Yemen - They Defeated The Saudis, Then Biden, Now Trump
A barefooted Yemeni Houthi fighter storming a Saudi machine gun position
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In January 2024, the nine years long war Saudi Arabia waged against Yemen had just calmed down after the Saudis had been mostly defeated, the Houthi movement declared to shut down Israel related traffic through the Red Sea. The move was made in solidarity with the besieged people in Gaza.
To cover for Israel's genocide in Gaza the U.S. and UK decided to fight down the Houthi and to reestablish marine traffic through the Red Sea. Their bombing campaign showed little results.
Eight month later a hawkish British commentator conceded defeat:
The Houthis have defeated the US Navy - Telegraph, Aug 24 2024
Soon thereafter the Biden administration recognized that the effort was useless and refrained from launching further strikes on Yemen.
In March 2025 the Trump administration repeated the error of the previous U.S. regime and engaged in a new bombing campaign against Yemen:
Announcing Saturday's strikes, Trump said "we will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective"."Funded by Iran, the Houthi thugs have fired missiles at US aircraft, and targeted our Troops and Allies," Trump said on social media, adding that their "piracy, violence, and terrorism" had cost "billions" and put lives at risk.
Addressing the Houthis directly, Trump wrote that if they did not stop, "HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE".
But the Houthis have been unwavering in their response, saying the aggression would not diminish their support for Palestinians.
I made a short comment on the renewal of the U.S. bombing campaign:
- Bombing Yemen is stupid. The Saudis tried for years to get their way by doing that and were defeated.
- Yemen can and does shoot back.
- It is only a question of time until it hits a U.S. war ship and causes casualties.
- Then Trump will be hard pressed to escalate the war towards Iran.
- Iran can not be defeated.
The U.S. and UK military have since continued to bomb Yemen. There are signs that they have run out of identified targets as they are bombing just random stuff. Recently they hit a detention center that was holding African migrants killing some 60 of those. They dropped bombs on civilians near a quarry because some random guy on Twitter posted coordinates of the quarry claiming that it was a military site. Eight people died.
On Sunday a Yemeni missile hit Israel's main airport Ben Gurion. U.S. supplied Patriot and THAAD, as well as Israel Arrow air defense system had failed to intercept the missile.
The Houthi warned of more to come:
Houthi military spokesman Brig.-Gen. Yahya Saree posted on Telegram that the missile strike was in response to expand its operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The decision to expand operations was agreed upon by the Israeli security cabinet on Friday night. Several IDF reserve brigades will be mobilized for the operation's expansion.The Yemen-based terror organization "calls upon all international airlines to take into consideration" their plans to target Israeli airports, Saree said in his Telegram post, and also recommended that airlines "cancel all schedules flights to the airports of the 'criminal enemy' to preserve the safety of their aircraft and their agents."
Trump's military campaign against Yemen, just like Biden's previous one, has failed:
The Houthis have the upper hand. This is why (archived) - The Times, May 4 2025
Despite concerted American efforts, the Iran-backed Yemeni group continues to launch missile attacks against Israel and merchant shipping in the Red Sea
President Trump has promised to “annihilate the Houthis” and a campaign that involved 202 strikes during its first two months, under the Biden administration, has intensified to the point that more than 800 have been delivered.
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The Houthis combine the nimbleness of a non-state group and an insurgent army, while having Iranian support, and boasting an arsenal of strike weapons that would put most countries to shame. So, there is danger for British and American pilots — the Houthis have shot down 19 Reaper drones (which cost $30 million each) since this blitz started. And Monday’s attempt to hit the Truman shows their continued ability to threaten nearby shipping with a blend of ballistic and cruise missiles as well as uncrewed aircraft and boats, testing their defences from all angles.
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Intercepting these occasional launches of long-range Iranian-made weapons is one of the most expensive issues facing the Pentagon. The Israeli Arrow missiles used to counter them are $4 million each, the American Thaad missile defence systems cost $8.4 million, and the ship-launched SM-3 anti-ballistic missile is an eye-watering $27 million.As for protecting naval vessels off Yemen, a salvo of defensive missiles costs millions, but the price of such a strike getting through, crippling a warship, could easily top a billion dollars.
A hit on a U.S. or British ship is sure to happen should the U.S. and UK continue its campaign. But there is no hope that any bombing will defeat the nobles of Yemen:
Ultimately though, the Houthis, ruling through a combination of activism and coercion, have withstood attempts by western countries and Saudi Arabia to coerce them so will retain some capability to continue launching missiles.
There are ideas of instigating a local ground campaign against the Ansar Islam ruled parts of North Yemen. The Saudis, with help of the Emirates and al-Qaeda had tried that too. It had failed and will fail again should the Trump administration be stupid enough to try it again.
The Houthi can not be defeated . Soon a U.S. ship will get hit. From there the war could easily escalate into a war against Iran. There is a good chance that the U.S. would lose it.
It is high time for the Trump administration to pull back from its Yemen campaign.
The reopening of the Red Sea for all maritime traffic can only be achieved by reining in the Zionist maniacs.
Unfortunately Trump lacks the balls to even attempt that.
Posted by b on May 5, 2025 at 14:56 UTC | Permalink
next page »The Yemenis are practicing eye-for-an-eye.
America hits Sana'a airport. Ansar Allah shuts down Ben Gurion.
Make Israel unlivable for Zionists.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 15:03 utc | 2
b,
Good summary. IMO it's very important to also mention that the US and Israel are blaming Iran. Directly.
This will be pumped through the "news cycle" non-stop until something breaks. It will be used to sabotage any nascent 'negotiations' between whatever faction of the Trump Regime is still interested in avoiding war with Iran. The American (and western) public(s) are not equipped to suss out the truth or the nuance. Houthis = Iran is the narrative. Just like Al Qaeda = Iraq was more than 20 years ago.
Odds that we will see "NO NEW WARS" Donald J. Trump launch attacks on the Iranians must be greater than 80% now, and this is BEFORE the coming economic recession/depression. See: denk's comment in the O/T on US shipping port and long-haul trucking volume and the 5-7 weeks of "normal" consumer product inventory currently in the warehouses. A war is coming. All of the "Cullen Baker" Trump apologists will rediscover their zeal for civilizational conflict as soon as the messaging is approved.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | May 5 2025 15:03 utc | 3
Found this yesterday, also at Al Jazeera. An interactive map of US, UK and Israeli strikes on Yemen.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2025/5/1/animated-maps-show-us-led-attacks-on-yemen
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | May 5 2025 15:07 utc | 4
netanyahu will annihilate the palestinians and trump will annihilate the houthi... two peas from the same pod..
they keep on repeating the lie 'iranian backed' houthis... however it is true - 'the usa/uk backed' zionists.. fanaticism like this is hard to replicate but they are doing it..
trump doesn't have any balls.. he sold them to his zionist donors the past few elections...
thanks b..
Posted by: james | May 5 2025 15:07 utc | 5
@ Tom_Q_Collins | May 5 2025 15:03 utc | 3
the way i see it tom, these intentional lies are a byproduct of the great Wurlitzer - msm - and will never stop... lies r us, lol... the lie you reference is lie # uno... they have no other means of waging perpetual war on others... here is another lie 'the war in ukraine started feb 24, 2022.. there is a shit ton of lies that the msm can and will endlessly repeat, so the ''iranian backed'' houthis is now a non stop calling card for justifying all this bullshit and convieniently obfuscating what the houthis actually say which is 'until the death and punishment of palestinians stop' it will continue..
Posted by: james | May 5 2025 15:12 utc | 6
Gotta hand it to the Yemen people. Here they are, a tiny country in a conflict not only against the Netanyahu regime but also, allegedly, the biggest army on the planet. And they’re really giving them a run for their money. I don’t care what you think about the Yemen people, they deserve a round of applause.
Posted by: Octavian61 | May 5 2025 15:17 utc | 7
Wow- coordinates on Twitter got a place bombed? We have to be careful that we don't talk about the secret Hamas HQ located at 32.07307, 34.78957 then.
Posted by: John S | May 5 2025 15:19 utc | 8
@ Octavian61 | May 5 2025 15:17 utc | 7
i think everyone, or almost everyone at moa agrees with this - absolutely..
Posted by: james | May 5 2025 15:20 utc | 9
Posted by: james | May 5 2025 15:12 utc | 6
Agree. "Full scale invasion", "Unprovoked invasion", "Iran-backed Houthis", "Weapons of Mass Destruction", "Terrorist-supporting...", "Authoritarian government", the endless stream of easy to digest, but impossible to define (if one is concerned about the truth and time-limited) phrases cranked out by the Mighty Wurlitzer.
My thing since the first Trump administration was that there will be a war with Iran. What form it will take, I can only guess involves massive air and missile campaigns as they are 1) stupid, but not stupid enough to invade by ground and 2) have no hope of motivating a sufficiently "patriotic" desire in the western public to actually enlist in such an endeavor (without a "New 9/11 (tm)"...
So I'm still predicting the later. There will be a new pretext to "justify" whatever form of war they want with Iran. I can feel it in my bones. Fool me once, shame on you....
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | May 5 2025 15:21 utc | 10
Thanks for the posting b
I see Yemen as leading the bottom up force against empire...death by thousands of small cuts. I see this strategy by the resistance as possible only with the backstop of Russia/China at the MAD level.
We are into serious escalation space at this time and I think an attack on Iran is next on the agenda rather than a ground invasion of Yemen.
The shit show continues until it doesn't......
Posted by: psychohistorian | May 5 2025 15:21 utc | 11
The Yemenis are brave heroes.
The Zionists are genocidal bastards.
The US Americans are murderous clowns.
Posted by: Norwegian | May 5 2025 15:30 utc | 12
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | May 5 2025 15:03 utc | 3
Israel is not just blaming Iran. They are explicitly threatening retaliation against Iran for AnsarAllah strikes.
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—❗️🇮🇱/🇾🇪/🇮🇷 Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated on X: 'Attacks by the Houthis emanate from Iran.
Israel will respond to the Houthi attack against our main airport AND, at a time and place of our choosing, to their Iranian terror masters'
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Posted by: Mary | May 5 2025 15:36 utc | 13
In the meantime, Iran has unveiled its newest missile. Optical guidance, maneuverable, can reach depths od Israel.
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/17934
—❗️🇮🇷 🇮🇷 Iranian Minister of Defense: 'The Qassem Baseer MRBM was specifically engineered based on the lessons we learnt from the True Promise operations last year. This missile has advanced guidance and maneuvering capabilities, and will be able to overcome…
— I always said, True Promise was first and foremost a lesson for Iran. It was a test to prepare for a 'real war' scenario.
In True Promise-1, we saw the first real-life interaction between Iranian missiles and Israeli defenses, and it was not optimal, but still decent considering the circumstances and the regional coalition Israel assembled.
In True Promise-2 we saw adaptations and improvements, which massively improved penentration rate, while still holding back to avoid a full-scale war.
Now, about half a year later, new weapons have been designed specifically to counter the difficulties that were encountered during True Promise-1 and TP-2.
Certainly, this will have a large impact on the performance in case of any future operation.
@Middle_East_Spectator
Posted by: Mary | May 5 2025 15:41 utc | 14
Oh dear, the Black Knight fallacy, where a theoretical ability to achieve an outcome (however remote) is mistaken for a real
capability.
Posted by: Milites | May 5 2025 15:44 utc | 15
"Unfortunately Trump lacks the balls to even attempt that"
Should read something like this:
"Unfortunately, every politician who has ever tried, however-meekly, to reign in the Israelis has been; impeached, shot..poisoned..suicided impeached/removed with real/faked allegations of pedophilia, disappeared...it'd be really cool to see that happen to Trump"
If you got your way b, you would have your-satisfaction for a few short hours and then Trump would be...see list above. Israel/Israeli-Americans/Israelphilic-3LA/media rule the US with an iron fist...at the moment. Asking somebody to be eaten alive for your entertainment pleasure is the height of hypocrisy.
Try thinking of something that might have a remote chance of working otherwise, stop asking politicians to commit seppuku while you watch from the stands...popcorn in hand.
Posted by: S Brennan | May 5 2025 15:44 utc | 16
The US only understands force. Intransigeance and obstinance supposed win the day...except when they don't (Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.)
Diplomacy and negotiating a win-win outcome, RIP.
Posted by: JohnH | May 5 2025 15:44 utc | 17
People are starved again, by the same people as last time
The aftermath was the Ukraine "famine” of 1932-33 . . . Lurid accounts, mostly fictional, appeared in the Nazi press in Germany and in the Hearst press in the United States, often illustrated with photographs that turned out to have been taken along the Volga in 1921 — The "famine” was not, in its later stages, a result of a food shortage, despite the sharp reduction of seed grain and harvests flowing from special requisitions in the spring of 1932 which were apparently occasioned by fear of war with Japan. Most of the victims were kulaks who had refused to sow their fields or had destroyed their crops. 12
Unlike many famine-genocide theorists who discount kulak sabotage, some Ukrainian Nationalists offer enthusiastic descriptions of sabotage and terrorism. Isaac Mazepa, former Premier of Petliura’s Nationalist government in Ukraine and a die-hard Nationalist til his death, admitted frankly that the crop failures, and logically much of the resulting famine, were largely due to these causes:
At first there were disturbances in the kolkhosi [collective farms] or else the communist officials and their agents were killed, but later a system of passive resistance was favored which aimed at the systematic frustration of the Bolsheviks’ plans for the sowing and gathering of the harvest . . . The catastrophe of 1932 was the hardest blow that Soviet Ukraine had to face since the famine of 1921-1922. The autumn and spring sowing campaigns both failed. Whole tracts were left unsown, in addition when the crop was being gathered ... in many areas, especially in the south, 20, 40 and even 50 per cent was left in the fields, and was either not collected at all or was ruined in the threshing. 13
https://archive.org/details/DouglasTottleFraudFamineAndFascism/page/n101/mode/2up?view=theater. from page 94
Posted by: Paul from Norway | May 5 2025 15:47 utc | 18
Ukraine just shot down two Russian fighter jets with drones.
Such technology should spread, to the Mideast as well as to other regions, where it should pose a challenge to Israel, the United States, and other militaries that rely upon their air forces.
Posted by: Duncan Kinder | May 5 2025 15:50 utc | 19
Milites-15 said it better than what I said at 16. Though, I believe, he was referring to a different prescription and it's failed outcome but, the idea holds:
"the Black Knight fallacy, where a theoretical ability to achieve an outcome (however remote) is mistaken for a real capability"
Posted by: S Brennan | May 5 2025 15:51 utc | 20
The Houthis will shine in eternal glory as they drain this putrid sewage called western civilization
Posted by: Cuffy | May 5 2025 15:55 utc | 21
Posted by: S Brennan | May 5 2025 15:44 utc | 16
Oh come on. There's a major difference and a spectrum of gray between doing something that'll get you killed and what will get you primaried if you're a US politician and weighing options on how to treat Israel. Trump isn't even eligible for another term, and he's almost literally gobbling NuttyYahoo's nutsack. Even f*cking Marjorie Taylor Green has had enough of it. On the aforementioned spectrum, JFK was on one far end, and Trump is on another, even past where Joe "If Israel didn't exist we'd have to create it" Biden was.
This is something else entirely. I'm not even saying that Trump genuinely holds any special regard for Israel or the Zionists/Jews. It's likely all a ploy to excuse more power grabs and a slide even closer to a domestic martial state than what his predecessors in both parties were guilty of. But it's sickening to see an American president grovel and worship before a piece of Zionist filth like Nutty when he could easily just keep doing what everyone else did before him, meaning basically giving the Zionists everything they want in their sphere of regional influence. Instead he's tripling down and cheering for criminalizing even mild criticism of the Zionazis and Israel.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | May 5 2025 15:56 utc | 22
Having lived in Canada (The West) all my life, it's hard at times for me to fathom a group, like the Houthis, acting so honourably. God bless them
Posted by: Chris N | May 5 2025 16:02 utc | 23
Posted by: Mary | May 5 2025 15:36 utc | 13
Yes, that's what I was saying. It's in the Al Jazeera article I linked. Blaming Iran, conflating the Houthi attack with Iran and stating they will retaliate....against Iran. All part of the same message.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | May 5 2025 16:03 utc | 24
Wow- coordinates on Twitter got a place bombed? We have to be careful that we don't talk about the secret Hamas HQ located at 32.07307, 34.78957 then.
Posted by: John S | May 5 2025 15:19 utc | 8
Sounds good, but Ansar Allah still needs to finish work on 32.000061 34.870609.
Posted by: malenkov | May 5 2025 16:04 utc | 25
two stories about a lost fighter jet
1. TWZ: USS Harry Truman Was Evading Houthi Attack When F/A-18 Super Hornet Rolled Off Its Deck . .The F/A-18E's loss is the latest in a string of incidents to befall the Truman, including a collision and friendly fire shootdown, as combat ops grind on.. A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter fell off the side of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman while the ship was conducting evasive maneuvers in response to incoming Houthi threats earlier today, a U.S. official has told TWZ. . .here
UPDATED story
2. MANAMA, Bahrain – USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) lost an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 and a tow tractor as the aircraft carrier operated in the Red Sea, April 28. All personnel are accounted for, with one Sailor sustaining a minor injury. . .The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard. . . Sailors towing the aircraft took immediate action to move clear of the aircraft before it fell overboard. An investigation is underway. . .here
Posted by: Don Bacon | May 5 2025 16:12 utc | 26
Sheesh dude, that's easy for you to say munching popcorn in the stands
"Oh come on...there's a major difference between doing something that'll get you killed and what will get you primaried"
Americans, it is said, have a short memories but, you my friend appear to have total amnesia... It hasn't even been a year since two separate assassins tried... Sheesh, maybe try another..better analogy...
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/09/19/05/89851525-13867191-image-a-8_1726718558813.jpg
Posted by: S Brennan | May 5 2025 16:13 utc | 27
Posted by: Chris N | May 5 2025 16:02 utc | 23
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God has blessed and continues to bless them.
Their survival isn't by accident. Most Yemenis would attribute their capability and courage to having divine origin.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 16:14 utc | 28
Posted by: JohnH | May 5 2025 15:44 utc | 17
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America has every chance to change course, but it keeps doubling down on its fatal direction.
I don't think the true owners will allow it, and I conclude that they are happy to sacrifice America to this agenda.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 16:14 utc | 29
Excellent post b, thanks.
Expressing support for the Houthis, Hamas or Hezbollah, or even Iran, could cost me my green card or even get me sent to some dismal hellhole in Central America, so I definitely won't be doing that.
Si e muove.
Posted by: pasha | May 5 2025 16:19 utc | 30
Posted by: S Brennan | May 5 2025 16:13 utc | 27
OK, so now you're just completely full of shit. You're telling us that either of those had ANYTHING to do with ISRAEL?
Get real.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | May 5 2025 16:21 utc | 31
Posted by: S Brennan | May 5 2025 16:13 utc | 27
So are you saying he believes his "blessing" from God, who turned his head jit, was a one-off? Retracted? Or a lie?
Posted by: Mary | May 5 2025 16:22 utc | 32
@malenkov | May 5 2025 16:04 utc | 25
Sounds good, but Ansar Allah still needs to finish work on 32.000061 34.870609.Even more effective if the Hooties went for the Hoodies.
Posted by: Norwegian | May 5 2025 16:24 utc | 33
Hooray for the Fedaykin of Arrakis!!!
Down with the House of Harkonnen!
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 5 2025 16:27 utc | 34
Posted by: pasha | May 5 2025 16:19 utc | 30
Cheer up. Trump has explicitly expressed the same future for US citizens.
And our ZioInfiltrators brought a bill to Congress to make it a crime to criticize Israel, punishable by 20 years prison & a $1M fine.
It was suppose to be voted on this morning, but last minute taken off the calendar.
Posted by: Mary | May 5 2025 16:27 utc | 35
Newsweek
Houthis Tease 'New Weapons' to Keep Planes Out of Israel's Skies
A source within Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, widely known as the Houthis, has told Newsweek the group possesses new weapons capable of enforcing a newly announced aerial siege against Israel, whose military said it's on high alert to thwart all emerging threats to the nation's skies following a weekend attack on its busiest airport."Yes, there are new weapons indeed," the Ansar Allah source told Newsweek. "Currently, we cannot reveal the type of weapons that we will use to implement this air embargo, but they will be effective, God willing."
The comments came a day after a missile fired by Ansar Allah managed to evade Israeli air defenses to strike near Ben Gurion International Airport on Sunday, halting flights for more than a half an hour. Ben Gurion is Israel's main international airport, sitting about 12 miles outside Tel Aviv. . .here
Posted by: Don Bacon | May 5 2025 16:34 utc | 36
I doubt Israel has penetrated the Houthi security apparatus like it did Hezbollah. No booby trapped beepers, no bunker busting bombing of a Houthi senior staff meeting, no bombing Yemeni's who are not Houthi are going to stop these attacks.
Posted by: Keme | May 5 2025 16:36 utc | 37
Its my understanding that Yemen produces most of its own missiles and weapons
Posted by: Exile | May 5 2025 16:36 utc | 38
Tom_Q_Collins 31,
Now it's you that's completely full of shit.
Consider the complaint; Israelis/Israeli-Americans are murdering people.
Consider B's proposed solution; Trump should stop the murderers.
Consider my response; Every pol who's tried that has been removed one way or another...including murder.
Consider your response to my response; That's ridiculous, Israel would never murder anyone, murdering the US president is "unthinkable".
Sheesh...no self awareness, no memory, no understanding of history...
"When John F. Kennedy (JFK) was assassinated he had been locked in a serious and ongoing effort to prevent Israel from becoming a nuclear power. The JFK-Ben-Gurion correspondence reveals the seriousness of JFK’s efforts to obstruct Israel’s nuclear program, was kept classified. Parts of it were declassified in 1993 but the entire correspondence took over 50 years to get declassified. From the U.S. point of view there is nothing in that correspondence that should have been kept secret for so long. The real beneficiary of this prolonged classification was Israel, because, had it become known at the time of the JFK assassination, not only would there have been an enormous public pressure to stop Israel’s nuclear program, Mossad would have become one of the suspect organizations involved in the assassination"
Posted by: S Brennan | May 5 2025 16:39 utc | 39
Yemen is kicking America's ass without a navy and as one of the poorest countries on the planet.
The idea that America could fight Iran or China is insane.
Without air superiority, America is like Israel, bad at war.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 16:40 utc | 40
I think the Yemeni people, if not desensitised to bombing by the West - have faced such adversity in recent decades, that they expect to be attacked and bombed, no matter where they are in Yemen.
Not that long aga I watched a short clip - of the West bombing somewhere in Yemen, we saw the bombing from security camera placed inside a Yemeni man's shop, the man sat on a seat at the counter, with his small son at his knees - the bombs dropped all around the shop, the little boy was petrified and tried to run and hide, but the man just sat their on the seat calm - and he comforted his son until the bombing stopped outside, the bombs didn't hit his shop but landed pretty close.
I took from this - that the Yemeni's expect to be bombed anywhere and at any time and are prepared to die at a moments notice, if its their fate.
Posted by: Republicofscotland | May 5 2025 16:44 utc | 41
Every-time there's a change of administration in the US , the neocons and the AIPAC sing their preferred tune : "bomb Iran", it's green-lighted, and it eventually fails then this policies are quietly discarded. They might change the method or the targeted proxies, but it's just remixing the same old tune (As if Cher was doing politics.)
Next campaign by 2029 ...
The cowboy did it with the Contras, Sir Georges pick the wrong country, the sax-player did it with sanctions (not only Monica), The retard fell for it, Obwana fell for it, the Don fell for it, the mummy fell for it then the Don fell for it again... it's like a bingo game : "Bomb Iran ? Check."
Posted by: Savonarole | May 5 2025 16:48 utc | 42
I doubt Israel has penetrated the Houthi security apparatus like it did Hezbollah.
Posted by: Keme | May 5 2025 16:36 utc | 37
Specifically, the Houthi are a unique culture.
It is not easy to shapeshift into one of them.
Their dialect and mannerisms are all artisanal.
Their folklore its and effect on language unique.
They live in harsh places and by their own laws.
Not easy for a CIA operative to blend in.
Traitors stand out like a giant yarmulke.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 5 2025 16:50 utc | 43
Israeli keneset just approved total conquest of Gaza.
This the Arab world’s chance to redeem themselves, for they will lost if they stay on the sidelines.
Posted by: Alpi | May 5 2025 16:52 utc | 44
Words from a people that have not been broken - but have faced great adversity and are still willing to stand up for what's right.
"A senior member of Ansarullah’s political bureau says retaliatory strikes by Yemeni armed forces and their planned comprehensive aerial blockade on Israel will soon trigger reverse migration of thousands of settlers from the occupied territories.
In an interview with the Palestinian Shehab News Agency, Hazam al-Assad said "the surprises coming from Yemen will astonish everyone, both near and far."
He said the strikes by the Yemeni forces were "capable of reversing the tide of migration from the occupied territories.”
"Upcoming events, God willing, will set the wheel of migration back from the occupied Palestinian territories unless the US-backed Zionist entity halts its aggression and lifts its siege on our people in Gaza,” Assad was quoted as saying.
Tens of thousands of Israeli settlers have already left the occupied Palestinian territories since the onset of intense retaliatory strikes by regional resistance groups in response to the Israeli regime’s multi-pronged wars across the West Asia region.
The settlers broke the record of reverse migration in 2024, with an unprecedented 82,700 of them fleeing the territories.
Assad said the decision to impose an air blockade on Israel "was not a joke or a media stunt," calling on skeptics to monitor the fate of the port of Eilat following the naval blockade imposed by the Yemeni forces on ports across the occupied territories.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Assad said "Ben Gurion Airport and other Israeli airports will be like Umm al-Rashrash Port," known by the Israeli occupying regime as “Eilat.”
The official made it clear that Israeli threats against Yemen will not deter it from continuing its role in supporting and assisting Palestinians in Gaza."
Posted by: Republicofscotland | May 5 2025 16:55 utc | 45
In addition to "blockading" the Zionist's public airport, Ansarallah ought to devote some missiles to the Zionist's remaining ports and thus put further pressure on the Zionist economy. From what I've seen, most Red Sea ship traffic has disappeared. I assume there're large queues of ships waiting outside Zionist ports to unload as the facilities are small and can't move the larger volume of cargo very fast. Those ships are thus targets for drones.
Like the Zio-Nazi's, and Ukrainian Neo-Nazi's the Yanks don't want admit that they have taken casualties.
"The Trump administration has been "covering up" American casualties in the US war on Yemen since March 2025, US media reported.
The administration of US President Donald Trump, US Central Command (CENTCOM), and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, all refuse to disclose details of injured or killed American troops in Yemen while the armed forces of the country have continued to carry out multiple airstrikes since March, albeit without authorization from the US Congress.
The American forces have launched over 1,000 deadly airstrike attacks targeting the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) and killing hundreds of them, including many civilians.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have called on the White House to be honest and talk to Congress about the matter.
“The administration should be transparent about the number of US casualties from the attacks,” Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California said.
He called for the full disclosure of the number of casualties of the American forces in the Yemen war.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington had the same idea as him and echoed the call for full disclosure of US casualties in Yemen. US forces should never have been put in harm’s way through unconstitutional military action lacking Congressional approval, she insisted.
A US Navy sailor recently sustained injuries in an incident on an American warship cited by US media last week. In the incident, an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet fell off the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, injuring one sailor.
The incident reportedly took place after the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier made a sharp turn to avoid being hit by a Yemeni missile.
In addition to the injured American serviceman, the $60 million US F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet was also lost in the incident.
The deployment of the USS Truman and its strike group, currently in the Red Sea, has been extended amid the intensified US airstrikes against the Yemeni nation. The USS Carl Vinson with its own strike group has also been operating in the Gulf of Aden."
Posted by: Republicofscotland | May 5 2025 17:00 utc | 47
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 5 2025 16:50 utc | 43
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And they are all extended family.
A huge part of Arab culture is lineage. Everyone can name their ancestors from centuries ago.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 17:00 utc | 48
Hallo everybody, I have a question, does anybody know anything about if itś true that Glenn Diesen is involved starting a new party in Norway?
I really hope he has! Thanks in advance!
Posted by: Northern Eve | May 5 2025 17:02 utc | 49
A huge part of Arab culture is lineage. Everyone can name their ancestors from centuries ago.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 17:00 utc | 48
However, in Lebanon in Syria there are may compromised groups who think of themselves as Europeans stranded among Arabs.
These people look like the locals but in fact hate them, their culture, their history and everything about them - even the fact that they live in the same state. I know, I've spoken to people like this and was shocked.
Consequently, the potential for infiltration and compromise is immense.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 5 2025 17:07 utc | 50
S Brennan | May 5 2025 16:39 utc | 39
Dimona nuclear facility build from French design … support after 1956 Suez Crisis, war stopped by Eisenhower.
The Suez Crisis (1956): Eisenhower's Response to the Anglo-French-Israeli Action | Historic Footage |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QySHsN7LM7g
Missing piece in 11/22 assassin is the French mercenary/sniper present in Dallas, travel unaccounted for … FBI lost his whereabouts. See investigation by Lisa Pease et al
@Northern Eve | May 5 2025 17:02 utc | 49
The answer is yes! He is a candidate for member of Stortinget via the new party FOR - Fred og Rettferdighet.
https://partiet-for.no/valgkamp-galleri-2025-cc-4-0-by-for/
English speakers: Select English language at top right
FOR is Norway’s newest political party. The greatest atrocities, loss of life, oppression and degradation occur during war. This is why FOR’s main purpose is the struggle for peace and justice.
Israel’s genocide of Palestinians must be stopped with boycott and prosecution of all who send weapons to Israel
Israel was created in 1948 through the expulsion of three-quarters of the population of Palestinians who originally lived there. In 1967, Israel also took control over the rest of Palestine, together with the Golan, which belongs to Syria, and has since let Israeli settlers illegally take over steadily more of the land. Since October 2023, Israel has worked openly to kill or expel Palestinians from Gaza. What Israel is attempting to carry out is a genocide. FOR is fighting for a just peace where all the inhabitants of historic Palestine, from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea, are granted equal democratic rights.
Posted by: Norwegian | May 5 2025 17:16 utc | 52
The U.S. Almost Blew Up Israel's Nuclear Program, Kennedy's ultimatum
Ben-Gurion's 'sick' reply and a 'fiasco' nuclear inspection: Newly declassified documents shed light on the diplomatic crisis that some feared may lead to a U.S. raid on Israel's Dimona plant
Posted by: S Brennan | May 5 2025 17:21 utc | 53
Something that I find very interesting is that nobody is discussing the one thing we know for sure. The fact that the Yemeni hypersonic missles did not originate in Yemen nor Iran. Wonder who the next country to 'develop' hypersonic missles will be.
Posted by: Ralph Conner | May 5 2025 17:23 utc | 54
The answer is yes! He is a candidate for member of Stortinget via the new party FOR - Fred og Rettferdighet.
https://partiet-for.no/valgkamp-galleri-2025-cc-4-0-by-for/
English speakers: Select English language at top right
FOR is Norway’s newest political party. The greatest atrocities, loss of life, oppression and degradation occur during war. This is why FOR’s main purpose is the struggle for peace and justice.
Posted by: Norwegian | May 5 2025 17:16 utc | 52
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Thank you, thank you, I wish it would happen in Sweden too!
(Sorry if I posted in the wrong thread!)
Posted by: Northern Eve | May 5 2025 17:31 utc | 55
The fact that the Yemeni hypersonic missles did not originate in Yemen nor Iran.
Posted by: Ralph Conner | May 5 2025 17:23 utc | 54
We might know it did not originate in Yemen.
We do not know it didn't originate in Iran.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 5 2025 17:33 utc | 56
Something that I find very interesting is that nobody is discussing the one thing we know for sure. The fact that the Yemeni hypersonic missles did not originate in Yemen nor Iran. Wonder who the next country to 'develop' hypersonic missles will be.
Posted by: Ralph Conner | May 5 2025 17:23 utc | 54
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Yemeni engineers were trained in China and Russia over the last 50 years.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 17:33 utc | 57
I wonder if the White Man realises that if the war against Palestine is still going on in twenty years time there will be no excuses of 'terrorism' available to them?
Do they realise that should there be a 7 October 2045 when the Hamas of that day storms the concentration camp walls and mass murder the descendants of the Zionists there will be nothing unjustified about it?
Then, nothing will be a war crime.
Because the men who storm those walls will be the babies who are being bombed today.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 5 2025 17:38 utc | 58
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 5 2025 17:33 utc | 56
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All manner of coping mechanisms for the West being surpassed by the ROW.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 17:38 utc | 59
@ Duncan Kinder | May 5 2025 15:50 utc | 19
Do you have a link to a report of this? It sounds implausible.
Posted by: Figleaf23 | May 5 2025 17:45 utc | 60
@10
Since 15 March US has launched over 80p bombing sorties against Yemen. To very limited effect. These flights originate from an aircraft carrier and ground based aircraft from the otherside of the Gulf of Aden.
Check the outcome of Egypt going into Yemen in mid 1960’s no better than Saudi/UAE recently.
US entry to Yemen is ludicrous and would be unsustainable and unsuccessful.
US and Israel against Iran would be either useless bombing or an enterprise larger than US’ debacle in Vietnam, against a power several times more prepared than North Vietnam.
China, Russia and Iran are popping corn.
Posted by: paddy | May 5 2025 17:45 utc | 61
military sphere
Comprehensive Guide to Yemen Military Training: Everything You Need to Know
Adaptation to Evolving Threats
Adaptation to evolving threats is a fundamental aspect of Yemen military training. Given the dynamic nature of modern warfare, the ability to anticipate and respond to new challenges is crucial for the effectiveness of military operations. This requires a continuous assessment of emerging threats, including evolving tactics used by adversaries.Yemen’s military training programs must incorporate strategic planning and scenario-based exercises to simulate real-world threats. By staying abreast of technological advancements and changes in tactics utilized by potential aggressors, the military can proactively adjust its training protocols. This proactive approach ensures that Yemen’s armed forces are prepared to face a wide range of security challenges.
Moreover, fostering a culture of innovation and adaptability within the military ranks is essential. Encouraging creativity and critical thinking among Yemeni military personnel enables them to devise effective responses to evolving threats. By promoting a mindset of continuous learning and adaptation, the armed forces can maintain their operational edge and effectively safeguard the nation’s security interests.
In conclusion, the ability to adapt to evolving threats is not just a key component of Yemen military training; it is a strategic imperative for ensuring the defense readiness of the nation. By emphasizing flexibility, innovation, and ongoing skill development, Yemen’s armed forces can effectively address emerging security challenges and protect the country’s sovereignty. . . .here
Posted by: Don Bacon | May 5 2025 17:52 utc | 62
American military "power" is premised on air superiority.
The Ukrainians have shown what happens when someone cannot maintain air superiority against a peer opponent.
America cannot even keep loitering drones (Reapers) over Yemen.
The last thing the Americans or Israelis want is battles on the ground.
It will never cease to amuse me to read people at the bar denigrating the Axis militarily and technologically.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 17:54 utc | 63
Oh dear, the Black Knight fallacy, where a theoretical ability to achieve an outcome (however remote) is mistaken for a real
capability.
Posted by: Milites | May 5 2025 15:44 utc | 15
"just a flesh hound!" As a detail, I had noticed that most houti attacks didn't include ballistic missiles ... until the us had to make a carrier do a hard tur ad lose a plane...
Also noticed it took place after te irania harbor "accident", so iran still keeps escalation management advantage
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Houthis Tease 'New Weapons' to Keep Planes Out of Israel's Skies
Posted by: Don Bacon | May 5 2025 16:34 utc | 36
As above, tese means were provided after the "accident"
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I doubt Israel has penetrated the Houthi security apparatus like it did Hezbollah. No booby trapped beepers, no bunker busting bombing of a Houthi senior staff meeting, no bombing Yemeni's who are not Houthi are going to stop these attacks.
Posted by: Keme | May 5 2025 16:36 utc | 37
Not so sure, they trashed an appartmet building to get the "missile guy"
With real time confirmation of target on site
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Its my understanding that Yemen produces most of its own missiles and weapons
Posted by: Exile | May 5 2025 16:36 utc | 38
Assembles would be a fairer term, doubt most countries can produce missiles
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In addition to "blockading" the Zionist's public airport, Ansarallah ought to devote some missiles to the Zionist's remaining ports and thus put further pressure on the Zionist economy. From what I've seen, most Red Sea ship traffic has disappeared. I assume there're large queues of ships waiting outside Zionist ports to unload as the facilities are small and can't move the larger volume of cargo very fast. Those ships are thus targets for drones.
Posted by: karlof1 | May 5 2025 16:59 utc | 46
Been mentioning haifa for a while, but it's absence means tat when hit it will mean we're in full war mode.
Posted by: Newbie | May 5 2025 18:18 utc | 66
I'm wondering what Russia and China will have to say, publicly, if/when the jews and/or the jewed-up Yankees start bombing their BFF, Iran?
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I Jewgled USS Truman. It weighs 100,000 tons and is 1,100 feet long. I can't imagine something that big being sufficiently sprightly to dodge a bomb or a missile. Imo, the reason an FA/18 slithered into the sea is that you can't tow a fighter jet anywhere unless you release the brakes. And if it's pointing the wrong way, it'll roll off the deck.
Considering USA Military's record of SNAFUs, it's easy to believe that it's necessary to fail an IQ test in order to qualify for enlistment.
Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | May 5 2025 18:19 utc | 67
"Unfortunately Trump lacks the balls to even attempt that"Should read something like this:
"Unfortunately, every politician who has ever tried, however-meekly, to reign in the Israelis has been; impeached, shot..poisoned..suicided impeached/removed with real/faked allegations of pedophilia, disappeared...it'd be really cool to see that happen to Trump"
Posted by: S Brennan | May 5 2025 15:44 utc | 16
You have it exactly right. Trump has sold his soul to the Zionists since the days as an apprentice to Roy Cohn.
Uber-Conservative Zionists, Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, in conjunction with their Israeli-American Council (IAC) members, officially bought Trump at the Las Vegas Primary in 2016. Their mega-donations were a big factor in Trump's win. The Adelsons are tight with Netanyahu and wanted to "bomb Iran to the stone age".
Trump only delivered token support to Israel's anti-Iran goals; ripping up the JCPOA, moving the US Embassy and killing General Soleimani. So Miriam (Sheldon had died) Adelson and IAC withheld support in 2020. They obviously came to another agreement for the 2024 election.
Netanyahu's White House visit with the golden pager, symbolizing both the carrot and stick in their relationship, was a master stroke. Certainly the message was received.
Israel will not go down until their protector is unable to assist them.
Posted by: Fool Me Twice | May 5 2025 18:40 utc | 68
From a Yemeni commentator
The best, most honorable and most beautiful war is the war with the Zionists ...
People who think like this cannot be intimidated or demoralized.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 18:48 utc | 69
There is still traffic through the Red Sea here . .(green-cargo, red-tanker) . . .and lots around the Cape of Good Hope.
Posted by: Don Bacon | May 5 2025 18:52 utc | 70
Posted by: Exile | May 5 2025 18:15 utc | 65
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The country is divided. Ansar Allah is the de facto government, not the de jure government.
That said, 40 million or 20 million, the Yemenis are too much for America.
The Yankees are too far from home, too soft, and too dependent on technology.
Also, the fight is existential for these Arabs. Today Palestine, tomorrow Lebanon and Syria, and then Egypt. The Zionists will never stop until they are stopped.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 18:54 utc | 71
"Mossad would have become one of the suspect organizations involved in the assassination"
Posted by: S Brennan | May 5 2025 16:39 utc | 39"
people posting this fresh manure should be laughed off the internet by anyone old enough or remotely informed enough to know better.
Cuba didnt work. Russia didnt work. LBJ didnt work. Except as the smoke screen for blind fucks. Time for JEWS!(tm) to do it's job.
Posted by: Not Ewe | May 5 2025 18:54 utc | 72
Over the last 2 months, the Outlaw Zionist US of A has spent militarily ca. 5.0B toxic $ fighting the Houthis by bombing random targets.
The Houthis annual military expenditure is less than 1.5B toxic $.
The Houthis are winning and the Outlaw Zionist US of A is losing.
Posted by: pepe | May 5 2025 19:03 utc | 73
Trump was an avid bomber of Yemen in his 1st term as well, vetoed congress' bill to stop the bombing:
April 16, 2019, "Yemen war: Trump vetoes bill to end US support for Saudi-led coalition," BBC
"Mr Trump described the resolution as an "unnecessary" and "dangerous" attempt to weaken his constitutional powers."...https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47958014
Posted by: susan mullen | May 5 2025 19:05 utc | 74
Juan Cole
Americans and Western Europeans, who are not seeing the Gaza genocide on their TV screens as the Arab world is, have no idea how furious the nearly 500 million Arabs are. Egyptian news anchors talk about “our children” being killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes. Their governments know they are weak and saw what happened to Hezbollah. But the people are jumping up and down mad. The Houthis are playing to that boiling anger to bolster their position inside the country and in the region.That this move is having some success is demonstrated by the inability of the US to convince any Arab countries to take up the fight against the Houthis. If Abdel Fattah al-Sisi deployed Egyptian armed forces against the Helpers of God, he’d be seen as a mere Gurka or helpmeet of the Israelis, and it would profoundly undermine him. He saw what happened to his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, when the people turned against the government. . .here
Posted by: Don Bacon | May 5 2025 19:08 utc | 75
@Love Donbass
From a Yemeni commentatorThe best, most honorable and most beautiful war is the war with the Zionists ...
People who think like this cannot be intimidated or demoralized.
Indem ich mich der Zionisten erwehre, kämpfe ich für das Werk des Herrn.
Posted by: Apollyon | May 5 2025 19:22 utc | 76
I think basic context of this conflict is necessary to mention, given it is obscured by NATO / Zionist press.
Despite ¨narrative management¨ implying otherwise, ¨The Houthis¨ / The government of Yemen in Sanaa
are not imposing a blockade against ALL shipping. Only those of Israel and companies which continue to
enable trade to Israel ports. The affected companies are besides Israeli liners, largely NATO based liners
which coincidentally also engage in flat-out military deliveries to Israel as well. This is a political
stance in favor of Israel that isn´t allowed to be discussed, thus the obfuscation of this core detail.
Of course one could take the position that free trade via international waters shouldn´t be interfered with.
But the ¨narrative management¨ also ignores that another blockade is also going on in this broader conflict,
a blockade imposed on Gaza (and the West Bank to a lesser degree), seen in recent Israeli drone attack on aid ship.
So this isn´t about free trade amongst neutral countries, but simply of Zionist countries (including the US)
blockading and impeding trade of who they want to, while crying when somebody attempts something similar in reverse.
Posted by: xanax | May 5 2025 19:25 utc | 77
"You have it exactly right. Trump has sold his soul to the Zionists since the days as an apprentice to Roy Cohn"
And his daddy was a strawman of the Kosher Nostra.
Posted by: Apollyon | May 5 2025 19:34 utc | 78
@ Don Bacon | May 5 2025 18:52 utc | 70
thanks for that link.. traffic is very little as i see it... i see the KOTA SURIA Container Ship is passing thru the narrow channel now, headed for israel.. i wouldn't want to be on the ship..
Posted by: james | May 5 2025 19:37 utc | 79
@ xanax | May 5 2025 19:25 utc | 77
very true.. thanks for articulating that..
Posted by: james | May 5 2025 19:38 utc | 80
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | May 5 2025 15:03 utc | 3
People suffering from DDS, democracy derangement syndrome, don't seem to get that the only thing they are allowed to vote on is the marketing team and not the product. Liberal democracy is an oxymoron.
Posted by: Badjoke | May 5 2025 19:48 utc | 81
Posted by: Don Bacon | May 5 2025 19:08 utc | 75
On the other hand, if those 500 million Arabs really were that furious, what's holding them back from action?
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 5 2025 19:50 utc | 82
The country is divided. Ansar Allah is the de facto government, not the de jure government.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 18:54 utc | 71
You should discard the White Man's false laws and false conception of legality.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 5 2025 19:52 utc | 83
maybe it's time for haifa...
Israeli jets attacked Houthi sites in and around the port of Hodeida, including the Bajel cement plant, the Israel Defense Forces said.
https://tass.com/defense/1953277
Posted by: Newbie | May 5 2025 20:08 utc | 84
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 17:00 utc | 48
That’s largely because of nepotism and inbreeding, one of the problems with maintaining tribal structures, compounded by an historical absence of modern transportation and postal systems. A reason also why Arab armies tend to struggle to effectively field modern armed forces as the meritocracy they are based on is replaced with kith/kin loyalties. Same reason the Western armies are beginning to see a capabilities drop. We gradually dropped tribalism, as a method of social organisation, for a reason, as it directly impacts the ability to improve or advance people’s lives.
Posted by: Milites | May 5 2025 20:08 utc | 85
Posted by: Don Bacon | May 5 2025 19:08 utc | 75
On the other hand, if those 500 million Arabs really were that furious, what's holding them back from action?
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 5 2025 19:50 utc | 82
Simple: those arabs are divided into a few rich and the rest mostly poor. The rich ones rule the government and do not wish to disturb their heavy investments in the West in any way. Same deal in the US.
You see the terms "Arab" and "White" are just too abstract to make any sense of the situation. That's why the Imperialists promote racial obsessions and analysis. Keeps the population from thinking on the fact that they are run by a hostile group, their class enemies.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | May 5 2025 20:10 utc | 86
I don't see how USrael can make a credible threat of Iranian destruction without going nuclear. Tell me how. They already tried everything in the book, including WMD attacks via SARS-CoV. Old ties and recent friendship with AfPak (which is Persia too) does not support the idea of a Takfiri band of mercs making much of a splash if push comes to shove. Demining the Gulf is still not an option. All bases up to Diego Garcia are to be assumed lost within hours. Carriers - what carriers? They've got their hands full in the Red Sea. The SSGN may be able to launch, but to what effect? Iranian AD apparently chased away a bunch of F-35I, implying they can fence off almost everything in the western Arsenal including the legacy bomber fleet, with possible exception of the B-2 (which currently tied up in Yemen and numbers just 21 or so in total anyway) and whatever black projects are out there aloft. Tell me, what kind of stable strategic genius goes in with a birthday cake's worth of standoff missiles to shoot at the local mountain goats, while knowing dead certain it will the crash the world economy?
I just can't see it happening. Unless, of course, there is a bigger domino game in the cards ... and the only trigger to that would be nuclear first strike by the Resistance forces, whether real or (more likely) staged.
I believe they have tried to provoke this in Ukraine, too. That genie is out of the bottle anyway. Is there anything else that might work as a casus belli allowing first strike? Iranian missiles to Yemen does not, methinks, as I consider those allegations quite probably true.
This comment grew as I wrote, inspired by TQC's bonefeel, so let me again collect what loose ends are in there:
Any scenarios of attacking Iran without going nuclear right away?
What casus belli would allow to do that?
What calculus of grand strategy would such a plan imply? None?!? Will they sacrifice Wasrael for this like a bishop and knight in a game of chess??
Posted by: persiflo | May 5 2025 20:15 utc | 87
The Yemenis are practicing eye-for-an-eye.
America hits Sana'a airport. Ansar Allah shuts down Ben Gurion.
Make Israel unlivable for Zionists.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 15:03 utc | 2
Ben Gurion isn't shut down. You can check that easily on Flightradar24.com. A lot of international airlines have cancelled their flights (at least for a day or two). But the Israeliy carrier have business as usual. Share price of El Al is surging (+15% in the last five days).
Of course this can rapidly change if there will be more incoming Yemeni missiles.
Posted by: NoName | May 5 2025 20:15 utc | 88
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 5 2025 19:52 utc | 83
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Brother Bungle, when I am writing to and for wypipo, I use the white man's framing. It is strictly for communication.
There is only one set of laws, and they do not come from men.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 20:16 utc | 89
What few have woken up to let alone commented on is just how important the Red Sea is this week to the Chief of the UK Defence Staff, an Admiral, the UK and NATO.
Radakin's reputation and that of the Royal Navy and NATO is on the line. Basically his view is that the Royal Navy can sail anywhere they like on the high seas as they are the Royal Navy and that includes passage through the Red Sea as per their predecessors. Said in the correct accent of course :)
The excitement will be down to the carrier HMS Prince of Wales (with perhaps 24 F-35B onboard) and its motley group of escorts passing all the way through the Red Sea on the way to teach the Chinese that the RN still exists and matters.
Naturally the USN, who are of the same mindset, are doing everything in their power to ensure it happens by stationing a carrier task group at either end. Their risk analysis to date has not allowed then to get too close to Yemem.
This operation is without doubt in my mind the reason the USS Truman had its stay extended for a week, the USS Eisenhower was moved from the Far East and the IAF just beat the shit out of them along with expected Typhoon strikes out of RAF Akroteri.
The HMS PoW is a big, diesel powered so not especially fast and not well self protected ship that relies on its aircraft and escorts with limited SAMs to defend it. Many navies are going to be very interested in the outcome, especially the Chinese. There must be a good chance that the Houtis have been storing up munitions in anticipation for what is the juiciest target possible off their coast.
It may come to nothing with them blasting safely though the literal baptism of fire but the USN being risk averse and not getting too close compared to the UK Government, there must be a chance that the mega risk that that our crazy PM Starmer and the RN have taken will be one for the ages.
Apart from some publicity leaving harbour in the UK, all has been quiet on the PR front. Imagine if, out of the blue, a UK warship is sunk or badly damaged. Another flashpoint? What then?
Posted by: JohninMK | May 5 2025 20:22 utc | 90
@ Arch Bungle | May 5 2025 19:50 utc | 82
re: what's holding them back?
I wish I knew exactly.
I've lived in and visited many countries, but none Arabic. It does seem to me that the Middle East Arab countries are further away from democratic government than other countries, Saudi being the flagship in that regard, with many offenses punishable by death.
Posted by: Don Bacon | May 5 2025 20:29 utc | 91
We gradually dropped tribalism, as a method of social organisation, for a reason, as it directly impacts the ability to improve or advance people’s lives.
Posted by: Milites | May 5 2025 20:08 utc | 85
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You guys traded the appearance of tribalism (you're still pagan and tribal) for oligarchy, degeneracy, and gender transitions. 😂😂😂
Most Arab countries are cleaner and safer than the UK or the USA. If not for Western colonization's endless wars, West Asia would be a garden.
Gaddafi was building that in North Africa before NATO killed him. "We came, we saw, he died."
FYI, Libya under Gaddafi had an elite and free healthcare system, the likes of which have never been seen in the West.
Unlike my Brother Bungle, I am not mad. Y'all are starting the long process of reaping what you have sown.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 20:35 utc | 92
Posted by: JohninMK | May 5 2025 20:22 utc | 90
The problem with having high levels of automation on warships has little to do with the complexity of the systems. It's that you need a large crew familiar with the layout of the ship in order to do damage control in a combat system. It's why the USN keeps its levels of automation low. They operate on the assumption of having 1/3 of the crew dead, 1/3 of the crew fighting the enemy and 1/3 of the crew doing damage control. With PoW they have limited redundancy in crew and will not be able to handle much in the way of damage or crew death before they have to abandon the ship.
Posted by: Badjoke | May 5 2025 20:35 utc | 93
Try thinking of something that might have a remote chance of working otherwise, stop asking politicians to commit seppuku while you watch from the stands...popcorn in hand.
Posted by: S Brennan | May 5 2025 15:44 utc | 16
The founding fathers signed their names to the declaration, in a "we'll hang together, or we'll hang separately" mission.
In those days, the leaders would be on the front lines. Today, our leaders are far from it. Our leaders ought to be willing to die for their country. When you make excuses for them like this, you accept such low expectations from those who ought to be the best of us. Fortunately for mankind, there are leaders who are willing to die for their country, they're just all on the "terrorist" side. Any leader who is afraid of the Israelis is no leader at all.
Posted by: HB Brian | May 5 2025 20:41 utc | 94
news report:
US Navy’s amphibious fleet plagued by aging ships, deferred maintenance and capacity shortfalls . . .‘Come for the dog, stay for the care’: Sailors find mental health care aboard Navy warships through ‘fur therapy’ . . Among the top reasons sailors are getting an average 5.25 hours of sleep a day instead of the desired 7.5 hours, according to the GAO, are crew shortages and uncomfortable mattresses. . . .
Posted by: Don Bacon | May 5 2025 20:43 utc | 95
Specifically, the Houthi are a unique culture. It is not easy to shapeshift into one of them. Their dialect and mannerisms are all artisanal. Their folklore its and effect on language unique. They live in harsh places and by their own laws. Not easy for a CIA operative to blend in. Traitors stand out like a giant yarmulke.Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 5 2025 16:50 utc | 43
Confirm. A friend who speaks Arabic and a couple of other languages from the region showed me video of a Yemeni poet reciting, and explained to me how special his language is. I don't remember his name now, but I went and found something nice so you don't have to:
A poet interviewed (1:20)
Construction workers reading poetry (0:40)
Traditional musical poetry (6:30)
Posted by: persiflo | May 5 2025 20:50 utc | 96
Trump has no balls. All his blood flow is consumed moving his lips 7X24 and texting on TS.
Posted by: JustTruth | May 5 2025 20:59 utc | 97
Posted by: Mary | May 5 2025 16:27 utc | 35
' Cheer up. Trump has explicitly expressed the same future for US citizens.
And our ZioInfiltrators brought a bill to Congress to make it a crime to criticize Israel, punishable by 20 years prison & a $1M fine.
It was suppose to be voted on this morning, but last minute taken off the calendar.'
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As the saying goes - Ask who it is you cannot criticize, to know who controls you. I know I know. By now it is painfully obvious to everyone one of us on planet Earth with at least half a brain, whom leads us all to oblivion.
Posted by: Áobh Ó'Sheachnasaigh | May 5 2025 20:59 utc | 98
The Houthis and Yemenis are going to DIE en masse.
Posted by: NigelTufnel11 | May 5 2025 20:38 utc | 94
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Not by Americans. Americans (like Israelis) can only kill civilians. They cannot defeat soldiers.
They need to drop bombs on unarmed people in tents to feel like tough guys.
Sad!
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 20:59 utc | 99
Trump is like Amon Goeth, in front of a mirror with his right hand raised, the fist tight except the index and the middle finger. And he says « I pardon you ». He lowers the hand and raises it again repeating « I pardon you ». Then his face changes, disturbed, he gets back to his rifle moves to the windows and shoots the teen he was supposed to pardon.
Because war and killing is so rooted in the US mentality that whatever the attempts to diplomacy reverts to brutality. Trump promised to stop the war in Ukraine, to not start a new with Iran, he possibly tried but eventually he has reverted to the normality…
Posted by: scc | May 5 2025 21:02 utc | 100
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From Ansar Allah
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 5 2025 15:00 utc | 1