Yemen - U.S. Concedes Maritime Defeat
Just two days ago I stated that the U.S. had lost its war against Ansar Allah in Yemen:
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.
Last night Trump conceded that the campaign was lost. He order the U.S. fleet to retreat:
Trump Says the U.S. Will Cease Strikes on Houthi Militants (archived) - NY Times, May 6 2025
It was unclear whether the Houthis were going to stop impeding international shipping, which was the objective of the American bombing campaign.
The United States and Houthis in Yemen reached a deal to halt American airstrikes against the group after the Iranian-backed militants agreed to cease attacks against American vessels in the Red Sea, President Trump and Omani mediators said Tuesday.
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“They just don’t want to fight,” Mr. Trump said. “And we will honor that and we will stop the bombings. They have capitulated, but more importantly, we will take their word. They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore.”But despite his claim of success, it remained unclear whether the United States had achieved its objective of stopping the Houthis from impeding international shipping after a costly seven-week bombing campaign.
The is nothing 'unclear' about the objective which the U.S. has obviously not achieved. The Houthi will continue to attack Israel related shipping as well as the Zionist entity itself:
The Houthis themselves stopped short of declaring a full cease-fire, saying that they would continue to fight Israel. And Houthi officials and supporters swiftly portrayed the deal as a major victory for the militia and a failure for Mr. Trump, spreading a social media hashtag that read “Yemen defeats America.”
The U.S. Navy has long run out of military targets in Yemen. Its ships have emptied their magazines. They can not replenish at sea and need to go to a friendly harbor that has the appropriate equipment (Crete, Bahrain).
Three F-18 fighter jets and some 20+ Reaper drones were lost during fighting the Houthi:
A Navy fighter jet failed to land on an aircraft carrier and plummeted into the Red Sea on Tuesday, marking the fourth major mishap involving the vessel and the third loss of a fighter jet deployed with it since the warship left home last year.
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The latest incident, reported earlier by CNN, followed the loss of another jet, an F/A-18E, in an accident aboard the Truman last week in which the aircraft tumbled overboard after sailors aboard lost control of it while towing it in the ship’s hangar bay. A third fighter jet from the Truman was shot down accidentally over the Red Sea in December by another Navy warship, the USS Gettysburg, in an incident that triggered concerns about communication among warships and fighter jets in the region.The Truman also was involved in a collision in the Mediterranean Sea in February, prompting the service to fire its commanding officer, Navy Capt. Dave Snowden.
The U.S. Navy has spent over a billion dollar on ammunition on Yemen. It lost more than half a billion in flying equipment and managed to achieve nil.
Others will take note of that record.
The U.S. could have made this deal a month ago:
A senior leader of Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, told Drop Site News that if the U.S. ends its campaign of air strikes against Yemen, Houthi forces will commit to halting all attacks on U.S. ships in the region. “We do not consider ourselves at war with the American people,” said Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of Ansar Allah’s political bureau and a longtime spokesperson for the Houthis. “If the U.S. stops targeting Yemen, we will cease our military operations against it.”
Oman was, as usual, moderating talks between the U.S. and the Houthi. Iran was helpful in that it pressed for a deal.
Trump claims that Ansar Allah will stop shooting at U.S. shipping. There was no civilian U.S. shipping in the Red Sea in the first place:
There are fewer than 200 U.S. commercial vessels. Only about 80 are engaged in global trade. The small U.S. commercial fleet compares to 5,500 active Chinese-flagged vessels.
U.S. military shipping in the area is of no interests for the Houthi unless it is used to attack them.
How much other shipping in the area will revive to its previous levels remains to be seen:
Shipping volumes in the Red Sea continue to be depressed, currently around 50% lower than 2023 figures, according to data from SEB, a Swedish bank.“The prospect of a ceasefire agreement and enhanced security suggests a likely resurgence in commercial shipping operations in the region,” shipping analysts at SEB suggested in a note to clients this morning, arguing that car carrier and container markets are projected to experience the most significant rebalancing.
There is a lot of ambiguity as the Houthi will continue to target Israel related ships. Some might be owned by Israeli entities but are sailing under some other countries flag. Other ships may be held up or fired at because they carry goods designated for Israel.
Until the war on Gaza ends, and the Houthi campaign stops, international insurance companies are likely to ask for higher premiums for any ship that wants to sail through the Red Sea. It will take months of quietness before insurance premiums and traffic through the Red Sea will come back to a normal level. Egyptian income losses from a lack of Suez Canal crossings will continue.
Posted by b on May 7, 2025 at 13:36 UTC | Permalink
next page »I would like to congratulate The Donald for discontinuing murdering people in Yemen!
Yemen has MORE oil than Saudi Arabia, plus Yemen has gas the Saudis do not have.
The Brits tasked their favorite warlord from Kuwait to conquer the section of the Arabian peninsula where the Brits had discovered oil. The Brits favorite warlord had protection caravans for generations and now the Brits would use them to control the oil. The Brits gave the Saudis money to pay an army of soldiers, the Brits devised the military campaign strategy and the Brits ordered their global franchises to assist and recognize the Saudis as the new owners of Arabia.
The Brits have since then engaged in 3 more wars against Yemen after the initial capture of some Yemeni lands we now call part of Saudi Arabia. The 3 more wars used Saudi and Egyptian troops and were repelled each time the last one used mercenaries from Africa until to many died and it became a scandal.
Posted by: Hot Carl | May 7 2025 13:56 utc | 2
I think that the implications for Occupied Palestine are significant and it will make them attack Iran with or without US backing....and possibly use nuke(s)......desperation act
I expect the use of nukes because any way you look at it the future of Occupied Palestine leads to the ending of the occupation......it can't come soon enough, IMO
I think that the implications for empire are significant in that it shows another defeat along the way to the bully going down
The shit show continues until it doesn't and what a shit show we are watching, eh?
Posted by: psychohistorian | May 7 2025 13:56 utc | 3
I don't know whether terms - defeat or victory - are appropriate at this moment. Only time will tell what the reason and purpose of US requests for this cessation really is.
The US president is about to go on trip to the region, including Saudi Arabia, a neighbour of Yemen.
Isn't this cessation related to the realistic possibility of Yemen attacking US ships while the USP is close by, or causing the USP other embarrassment while in the area.
The US, being one with Israel, will continue bombing Yemen as long as it likes via Israel, which seemingly has an inexhaustible capacity to bomb every day wherever it likes in the area, regardless of state or any other boundaries.
While the heroic and upright Ansarallah coalition has inflicted serious damage to US ships and reputation, and will not stand down, the Trumpians are making tactical moves; they have not been defeated. The strategy remains unchanged.
Posted by: JB | May 7 2025 13:59 utc | 4
Via Cepahcybery
"American official: Agreement with Yemen is verbal.
- A US official told Al Jazeera about what Trump called an agreement with Yemen's Ansarullah to stop attacks on each other: "What we reached with the Houthis was not an agreement, but a verbal understanding to stop mutual attacks." "
Posted by: Ornot | May 7 2025 14:13 utc | 5
I have yet to see any news about the US/Yemen agreement in Iran's "Press TV" which usually reports on Yemen's affairs ????
Posted by: Gee Eye Joe | May 7 2025 14:14 utc | 6
America remains agreement non-capable.
All of this talk, IMO, is America negotiating and rationalizing with itself. Like someone trying to self-talk themselves before a big presentation, performance, or competition.
"You can do it!"
It's supposed to be inner monologue but America does everything overtly as it lacks guile and modesty.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 14:27 utc | 7
Just like the Gaza 'ceasefire' this is merely a ploy to buy time to re-stock and re-arm.
Zionazis know no shame, morals or honesty.
Posted by: motorslug | May 7 2025 14:39 utc | 8
A Navy fighter jet failed to land on an aircraft carrier and plummeted into the Red Sea on Tuesday, marking the fourth major mishap involving the vessel and the third loss of a fighter jet deployed with it since the warship left home last year.This may be true or it may be a lie covering for a shootdown the US will not admit. A tad suspicious that super expensive warplanes keep falling off the deck, eh?
Show us the video of the failed landing and we shall consider whether the explanation is true.
Posted by: Norwegian | May 7 2025 14:41 utc | 9
Adding to my post: Posted by: JB | May 7 2025 13:59 utc | 4
In a statement to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba)
Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the Supreme Political Council, said, "We indirectly informed the Americans that continued escalation will affect the criminal Trump's visit to the region, we have not informed them of anything else."
https://www.saba.ye/en/news3477284.htm
Posted by: JB | May 7 2025 14:42 utc | 10
Realistically speaking I would not spin this as a win like B. If they are stopping attacks on US vessels this means the US will be able to ship ammunition and weapons to Israel through the Red Sea without any risk of interception. Also Israeli vessels were always a tiny part of the global shipping fleet so retaining the right to attack Israeli ships is just a face saving measure.
However I would applaud Ansar Allah for fighting as long as they did. Their attacks on Israel destination shipping were the strongest protest against the Genocide any nation has dared to do. They were essentially fighting someone else's war on morale principles.
It's a shame the Muslim countries around Israel were more interested in helping Israel than their Muslim brothers in Gaza by creating land routes to bypass the Yemeni blockade and helping to take down resistance allies like Syria. Otherwise the Yemeni efforts would've been much more effective in ending the Israeli attacks on Gaza.
Posted by: Silent Waves | May 7 2025 14:45 utc | 11
@Silent Waves | May 7 2025 14:45 utc | 11
If they are stopping attacks on US vessels this means the US will be able to ship ammunition and weapons to Israel through the Red Sea without any risk of interception.Arming the Zionists is the type of traffic Yemen will not allow.
Posted by: Norwegian | May 7 2025 14:48 utc | 12
It's a shame the Muslim countries around Israel were more interested in helping Israel than their Muslim brothers in Gaza by creating land routes to bypass the Yemeni blockade and helping to take down resistance allies like Syria. Otherwise the Yemeni efforts would've been much more effective in ending the Israeli attacks on Gaza.
Posted by: Silent Waves | May 7 2025 14:45 utc | 11
Small correction, waves. It's a shame the Muslim ruling classes around Israel were more interested in helping Israel than their Muslim brothers in Gaza.
The vast majority of wage slaves in all of these countries would have a very different foreign policy. So, it's a question of class power, not of "Muslims" or national states.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | May 7 2025 15:00 utc | 13
“I have yet to see any news about the US/Yemen agreement in Iran's "Press TV" which usually reports on Yemen's affairs ????”
Gee Eye Joe, May 7, 2025 @ no. 6.
Posted by: Mark Moore | May 7 2025 15:02 utc | 14
The US president is about to go on trip to the region, including Saudi Arabia, a neighbour of Yemen. The US, being one with Israel, will continue bombing Yemen as long as it likes via Israel, which seemingly has an inexhaustible capacity to bomb every day wherever it likes in the area, regardless of state or any other boundaries.
Posted by: JB | May 7 2025 13:59 utc | 4
It's not a concidence that some tg channels say that Saudi have intercepted today a missile from Yemen heading towards Israel. For the rest of your comment, the explanation is the same: the entire planet is against Yemen (and Gaza) and pro Israel. Let's not forget this piece of shitunanimous vote ( press.un.org/en/2024/sc15896.doc.htm ) Thankfully, Karma is a bitch ( rt.com/russia/616955-russia-airport-disruptions/ )
Posted by: rk | May 7 2025 15:03 utc | 15
“They just don’t want to fight,” Mr. Trump said. That is about as thoroughly detached from reality as anything Trump has ever said. Houtis don't want to fight? Right. And the Sun will rise in the West tomorrow.
Posted by: Bill H. | May 7 2025 15:07 utc | 16
I just remembered Marshall Islands are "kind of us" (including defense)
Could it be a play to control the market for flags of convenience and further strengthen embargoes?
Posted by: Newbie | May 7 2025 15:22 utc | 17
MiddleEastEye
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia pressed Trump to stop attacks on Yemen ahead of visit . .Riyadh warned the US of the repercussions of attacking Yemen while Trump is visiting the kingdom, US officials say . .here
Posted by: Don Bacon | May 7 2025 15:25 utc | 19
O/T, but:
Apparently Vucic has landed in Moscow - against all odds.
Posted by: jared | May 7 2025 15:28 utc | 20
Posted by: Bill H. | May 7 2025 15:07 utc | 16
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It does make me wonder if he is misinformed or delusional.
I don't think it matters. This is late stage Empire where lies upon lies hide the rotting foundations until it is too late to change course.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 15:33 utc | 21
🚨🇾🇪 Yemeni Armed Forces:
—" The response is coming..."
video
https://x.com/MonitorX99800/status/1920129255003844669
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 15:37 utc | 22
From the beginning of this administration, I have welcomed Trump as the chief spokesman of the imperial force. We have watched for years now the way in which the US blusters forward as if in a full charge, but actually makes a retreat in the fog, as seen when the dust settles.
Donald Trump is a master at this kind of bluster-retreat, and he will be the perfect soft cover for the continuing defeats to come, as the USA is shown its new relation to the rest of the world. He also seems naive enough to believe the long-standing narrative of US power and capability, so he will rush in where angels fear to tread, more than once. And each time, the message of the real situation will result.
All these messages actually do have a changing effect on US policy - this is most important. The lies will continue, but can easily be ignored. What matters is activity and reality on the ground. Someone like Trump provides the perfect cover for the humbling of the US that must happen, and without plunging the world into nuclear war.
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As to the Yemeni, they know they won and they're ready for plenty more. I love their quiet message posted by JB upthread, that Trump's visit to the region would not be uneventful. Yemenis are the most fearless people on the planet - fearing only to offend against God. They'll fight anyone and anything - and they won't allow cargo bound for Israel to pass, regardless of who carries it. If the US tries, it will get hit again. This may provide the excuse to support Israel's nukes on Yemen. And that's the end of Israel, finally. Or perhaps the US will hear more messages beforehand, and not take that fork in the road.
Posted by: Grieved | May 7 2025 15:40 utc | 23
"I don't know whether terms - defeat or victory - are appropriate at this moment. Only time will tell"... JB 4
I concur*. "Trump Lost, Orders Retreat" is a bit hyperbolic but, today's a new day and the collective needs it's 5 minutes of hate...er..uh..Trump-hate. So, for those so inclined, please enjoy bathing in hate, for the rest, read on.
Being a moronic moron, freshly picked from a basket deplorables, which is to say, not a supporter of the Hillary/Cheney/Obama/Biden legacy, I would have written the Headline thusly:
Shipping Will Resume - Houthis compel agreement with Trump that is detrimental to the genocidal goals of Israeli/Israeli-Americans
Now the question that comes to mind for those uninfected with TDS would be, is this a desirable outcome for Trump? By that I mean; it's a given that any politician/opinion-maker who is not an Israel-Firster will be removed from their position and destroyed. That being the case, Trump had to show support for Israel's Gaza genocide or, be removed and as b points out, he superficially did.
Now that Trump's fealty to Israel/Israeli-Americans is well documented, he is shielded from removal [for now] and yet, the Houthis are free to apply pressure on Israel to stop the slaughter, something Trump asked Netanyahu to do. Was this whole thing kabuki, a subtle political move?
"Of course it couldn't be" the TDS crowd shouts in a reflexive response, refreshed from their five minutes of hate. "we, the Blue-no-matter-whos are the only beings capable of subtly...how dare you suggest that Trump is capable of subtly".
My bad, of course the TDS crowd is right, they always are...and so it goes.
Posted by: S Brennan | May 7 2025 15:41 utc | 24
Ha ha
The Houthi agree not to target USN vessels that will no longer be in the Red Sea.
If you believe all the stories about mishaps with F18's, seeing who is doing the telling, you are too gullible.
The Don tries to trump Brandon, but slinks away like a barking door who realizes he's facing a bear.
Posted by: Webej | May 7 2025 15:43 utc | 25
Zionists gloating about Yemen airport and Port on fire. Did they forget it could happen to them. And now they look a tad exposed now Turkey has joined in attacking Israeli assets.
I love the trump spin that a win was achieved. It's left the middle east united by weakness that the world can see. Militarily economically . It's unravelling fast against the backdrop of the IJC where the list of accusers swelled to even Saudi who usa was only just talking up the Abraham accords still
Posted by: Hankster | May 7 2025 15:44 utc | 26
The only thing great about Americans are their self-serving pep talks.
Posted by: Webej | May 7 2025 15:44 utc | 27
Reuters reporting another potential climb-down - from plans to exile the population of Gaza to a “temporary post-war administration” led by the US.
“… behind closed doors, some Israeli officials have also been weighing proposals over the future of Gaza that sources say assumes that there won't be a mass exodus of Palestinians from Gaza, such as the U.S.-led provisional administration. Among those include restricting reconstruction to designated security zones, dividing the territory and establishing permanent military bases, said four sources, who include foreign diplomats and former Israeli officials briefed on the proposals.”
Strongly indicating there will be no military action directed at Iran.
Posted by: jayc | May 7 2025 15:47 utc | 28
@Norwegian | May 7 2025 14:41 utc | 9
The jet may have tipped overboard after the aircraft carrier made a sharp turn while taking evasive action against Houthi militants in Yemen, US officials told CBS.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq808gkn597o
Posted by: Leuk | May 7 2025 15:51 utc | 29
much respect for the houthis and yemen more broadly... trump on the other hand, is a laughable character and despicable in his slavish devotion to israel and their genocidal intentions..
Posted by: james | May 7 2025 15:57 utc | 30
Posted by: S Brennan | May 7 2025 15:41 utc | 24
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I don't hate Trump. He may be the best President ever.
He's managing this collapse in a legendarily entertaining manner. Historic!
Between the lies, bravado, and ignorance, this has been masterful and we're only just over 100 days in. 🍿🍿🍿
I can't wait until he announces renaming the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Gulf and thinks anyone will care. This Presidency is funny/sad/tragic/clueless.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 16:00 utc | 31
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Yemeni Houthis Kicking American Ass In The Red Sea Hoodie
https://www.teepublic.com/hoodie/56365509-yemeni-houthis-kicking-american-ass-in-the-red-sea
And now for a limited time only, this handsome hoodie is available at a discount!
Buy now before America's tariff war kicks in! ;-)
Posted by: ak74 | May 7 2025 16:02 utc | 32
I expect the use of nukes because any way you look at it the future of Occupied Palestine leads to the ending of the occupation......it can't come soon enough, IMO
I think that the implications for empire are significant in that it shows another defeat along the way to the bully going down
The shit show continues until it doesn't and what a shit show we are watching, eh?
Posted by: psychohistorian | May 7 2025 13:56 utc | 3
Unfortunately I think you are right. If the anti human non semites can't have it no one will. Imo the main reason the world hasn't stepped in is the samson option. They are rabid dogs.
Posted by: Tannenhouser | May 7 2025 16:09 utc | 33
@ 24: You mean “subtlety”. IMO, this outcome is far more meaningful than some kind of political effect on Israeli or Trump regimes. The Yemeni success with missiles is polished gold proof that aircraft carriers are obsolete as a means of warfare against any prepared opponent. Carriers are too vulnerable to missiles; a better supplied opponent would sink them in a similar conflict. Secondly, the logistics required to field a carrier—the limited fuel and missile storage capability, the need to field a small armada of support ships for each carrier, the need for frequent return to a specially modified port to reload its supply of anti-missile missiles—have been exposed in plain view. [Logistical costs , if included in the tabulation, would push the full cost of this little exercise far beyond a billion dollars]. This episode means it will be difficult for US politicians to justify building another $14 billion aircraft carrier…..
Posted by: mjh | May 7 2025 16:18 utc | 34
Trump: Houthis “capitulated” …
Watch coming visit to Riyadh and meeting GCC Arab leaders … signing attractive military contracts .. no war with Iran … too much wealth at stake …
Waltz was fired for going around Trump’s back to make preparations w Israel for an attack on Iran.
@Leuk | May 7 2025 15:51 utc | 29
Yes indeed, the bbc.
Posted by: Norwegian | May 7 2025 16:26 utc | 36
Trump’s visit to Riyadh …
Israel sidelined for now …:Israel lobby frantically pushing for a visit to Jerusalem … no appetite by Trump’s delegation of corporate leaders. Toxic
@ LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 16:00 utc | 31
I can't wait until he announces renaming the Persian Gulf to the Arabian GulfYou can't wait for something that already happened .
Posted by: Norwegian | May 7 2025 16:30 utc | 38
The orange-man called the Red Sea, a canal. Well informed he is.
Does this get us closer to the end of genocide?
I have long maintained that we are in an era where air, and naval superiority, has given way to missiles and drones technology. Soon we'll have AI drone swarms, and robot fighters, to help with that.
I wonder how this defeat of the empire will affect the Iran talks and the threatened strikes.
The talk of the town is: if you can't beat AnsarAllah, you can't …
Posted by: Sakineh Bagoom | May 7 2025 16:31 utc | 39
@ Grieved | May 7 2025 15:40 utc | 23 who wrote
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Donald Trump is a master at this kind of bluster-retreat, and he will be the perfect soft cover for the continuing defeats to come, as the USA is shown its new relation to the rest of the world.
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Someone like Trump provides the perfect cover for the humbling of the US that must happen, and without plunging the world into nuclear war.
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I have trouble seeing Trump take the defeats without plunging the world into nuclear war but sure hope that is the case.
In either regard, what is important is for the RoW to see the perfidy and insure that our form of social organization changes so that bullies like Trump do not come to political power in the future....if nukes are used it will just burn the example of anti-humanistic perfidy deeper into the minds of all which will be reflected in social change.
Posted by: psychohistorian | May 7 2025 16:32 utc | 40
The samson option, if it is real, must have operational planning. I wonder if it relies on the US being onboard? If not, what are the means? I can think of two vectors immediately, cyber and nukes, but there may be more. Nukes depend on delivery vehicles. Diplomatic pouches and missiles would work; perhaps they are pre-staged. Missiles are either launched from the ground, aircraft or submarines, with the latter two arms being highly dependent on timely supply of spare parts. The producers are in the US and Germany. So it is possible to slowly strangle the beast.
As Webej.
Resumption of "Israel" traffic is not 'agreed' to.
The only statement that would count is from Yemen, otherwise there is no aknowledgement of any 'understanding'. So far there is no statement. An agreement has terms and conditions, here there are only words.
Many say this is to give an appearance of calm while US president visits the region. While regional 'negotiations' are underway, escalation would be used as blame for ruining those.
Meanwhile in Gaza, reality. Apart from continued starvation, the attacks by occupation have increases over the last 24 to 48 hrs. The last twenty four hours is going on a hundred registered killed/martyred, bombing of shelter schools where most killed/martyred were children, atrocity after atrocity. Here is just one example of a child calling after his father:
https://t.me/youseffares19/75260
Brennan, fuck off. Trump is backing and openly arming these atrocities. You are in the wrong world looking for any kind of sympathy for him.
Posted by: Ornot | May 7 2025 16:34 utc | 42
The Don claim one thing one day, and another the next month. What he'll do is unclear for now.
Why did he said what he said ? Who does he wanna put pressure on without saying it ?
Iran ? I doubt about it. Not the kind of guys to be intimidated with the backing they have now.
Maybe there is a better customer than the nonpaying kikes or someone he has some "favors" to payback... Like the Pakistani or the Kokhols for an example.
Or someone more dangerous to the "two stripes on star" state than Hansar Allah to intimidate, like Erdohan Pacha who really want that long time promised part of Syria.
Speaking about promised land ; maybe Bibi throw to much shit at the wall ? That cunt is the same type as the Don : "says one thing, does another" and that's not the best way to be "friend" with the Don.
On the short run the Don can't let him down for internal politics reasons. Also on the longer run, internal politics in the Zionist entity begin to stink (quite normal for something rotten to the core) and the Don might have to "regime change" the cunt to gain more room to breathe and pursue some other ongoing affairs.
Time will tell, but the move is not innocent.
Posted by: Savonarole | May 7 2025 16:35 utc | 43
It's supposed to be inner monologue but America does everything overtly as it lacks guile and modesty.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 14:27 utc | 7
Thank you, b. LoveDonbass, please stop calling the entity "America". This is Trump you are talking about, and he is no more 'America' than Yeltsin was Russia.
Russia endured, the people endured, a very long period when Yeltsin was its leader, and we in the US may have to do the same. Russia remembers; and that was a very helpful period for them, even though it was humiliating and depressing for every ordinary citizen.
So it will be now for every US citizen as well. 'As well' because Russia has been through this and came out the other side. They remember, not only the storming of the Russian White House, but also that in his last years, Yeltsin appointed Putin --
these were the stellar bookends of his (Yeltsin's) otherwise crime-dominated presidency. And at the end of that time, Russia was ready to become a nation again.
This is what we face. This is what we in the US, and you in the rest of the world, have to 'deal' with. It is an interim.
And not only the US has to come to terms with it in the best way possible, but so does the rest of the world.
Posted by: juliania | May 7 2025 16:36 utc | 44
In a positive, non-hateful note; My congratulations to China for it's announcement that it was able to successfully refuel a LFTR while operating.
That is a quite an accomplishment:
"...the latest milestone puts China at the forefront in the race to build a practical thorium reactor–long considered a more abundant and safer alternative to uranium. More significantly, China has relied heavily on long-abandoned American research in the field. In the 1960s, American scientists built and tested molten salt reactors, but Washington eventually shelved the program in favor of uranium-based technology. “The US left its research publicly available, waiting for the right successor. We were that successor”...The experimental reactor uses molten salt as the coolant and fuel carrier, with thorium as the fuel source...billed as the 'great green hope' of clean energy production, thanks to qualities such as producing less waste and more energy than uranium, is meltdown-proof, has no weapons-grade by-products and can even consume legacy plutonium stockpiles
Sadly, I have tell you that the above is NOT POSSIBLE !!! You see, after suggesting that the US should revisit LFTR technology on a "liberal" blog about a decade ago, the proprietor told me such a reactor was not possible...even though one had already been built in the US. The argument then shifted slightly to "such thing was not possible because there has never been a commercial reactor that used this technology" and...his expert friend knew more than I did!
So again, my bad, of course the Blue-no-matter-who crowd is right, they always are...and so it goes.
Link provided by ZeroHedge: https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/China-Unveils-Worlds-1st-Meltdown-Proof-Thorium-Reactor.html
Posted by: S Brennan | May 7 2025 16:38 utc | 45
Thank God Trump has the sense to stop as soon as it's clear he can't win. "Forever wars" are not his thing, it appears. Hurray! If your last few presidents had been as sane as Trump the world would be a better place.
Posted by: dearieme | May 7 2025 16:41 utc | 46
mjh 34,
I concur with your point that Aircraft Carriers won't survive a peer on peer conflict or even a conflict with an opponent with sufficient supply of anti ship missiles and yeah, subtlety.
Posted by: S Brennan | May 7 2025 16:46 utc | 47
OT Trump restricts funding for 'gain-of-function' research
Whilst neither a fan of trump nor NPR but a victim of Covid, I applaud this action.
Posted by: Samu | May 7 2025 16:50 utc | 48
See, the Deep State isn't what it is made out to be.
The Deep State is the people.
Posted by: juliania | May 7 2025 16:51 utc | 49
Thank you, b. LoveDonbass, please stop calling the entity "America". This is Trump you are talking about, and he is no more 'America' than Yeltsin was Russia.
Posted by: juliania | May 7 2025 16:36 utc | 44
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That would be true if there were no ultimate decision makers with executive authority in America—no one who could order the military, appoint SCOTUS judges, or direct law enforcement.
You're arguing that America is anarchic, which it may seem, but I assure you that someone gets to fly in Air Force 1 and take helicopter rides to the WH.
Trump is just the latest scapegoat. He didn't create the civic holidays or build the museums. America is a rotten, evil place, IMO. 20+ million killed (many of them civilians) in the last century are a testament to that—nukes in Japan, Agent Orange in Vietnam, the Indian Wars, etc.
There is no whitewashing the evil and depravity of America. That might have worked 30 years ago, but today, everyone knows too much of the truth that Americans deny to themselves.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 16:53 utc | 50
OT Trump restricts funding for 'gain-of-function' research ...
... I applaud this action.
Posted by: Samu | May 7 2025 16:50 utc | 47
I do too, Samu. Thank you!
Posted by: juliania | May 7 2025 16:55 utc | 51
The US president is about to go on trip to the region, including Saudi Arabia, a neighbour of Yemen.
Isn't this cessation related to the realistic possibility of Yemen attacking US ships while the USP is close by, or causing the USP other embarrassment while in the area.. . .The strategy remains unchanged.
Posted by: JB | May 7 2025 13:59 utc | 4
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That's my take. The agenda never changes.
What is Trump even trying to accomplish by going there?
He will accomplish nothing, because the trip is just a performance.
The Yanks don't want a bomb to go off in the theatre.
That is all.
Still, there might be some surprises for Trump and his entourage.
Posted by: Jane | May 7 2025 16:55 utc | 52
I don’t buy this tale of a F/A-18 lost overboard due to a sudden lurch caused by the vessel taking evasive action. As I understand it, the Truman is 100,000 tons displacement, it isn’t going to turn like a jet-ski. If it lurched enough to lose an aircraft overboard, imagine the crockery carnage in the galley!
Heck, all I’ve done is steer a canal narrowboat and take it from me, they aren’t the most manoeuvrable of things, the biggest lurch happens due to an unplanned but nevertheless inevitable (and embarrassing) collision with the canal bank (bonus points for the wasp nest...).
Either somebody cocked something up, or it was an actual combat loss.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | May 7 2025 16:57 utc | 53
MahmoodOD is reporting that the US is moving air defense installations from Israel to Ukraine.
As supplies dwindle, shuffling begins.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 17:06 utc | 54
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 16:53 utc | 49
Who is arguing, LoveDonbass? I made a comparison. Admittedly, I used a broad brush. There will be differences. But there is nothing 'anarchic' about my post.
Gee whiz.
Posted by: juliania | May 7 2025 17:08 utc | 55
52,
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b3/b8/33/b3b833f9ac7cd83d6ea9f087b589d227.jpg
Notice the Carrier does not bank into a turn during hard-rudder turn/test, it banks away from the turn so, you have induced heel/angle=>gravity plus centripetal force and any roll imparted by the sea state.
The story is perfectly plausible to my eye and I am an engineer who has worked on US Navy propulsion units and in my final years of service I was affiliated with a Naval Reserve unit and did my drills aboard various ships as "frocked" Quartermaster...ships do roll.
Posted by: S Brennan | May 7 2025 17:11 utc | 56
@ No. 45
He has not stopped anything, otherwise everyone else in the world deserves similar applause "for not bombing Yemen".
Don't tell me, he had a revelation, is now like everyone else so should be forgiven ? When he goes unarmed and unescorted up to a Yemeni parent in Yemen to apologise publicly for killing their family, I might consider there to be some truth to that idea.
However, as we speak US arms are being delivered to "Israel" to continue, and the arms already delivered are being used to slaughter civilians.
It would be deluded to think that where he travels peace appears, and then call that his sanity.
It is either an optic, or he just doesn't like having had his ear pierced being put into comparison with the children he funds to be starved, mangled, vaporised or decapitated.
What good Trump might be for the US means less than zero for those outside, particularly those suffering US sponsored aggression and atrocity.
Again, it is the wrong world to be looking for any kind of sympathy for him.
Posted by: Ornot | May 7 2025 17:29 utc | 57
Again[and again and again and again ad infinitum] it is the wrong world to be looking for any kind of sympathy for [Trump]" - Ornot 56
You are so right, hatred of everything he does, says or, anything we think he says or does is the de rigueur thought of our day! We must restore the legacy and primacy of the Hillary/Cheney/Obama/Biden years! Onward TDS sufferers !!!
Posted by: S Brennan | May 7 2025 17:43 utc | 58
Voltairenet explains that Trump made concessions over attacking Yemen in order to make progress in Saudi Arabia about creating a state for Palestine and Normyliesation with Israel.
Also that bumset on Trump's arse will be next week.
Posted by: Giyane | May 7 2025 17:44 utc | 59
Posted by: juliania | May 7 2025 17:08 utc | 54
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My apologies. Genocide (the Anglo-American way) boils my blood.
This is not about Trump, it is about the racist and psychopathic obsession with colonialism in America, which, as a former colony, should know better.
But it does not because America was born out of slavery, extermination, and oppression. It's in the American DNA.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 17:48 utc | 60
How many fighter planes fall off American aircraft carriers in a typical month?
Posted by: Marvin | May 7 2025 17:55 utc | 61
An F/A-18 fighter jet weighs 10-23 metric tons. That is roughly the weight of a seagoing container.
So I'd like to ask: is it feasible to recover the wreck of a fighter plane from the Red Sea floor?
Just the encryption and communications gear on board might be worth it.
Posted by: Passerby | May 7 2025 18:10 utc | 63
A bit more research this morning, and I have a new conclusion about what is going on.
Trump's withdrawal is about him trying to destroy and blame Hamas for everything; that is what the British turn on Israel is about.
Trump's big announcement will be some kind of ethnic cleansing blamed on Hamas with the help of colonial "partners". Once the Palestinian resistance is disarmed, the genocide will continue.
Don't be fooled. I hope the Resistance stands its ground. This is all another psyop, IMO.
This is talk about abandoning Israel but like with Ukraine, the money and weapons will continue to flow.
The one word the British and Americans won't use is genocide because that is what it has been for decades.
Like with muddying the waters about COVID, this looks to me like another game of 3-card monte.
The only solution is a Palestinian state with total autonomy and complete territorial control. Anything less is BS.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 18:20 utc | 64
Statement from the Yemeni Armed Forces:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The Air Force has carried out two military operations:
• The first targeted the Ramon Airport belonging to the Zionist enemy in the Umm al-Rashrash area of southern occupied Palestine with two drones.
• The second targeted a vital target of the Zionist enemy in the occupied Jaffa area with a drone of the “Yafa” type.
https://tgstat.com/channel/@enemywatch
As part of the response to the American aggression against our country, and in retaliation for its crimes against our dear, faithful, and steadfast people, the Yemeni Armed Forces’ Naval Forces and Air Force carried out a qualitative military operation targeting the American aircraft carrier USS Truman and several of its escort warships in the northern Red Sea using a ballistic missile and multiple drones.
The operation resulted in the following:
• The failure of an aerial attack the American enemy was preparing to launch against our country.
• The downing of an American F-18 fighter jet due to the confusion and panic experienced by the enemy during the operation.
• The retreat of the USS Truman aircraft carrier to the far northern part of the Red Sea.
This operation was carried out before the American enemy announced a halt to its aggression against our country. The Yemeni Armed Forces affirm that they will not hesitate to launch painful and severe strikes against the American enemy should it resume its aggression.
Our great Yemeni people stand on the side of truth, fighting in the cause of Allah and fulfilling their religious, moral, and humanitarian duties towards the oppressed Palestinian people and all peoples and countries of the Arab and Islamic Ummah. They reject submission and humiliation and will not retreat or surrender, regardless of the consequences.
Posted by: JB | May 7 2025 18:29 utc | 65
Hey s brennan, why don't you stick to Fuax news coloring book comment pages and leave the adults alone.
Posted by: motorslug | May 7 2025 18:31 utc | 66
"... This is not about Trump ..."
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 16:53 utc | 49
Apology accepted, but your 'this' is not mine. I believe this is about Trump, since he is the Executive leader presently in charge.
After all,what is the alternative? (See Posted by: S Brennan | May 7 2025 17:43 utc | 57 -- wonderful post!!)
;)
My 'this' is about world peace and harmony minus all our wouldbe tyrants. Coming whenever to this longsuffering but beautiful planet. And my Deep State America will not be dissuaded from that ultimate goal by recent (in our lifetime) pretenders.
"... I will sing unto the Lord while I have any being ..."
Posted by: juliania | May 7 2025 18:31 utc | 67
@57 S Brennan
I'm not in the US and I don't hate Trump. I am disgusted by US full and open support of "Israel" and the genocide being enacted. Trump is in the ultimate position of responsibility to authorise US actions or support, has the ability to counter those that are not acceptable. His actual support makes him fully complicit, openly so. Your position is of "less worse" because those are the options you were presented with in US politics. To the rest of the world, the large and absolute majority of people on this little planet by US democratic standards, the decisions of the US president are 'shit', to put it politely. Few would be interested in electing him, even were they able to. If Trump were to follow some kind of conscience, and not just that he was better than the competing political presentation of America, he would not be sponsoring, would not allow the US to fund, the slaughter of civilians.
If he were not able to intervene in that reality, then out of conscience, moral or ethic, he would resign. He has done neither, but instead openly supports the entity.
As, by US standards, the demographic previously mentioned would actually represent "this world" , I just repeat that it is the wrong one to go looking for any sympathy for him in. Again.
Posted by: Ornot | May 7 2025 18:32 utc | 68
is it feasible to recover the wreck of a fighter plane from the Red Sea floor?
Mechanically it is, and it has been done before. One time a purpose-built ship, the Glomar Explorer, salvaged a Soviet submarine. It's general SOP to try and get there before anyone else does; sometimes there is a little reporting about efforts underway in the press after the incident. Russia and China have surface vessels equipped for the task, the US fields specialized spy subs, as wikipedia can tell you.
Posted by: persiflo | May 7 2025 18:33 utc | 69
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 17:48 utc | 59 A lot of American DNA is African. But even Chinese and Native American (partly via Mexican immigration to be sure.) And a lot is Irish, which country hasn't had colonies or foreign conquests for over a thousand years. Either DNA isn't what you seem to think, or you're being hasty.
Posted by: steven t johnson | May 7 2025 18:35 utc | 70
@LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 17:48 utc
This is not about Trump, it is about the racist and psychopathic obsession with colonialism in America, which, as a former colony, should know better.But it does not because America was born out of slavery, extermination, and oppression. It's in the American DNA.
AMEN!
Posted by: maja | May 7 2025 18:36 utc | 71
2 persiflo | May 7 2025 18:33 utc | 68 and others about the F-18 potential recovery
What about the missiles attached? Lots more money lost there I expect.
Posted by: psychohistorian | May 7 2025 18:38 utc | 72
Posted by: juliania | May 7 2025 18:31 utc | 66
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A key contrast between Christians and Muslims is that Christians think that God responds to them. Muslims understand that every creature responds to God.
It's a fundamental difference in understanding the relationship between creation and the creator.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 18:43 utc | 73
Posted by: steven t johnson | May 7 2025 18:35 utc | 69
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Cultural DNA. Programming. A newborn American baby girl isn't an OnlyFans "content creator". She gets programmed that way.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 18:54 utc | 74
Posted by: juliania | May 7 2025 16:36 utc | 44
This is exactly what 'America' is and always has been. Trump is not a deviation or an aberration. He is just another scumbag in a long line of scumbags going all the way back to 1789. You are just as bad a delusional fool as S Brennan.
Posted by: Badjoke | May 7 2025 19:03 utc | 75
What about the missiles attached? Lots more money lost there I expect.
Sunk costs now.
Military air operations are inherently dangerous, some losses even in training are antipicated and accepted as normal. I imagine when Navy goes to congress with report, they'll present it as a "tasks accomplished" bill and face no problems getting a refund. More problematic is the actual ability of industry to regenerate stuff. The most serious problem might be all those sailors getting home with stupid stories from America's wars. Thank you for serving is a particularly cynical way to say fuck off.
Has anyone here been on a tour with an assault landing ship? I would like to hear a few tales from that if you don't mind.
Posted by: persiflo | May 7 2025 19:09 utc | 76
The Yemen air campaign had to be stopped - too expensive, no real results, Chinese emabargo on rare earth metals and on a dozen of US defence companies means that tough decissions have to be made - use remaining missile components aginst bare foot goat herders or against China itself? Israel will bomb Houthis and may be bomb Iran too but the US is out of the game. Let's not forget that some staunch prominent MAGA people like Marjorie Greene raised objections against war on Yemen. I wonder what signals Trump received from Saudis, UAE and Qatar where he is expected to land a week later as there was a plan to use anti-Houthi Yemen forces to launch land war.
Posted by: J_Schneider | May 7 2025 19:09 utc | 77
One has to ask oneself why the US would withdraw and allow Israel to remain embargoed by Ansar Allah.
The Yankees had more room up the escalation ladder.
One also has to wonder why the Saudis are trying to be confrontational (Gulf of Arabia vs Persian Gulf) with Iran now, after recent diplomatic meetings.
Gazans are still not receiving food and water despite the recent grandstanding by some MPs in the UK.
Is this another "division of labor" ala Europe re: Ukraine?
Someone made a great point in this discussion. The US needs higher oil prices. A West Asian oil catastrophe might be ok with American energy producers.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 19:14 utc | 78
As Don Bacon was the first to say, this US-Yemeni "settlement" is all about Trump's visit to Saudi and the Gulf. The war may restart after Trump's departure.
Posted by: laguerre | May 7 2025 19:18 utc | 79
But it does not because America was born out of slavery, extermination, and oppression. It's in the American DNA.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 17:48 utc | 59
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The name of the country is the United States of America.
Posted by: Jane | May 7 2025 19:19 utc | 80
Ornot 67,
If Trump did as you demand, he would be removed within hours, I'm sure one of the 3LAs already has a plan and is just waiting for the word.
The reality is, when it comes to Israelis/Israeli-Americans/Israel-First-Americans there is very little room for maneuver, they rule this country and any plan that does not take that into account will fail. Whatever Israelis/Israeli-Americans want, they get. If you want to work to secure world peace in other areas, [and Hillary/Cheney/Obama/Biden did not], you have to kneel before Israelis/Israeli-Americans/Israel-First-Americans on issues pertaining to Israel..period. It's not "less worse" it's just reality..like gravity.
If you want something different, fine, go figure out how to deconstruct the existing pyramid that has Israelis/Israeli-Americans/Israel-First-Americans atop of all US citizens. Good luck to you. And I add, at some point, the Israelis themselves will create enough world hatred of themselves and their "final-solution" being imposed upon Palestinians that genuine change is possible. However, Israelis/Israeli-Americans/Israel-First-crowd control the financial sector, the media sector, the entire National security apparatus, they are the oligarchs, their word is final, meaningful dissent leads to destruction and can be fatal. Asking somebody else to foolishly throw away their life so that you can be "entertained" as their blood sinks into the sands of the Colosseum might be chic but, it ain't brave.
Posted by: S Brennan | May 7 2025 19:35 utc | 81
The Sampson option is:
ALREADY there are nuclear bombs placed in the capital cities of the 12 largest (western) countries
The (Nuke) bombs are governed by a count down timer of 100 days
After 50 days a command is broadcast to reset the countdown timers from the remaining 50 to a whole 100 days again
If a detonation command is sent, or if no reset command is sent and the 100 days runs out, than the capitals of the major western countries will get nuked.
FYI: Most modern nuclear weapons have a "best used by" date after which they will be little more than the proverbial 'damp sqib'.
The nuclear bombs that the Ashkenazi are said to have placed in western capital cities already are likely 70 years old and should not be expected to work properly.
Most western and substantial countries have ALREADY servayed their large cities for radiation that would have detected any hidden nuke such as the Ashkenazi are roomered to have preemptively placed as some sort of insurance policy.
Therefore, YOU should place no stock in the Sampson option and do not fear the Ashkenazi will blow up the world if they don't get their way. (Because the bombs are too old to work, or have already been discovered and dealt with, or never expected in the first place.)
The Kiev Rus overthrew the Kazarian (Ashkenazi not-real-juice) empire. The Ashkenazi have hated the Rus ever since!
see: https://origin-rh.web.fordham.edu/halsall/source/khazars1.asp
Do expect the Ashkenazi Zelensky to commit some sort of skullduggery against the Ru on the 9th. The Headchopper who is just now visiting the Rothschild Bankster in Paris was deeply involved in a serin gas attack that went south when Turkish police arrested terrorist and confiscated two 2 kilo bottles of Serin gas in Turkey. The terrorist were tried in court, and freed and the whole affair was covered up. (This was to be a Serin gas attack in Syria) Also, Zelensky had a special 'gas drone's team trained and sent to the line of contact and they successfully killed several Ru soldiers, but then the gas drone team gassed themselves and that was the end of that. The possibility of the West carrying out a gas drone attack on the Moscow parade is rather high!
Remember when Daria Dugan had her car rigged with explosives and she was killed? The woman who planted the bomb returned to ukraine and met her handler in a park. He handler stabbed her 25 times and left her body in some bushes. I wish an article was written about the poor treatment the West gives to those who succeed in terrorist acts perpetrated for the benefit of the West. No one who committed those acts got away with it in the long run.
Posted by: Hot Carl | May 7 2025 19:36 utc | 82
Perhaps Mr. Trump is pulling US forces out of theatre is to leave its “allies” in the EU, who have been dumping US Treasury Bonds lately, twisting in the wind. Aside from Israel, they are big users of the canal and Red Sea.
Posted by: Cato the Uncensored | May 7 2025 19:36 utc | 83
The name of the country is the United States of America.Posted by: Jane | May 7 2025 19:19 utc | 79
MUSAGA!
Posted by: Lengai | May 7 2025 19:40 utc | 84
Posted by: Cato the Uncensored | May 7 2025 19:36 utc | 82
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Ansar Allah is not disrupting European trade.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 19:41 utc | 85
Love Donbass - you are such a childish fool. Apparently Juliana's comment was too difficult for you to understand.
There are many, many people in the US that don't support the actions of our government, but are helpless to do anything about it. It's always been that way. I thought you were an erudite adult who doesn't buy into the democracy bs of, "of the people, ... , by the people".
Try reading Vidal Gore, Upton Sinclair, or Howard Zinn for starters.
Why don't you start your own blog and spare us from reading your dumbass comments again and again? Alternatively, you could STFU.
I'm pretty certain you'll double down and blame all 330 million-ish people who live here for the actions of their government
Posted by: David F | May 7 2025 19:43 utc | 86
You're arguing that America is anarchic, which it may seem,
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 16:53 utc | 49
Nobody thinks that America is free, or "without rulers" as anarchy means. It's unfortunate that most think anarchy means chaos - that's what the propagandists tell us. However, true anarchy is merely without rulers. The epitome of this can be found in 1 Samuel 8, where Samuel the prophet pleads with the Israelites to not have a ruler, who would tax egregiously, send their children to die in wars, etc., etc. ,etc. Unfortunately, like the Israelites, we humans love to be ruled.
Posted by: HB Brian | May 7 2025 19:49 utc | 87
There are many, many people in the US that don't support the actions of our government, but are helpless to do anything about it.
Posted by: David F | May 7 2025 19:43 utc | 85
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So you're like the Palestinians of America?
Ironic. 😂😂😂
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 19:58 utc | 88
The name of the country is the United States of America.
Posted by: Jane | May 7 2025 19:19 utc | 79
Thank you Jane. I usually call it the u s but if I'm feeling ironic I call it the united states.
Posted by: tucenz | May 7 2025 19:59 utc | 89
Ansar Allah is not disrupting European trade.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 19:41 utc | 84
++++++++++++++++
It wouldn’t be a bad thing if they did.
Posted by: Cato the Uncensored | May 7 2025 19:59 utc | 90
LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 19:58 utc | 87
As I said, double down.
You clearly don't understand irony.
You are the suckiest loudmouth whose ever visited the bar, and thats saying alot!
Posted by: David F | May 7 2025 20:04 utc | 91
Total fail by the USN, which quickly realized that it could not defend effectively against Houthi launched Iranian made ballistic missiles.......
The CVN USS Harry S Truman has come under near continuous attacks by ballistic missiles in the last two weeks by drones and cruise missiles necessitating numerous evasive maneuvers and the loss of two F18E's and tow tractors in the mix up.
The USN was not going risk the loss of a $20B CVN and a 5000 man crew and 100 aircraft.....therefore the decision to back down.........
Posted by: tobias cole | May 7 2025 20:09 utc | 92
Posted by: S Brennan | May 7 2025 17:11 utc | 55
OK, thank you for that, clearly military expertise outweighs civilian guesswork:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBXu-iY7cw
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | May 7 2025 20:16 utc | 93
I can't wait until he announces renaming the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Gulf and thinks anyone will care.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 7 2025 16:00 utc | 31
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As a tribute to his buddy Bibi, Trump could rename the Mediterranean Sea the “Gulf of Israel”. European officials would fall over themselves in a rush to adopt the new name.
Posted by: malenkov | May 7 2025 20:21 utc | 94
Posted by: Jane | May 7 2025 19:19 utc | 79
The name is actually Columbia. Hence the Federal district of Columbia holding the capital city Washington.
It's also the name of the patron god of the country.
Posted by: Badjoke | May 7 2025 20:21 utc | 95
The RN Prince of Wales CSG is moving closer to the Red Sea, obviously a much easier target for the Houthis and their modern missile inventory.....does this new US/Houthi deal protect the slow moving PoW CSG too?
Posted by: tobias cole | May 7 2025 20:26 utc | 96
Except for possibly the friendly fire incident, the F-18 losses are not the result of combat. Naval aviation is extremely risky and accident prone. It used to be said Tailhookers had a 25% chance of dying during a 20 year career. From landings. Not from combat.
My uncle, who flew hundreds of missions in VN was more scared of night landings in bad weather on the carrier than in going down "SAM alley". I had several friends die during carrier quals. My girlfriend's brother died in a helo accident in Somalia (no...not the Blackhawk Down thing, just a falling into the ocean thing).
Stop it with the Q-anon conspiracy silliness. Naval aviation is dangerous and they have a LOT of accidents (relatively speaking).
Posted by: Anonymous | May 7 2025 20:30 utc | 97
77 LoveDonbass
Order of operations… they have to seize the Canadian oil sands (and/or Venezuela oil) before choking Middle East energy (and price pump)… no?
Posted by: E | May 7 2025 20:39 utc | 98
Posted by: S Brennan | May 7 2025 15:41 utc | 24
And another trumptard, one!
And it is not about "hate". Hate is useless. A diagnostic is better: he is an imperialist narcissist psychopath.
Posted by: Naive | May 7 2025 20:42 utc | 99
Posted by: Hot Carl | May 7 2025 19:36 utc | 81
Thanks Hot Carl. Do you have ant links to the killings og Duginas killer and the Syrian gas attack trial? thanks
Posted by: Paul from Norway | May 7 2025 20:45 utc | 100
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