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They've done this several times now, has there been any significant retaliatory strikes? Isn't this a threat to international shipping? How is this not a bigger
by hersko 3y ago
They've done this several times now, has there been any significant retaliatory strikes? Isn't this a threat to international shipping? How is this not a bigger deal?
- f6v 3y ago> They've done this several times now, has there been any significant retaliatory strikes? Against who? Some guys in the the Yemeni desert? Saudis have been trying that for years.
- EA-3167 3y agoIt is a big deal, but what do we do in return? Iran is using their Houthi proxies to carry out these attacks. So do we attack Iran? Attack the Houthis who are pretty much living in similar circumstances to people in Afghanistan? Without turning this into a regional, all-out war, how do we respond? Now if something like the USS Cole attack happens it will be out of our hands, we'll have to respond and damn the consequences, but until then we'll probably do things covertly.
- throwawayqqq11 3y agoHave you forgotten about the US backed saudi bombings of yemen? Maybe this is just their retaliation. This self rightousnes ... as if the us main land was bombed.
- sgift 3y agoIn Yemen Saudi-Arabia leads - with help from the US - an intervention supporting the internationally recognized government against a terrorist group backed by Iran. So, who should retaliate here? The government that asked for help? Terrorists can not retaliate, at least not rightfully. They can gtfo of Yemen though.
- f6v 3y agoI don’t know if this is a joke or not. But let’s assume you were serious. Was it Houthi who bombed weddings/funerals?
- bushbaba 3y agoIran is in no state to launch a regional all out war. They barely have control of their millennial and genZ populace.
- EA-3167 3y agoThat's very true, but you're assuming that they're rational, especially with their "supreme spiritual leader" rumored to be so old he needs a stand-in.
- f6v 3y agoUSA is not capable of lunching another regional war. Let’s see how long Israel and Ukraine last if USA has to repel a serious threat.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> USA is not capable of lunching another regional war. "Another"? The US has neither launched nor is it fighting a major regional war now.
- loeg 3y agoProbably a reference to Afghanistan or Iraq? "Another" works in this context, I think, even though those are in the past.
- EA-3167 3y agoI'm not sure what you're basing this on? The US' overarching military strategy for decades now has been to prepare for a two-front war with both China and Russia. I'm not seeing how a rounding error on the US defense budget, mostly in the form of mothballed munitions, is materially reducing readiness. Never mind the capacity of the US to switch to wartime munition production. If you have some sources talking about how how the US can't launch a regional conflict I'd love to see them.
- dragonwriter 3y ago
- differingopinio 3y agoThere is no proof that Iran ever coordinated anything with the Houthis. Most scholars in this area say that the "Iran-backed" label is completely misleading. Iran sees that the actions of the Houthis are aligned with their own and so they may send them low-tech weapons as well as design blueprints, but the Iranians don't tell the Houthis what to do.
- csomar 3y agoThey are targeting ships with an Israeli link. I think people (countries) have just accepted that and moved on. Why retaliate and make your ships a target?