The Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned-and-operated Tutor sank in the Red Sea, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said in a warning to sailors in the region.
Now, they’re in a basically unwinnable war with another group of men in flip-flops.
You could just carpet bomb Yemen, widely, and that would not stop men in tunnels from releasing drones against you.
The Houthis have managed to drag Washington into a prolonged, expensive, resource-depleting conflict and driven shipping costs much higher. While no American warships have been hit, the US must bear the growing financial costs and wear and tear to its warships.
Through their campaign, the rebels have not only proven their role asa formidable asset in Iran’s proxy network, but they’ve also demonstrated that they’re more than capable of threatening commercial shipping again in the future.
US naval forces have expended a significant amount of resources battling the Houthis since the fall.
The only way to stop the Houthi is with ground troops. Then one is involved in the civil war that is ongoing in Yemen.
No. As John Mersheimer and many others have pointed out, the way to stop the Houthis is to stop the genocide in Gaza. When the genocide stops, the Houthis will cease their effective shudown of the Red Sea to Israeli linked shipping. Meanwhile, the ships of other nations are free to pass.
Well yeah but the US inclination to intervene internationally & support for Israel interventionism is US bipartisan foreign policy. Flawed US foreign policy also contributed to 9/11.
In June, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) released a report highlighting the impact of Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. The report is a devastating account of Washington’s failure to protect critical transit corridors in one of the world’s most important waterways.
In short, the Houthis have shown that a disparate group of militants can impose costly penalties on their enemies by implementing asymmetrical strategies that undermine the “rules-based order”.
Container shipping is down by 90 percent while insurance premiums, fueling costs and ‘extra miles sailed’ have skyrocketed.
Okay, let’s summarize: Houthi attacks on the Red Sea have…
1. Created new opportunities for non-state actors to conduct asymmetric warfare on conventional armed forces. 2. Imposed targeted economic sanctions on backers of Israeli genocide 3. Re-oriented trade between Asia and Europe in a way that provides competitive advantages for Chinese and Russian shippers 4. Helped the Houthis succeed in meeting their objective of imposing costs on supporters of Israel 5. Added supply chain costs have negatively impacted already pessimistic economic forecasts for the European Union and Egypt… dampening the prospects for growth. 6. Set the stage for the expansion of Houthi operations beyond the Red Sea to the broader Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean
Wars are mostly fought over religion. This does not end if someone backs down.
This ends with freedom of religion. Killing in war is okay to that end. The reason there are fewer deaths than trusting religious people to decide when to stop fighting.
If you come in the name of god really you only came to kill.
Separately
The name Arindam is of Indian origin and is commonly used in Bengali-speaking communities. It is derived from Sanskrit and is composed of the elements “arin” meaning “enemy” or “destructive” and “dam” meaning “to subdue.” Therefore, Arindam can be interpreted as “one who subdues enemies” or “conqueror of enemies.”
Our country has freedom of religion. Not everyone has that or believes in that. We have fewer wars because we have freedom of religion in the West.
Israel has freedom of religion but none of the Arab nations have freedom of religion. The Muslim world is entirely to blame for these wars.
Feeling sorry for the Arabs so there is some sort of “pass” given is wrong. We need freedom of religion in each of those nations. It is our business if we want these wars to end.
Don’t say we give Israel a lot of support. BS
We give the oil powers in the gulf far more money.
The Israelis have been stealing land and committing genocide since 1948. They ARE the problem. Fortunately, they are also self-destructing. Mersheimer, Crooke, and other Western Asian observers predict that the state of Israel won’t exist in ten years.
Yeah, ‘Arindam’ means what your research says it does. But it is merely a pen name, not my given one.
I do not wish for a Muslim-centric world, nor a Christian one, nor any dominated by religious or political beliefs. Instead, I hope for the sort of tolerance of others that is emerging as the BRICS expand their membership. Pepe Escobar calls it a multi-nodal world.
You believe Russia, China or Turkey have the remotest beliefs in freedom of religion?
Iran?
Syria?
Hamas?
Instead, Russia is using Iran to win in Ukraine. Iran is putting the ME into a major war.
It has nothing to do with Israel. Israel is just a useful tool for Russia. Yes, you can zoom in on the Palestinian’s needs but that is not of any concern to Putin. I care more.