U.S. strikes Yemen's Houthis as Trump vows end to shipping threat

Never surrender Houthis!!..

But but but "no new wars under Trump!!!"! He "loves peace"!

Never surrender Houthis!!..

Sad to see someone supporting a murderous militia who use child soldiers.

Wow...uses social media and puts everything in capital letters....must be serious this time.

decisive and powerful military action

Spending $100M on cruise missiles is fine, if they actually take out key locations and leaders. Whenever any weapon is launched by the Houthis, within 24 hours, hopefully, within 10 minutes, that location needs to be leveled for 10 blocks around the launch location. Those people need to sleep somewhere new every night and never return where they've been the last 5+ yrs. Take out communications, electricity, water, until they can't using anything except HAM radios, then jam those frequencies and use RF guided munitions to hit those places (+ 10 blocks around them).

The Houthis started a war. They have one. Congratulations.

Hit every transportation method out of Iran too. Rail, roads, ships, docks, and tunnels, if necessary. All of them. When weapons are seen leaving Iran to any other state - Russia included.

Deploy some more DDGs and CGs to that part of the world, if needed. Let Bath and Ingalls keep working hard.

Keep shipping more cruise missiles to destroyers in the area for reloads.

Trump isn't anti-war. He just won't put American boots on the ground. Planes and ships are a different thing completely.

We’re coming for you

Boots on the ground?

We’re coming for you

The fu...nice fantasy bro....one problem....the Houthies are all underground, in tunnels , like Hamas.

As an analogy ask.... How has the Gaza campaign gone ?

Not well.

Good!

Bass...let us see if the attacks on shipping now stop.

$50 says they dont.

Not a new war, but one that has been ongoing. Time to end it.

Or he could just put an end to the Palestinian genocide. That is the reason the ships are attacked.

Stuff like this usually means that they've got something really impressive cooking up and they want a neat distraction while they implement it. No idea what it could be; with this administration if you can imagine it, they'll probably do it. Repeal right to vote for non-whites? Detain journalists for writing a critical piece? The options are endless! But we need a fireworks display so the people will go "oooh, look!"

Instead of addressing the cause of all wars in the middles east and it's called "Bibi the Fox " Pres. Trump chose to attack the RESULT and NOT THE CAUSE.

This might work in medical terms but at some point need to treat to CAUSE in order to control the outbreaks.

Iran is not supporting the Huthis, they are arming themselves buying their weapons and technology from black markets and sources around the world including Israel's.

Well, you knew this was coming...

After flip-flopping on almost all of his campaign promises you know the "no new wars" lie was going to be exposed...

Stand by for military invasions of Mexico, Canada, and Greenland next...

This isn’t a “new war”, this is more of a law enforcement operation.

Houthis being armed by Russia, Iran, and likely NK and China are indirectly involved as suppliers with weapons that have become more and more lethal.

Houthis just another front on this global destabilization that occurred due to the 2014 regional Ukraine Civil War becoming a Global Proxy War due to US Policy Change = NATO eastward expansion.

Far riskier for world than Houthis, weapons proliferation and military technology now going to NK, Iran and China as result of their 'proxy' support for Russia.

Biden Admin grossly under-estimated Russia's ability to garner global support, including BRICS and ability to destroy 'demand' for US$, and thus all currencies purchasing power of real assets = hence global inflation's been weaponized by Russia by design

Hope...nice thoughts but use of proxies and "regional destabilisation " has been a feature of big powers since post WW2.

CIA history in "Legacy of Ashes " an instructive read.

Costa Rica the only country with a clean nose.

There is a long Wiki page on the Houthis , they are comparatively recent players in attacking US, Israel and Saudi interests.

But overall, more of the same snake pit of vipers you see in ME conflicts.

I pine for the days of a traditional revolutionary army in a civil war where 2 parties only are identified.

let us see if the attacks on shipping now stop.

$50 says they dont.

Then you continue to bomb them.

So the left now supports the Houthis? Typical.

I really don't believe "people's" realise the importance, both politically economically, that shipping trading routes represent to the global economy?

Your cost of living, the supermarket inflationary pressures?

The Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Baba al-Mandab Strait, and the Gulf of Aden.

President Trump must, I suggest should without fail consider full confrontation with the Islamic extremist fundamentalists.

Hamas, Hezbollah, mostly Iran.

No options here, NOW extreme prejudice.

This is the leadership the world needs to see.

Islamic terrorism should never be tolerated.

GuruMickToday  09:38 am JST

Hope...nice thoughts but use of proxies and "regional destabilisation " has been a feature of big powers since post WW2.

CIA history in "Legacy of Ashes " an instructive read.

Costa Rica the only country with a clean nose.

Agreed, but we've not seen a major nuclear power so directly threatened and thus the real risk of WWIII.

Certainly geopolitical 'games' have been going on full-stop since the end of WWII, Houthis just another pawn on the larger chessboard.

For somebody obsessed with undoing what Joe did before,

What was that?

New stock market highs, 9 quarters of increased GDP growth, lowering unemployment, bringing down inflation and the deficit...

Triple D has ruined all of that in just 45 days...

As people we cannot avoid the inevitable, by appeasement, by the pretence of a all will be ok, a political solution, the odd missile here, their.

Only a clear milltary objective, confrontation will expel the threat of religious Islamic terrorism, extremism.

Yes many lives will be lost, sacrificed, it could be long drawn out, ugly.

However necessary.

Don't sugar coat, be totally clear.

Joe Biden is yesterday's news.

Its is a worthless road to nowhere constantly "kicking to death" the previous administration.

"Democracy" is not, never has been some ideological concurred hand over, formal arrangement, between political accord entities.

What is crucial is the here and now.

Dealt confront the threat at hand.

Don't tiptoe show leadership

Only a clear milltary objective, confrontation will expel the threat of religious Islamic terrorism, extremism.

Yes many lives will be lost, sacrificed, it could be long drawn out, ugly.

However necessary.

Absolutely.

et us see if the attacks on shipping now stop.

$50 says they dont.

Then you continue to bomb them.

Wow, what a huge flip-flop - from "no new wars" to "bomb them"....

Sounds like John McCain and "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran"....

And I thought MAGA-world hated NEOCONs...

Trump is a war president.

Well, this decision by Trump does reinforce one truism...

Repub Presidents start wars in the Middle East that Dem Presidents have to get us out of...

Bush 1, Bush II, and now Trump - each thought they could step into the Middle East militarily without getting us into an endless quagmire...

Trump's promise of "no new wars"? That will age about as well as 'I'll protect the unborn", "RFK Jr is the world's biggest liberal lunatic" and "EVs are a hoax and a scam"....