischief the Mad Mullahs want to make. How does that make any sense?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-12-21 13:05||
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#9 USNI Article and fleet tracker links below:
"‘Operation Prosperity Guardian’ Set to Protect Ships in the Red Sea, Carrier IKE in Gulf of Aden"
