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Why?
by rrr_oh_man 3y ago
Why?
- pfdietz 3y agoAttacks on US flagged ships are acts of war against the US, which you would think would cause hesitation on the part of the Houthi and Iran. And having more US-flagged ships helps the US maintain a logistic capability in the face of larger wars.
- miguelazo 3y agoAttribution for these is difficult. Many non-state actors involved. Maybe the US can launch another failed war against a concept (terror, drugs, etc)
- red-iron-pine 3y agothis ain't obscure APT hacking. in this case it's pretty clearly the Houthi-let Yemeni government, which is a proxy for Iran, and all parties have been pretty vocal about it.
- rurp 3y agoThere isn't any question that Iran proxies, including the Houthis, have been attacking American assets. No major actor disputes this. The tricky part is what to do about it. The Iranian proxies have been trying to strike a balance of harming/harassing US forces while keeping the attacks at a low enough level to avoid a major retaliation and full blown war. Calibrating the right response is not a trivial problem.
- gumballindie 3y ago> Attacks on US flagged ships are acts of war against the US, which you would think would cause hesitation on the part of the Houthi and Iran. Meanwhile, attacks on EU vessels will likely attract sympathy for the attackers from the EU.
- js4ever 3y agoIndeed, Stockholm is in EU
- logicchains 3y agoThe Houthis have already been firing drones at US warships; I don't imagine firing rockets at US-flagged cargo ships would be any more of an act of war than that.