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2023-12-21 Arabia

IKE Bears Down on Houthis as Ship Attacks Intensify

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Posted by badanov 2023-12-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top
File under: Houthis

#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|| 2023-12-21 05:34|| Front Page Top

#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.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-12-21 07:40|| 2023-12-21 07:40|| Front Page Top

#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.

Posted by Silentbrick 2023-12-21 10:26|| 2023-12-21 10:26|| Front Page Top

#4 What #2 Procopius2K said.

Posted by Tom 2023-12-21 11:53|| 2023-12-21 11:53|| Front Page Top

#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.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-12-21 12:00|| 2023-12-21 12:00|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2023-12-21 12:13|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2023-12-21 12:14|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2023-12-21 13:05|| Front Page Top

#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"

https://news.usni.org/2023/12/18/operation-prosperity-guardian-set-to-protect-ships-in-the-red-sea-carrier-ike-in-gulf-of-aden?mc_cid=668866dcc5&mc_eid=acd2b32aa3

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-12-21 13:49|| 2023-12-21 13:49|| Front Page Top

#10 strike houthis by occupying Chah Bahar.

Posted by irish rage boy 2023-12-21 16:43|| 2023-12-21 16:43|| Front Page Top

#11 ^ is that a new strategy? ;-)

Posted by Frank G 2023-12-21 18:53|| 2023-12-21 18:53|| Front Page Top

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