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No. of Recommendations: 1
...because of too many Houthi attacks:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/maersk-hapag-lloyd-re...Shipping and logistics majors A.P. Moller-Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have stopped their ships from entering the southern entrance of the Red Sea on Friday after attacks on their vessels.
Maersk said its decision comes after a near-miss incident involving its Maersk Gibraltar ship on Thursday and another attack on a container vessel on Friday. The company instructed all Maersk vessels in the area bound to pass through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to pause their journey until further notice.
“We are deeply concerned about the highly escalated security situation in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden,” Maersk said in a statement. “The recent attacks on commercial vessels in the area are alarming and pose a significant threat to the safety and security of seafarers.”
This is another case of somebody in the Biden regime being too clever by half: they think that if they just have the Navy shoot down drones and missiles and what not they won't be seen as "provoking" Iran (who is no doubt supplying the Houthis with weapons, the intel on where ships are and giving the order to fire).
Why is this stupid on stilts?
Because you have a Navy to keep the sea lanes open.
Don't believe that? Let's ask the Navy:
https://www.navy.mil/About/Mission/#:~:text=The%20....
Mission Statement
The United States is a maritime nation, and the U.S. Navy protects America at sea. Alongside our allies and partners, we defend freedom, preserve economic prosperity, and keep the seas open and free. Our nation is engaged in long-term competition. To defend American interests around the globe, the U.S. Navy must remain prepared to execute our timeless role, as directed by Congress and the President.
No. of Recommendations: 2
they won't be seen as "provoking" Iran (who is no doubt supplying the Houthis with weapons, the intel on where ships are and giving the order to fire). - Dope
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And you can be sure the Iranians notice Biden is walking on egg shells concerning retaliation.
Our policy should be exactly the opposite, make it very clear that it WAS the USA that just took out your refinery, pipeline, harbor, or what have you. Who knows, we may have to take out some more of their infrastructure to convince them this shit has to stop.
No. of Recommendations: 4
It's being handled - bloomberg/
The US is working with allies to create a multinational effort to protect ships passing through the Red Sea in an effort to stem a surge in attacks by Houthi fighters that has provoked unease about commercial trade passing through one of the world’s most vital waterways.
An announcement could come any day following weeks of consultations about the violence, which began after Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel struck back in the Gaza strip. The Houthis — based in Yemen and backed by Iran — vowed to target Israel’s assets until it abandons its campaign to destroy Hamas.
“We believe that the freedom of navigation and international waters is a rule of the international system that should be upheld,” Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official, said in an interview Wednesday with Bloomberg News “It’s an international problem. It’s going to take an international solution, and we’re working with allies and partners on that.”
Iran’s Defense Minister Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani called the plan “foolish” and said the US “will face tremendous problems” if they go ahead with it, the semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency reported on Thursday.
“No one can maneuver in a region that we dominate,” he added.
In a briefing earlier in the week, Major General Pat Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, said the Defense Department would have more detail “in the near future” on “implementing a maritime task force.” While Hicks said an international response is coming, she didn’t give a timeline or describe it as task force.
Biden administration officials face a dilemma in striking back at the spate of attacks at sea. They have said they don’t want to be provoked into a broader Mideast war sought by Iran and its proxies, including the Houthis.
“The US has taken a defensive posture on this stuff and is trying to ensure that they don’t succeed in doing anything significant that would in fact force a response,” said Gerald Feierstein, a veteran diplomat and former US ambassador to Yemen who is now at the Middle East Institute. “The Houthis may very much want to push the situation and force the US to respond aggressively, because they think that that will burnish their status as a member in good standing of the axis of resistance.”
The issue has become urgent amid a spike in attacks on ships in the Red Sea, which handles about 12% of global trade. The effort to deter further Houthi attacks on shipping was among topics discussed by US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
No. of Recommendations: 2
It's being handled -
No it isn’t. The fact that Maersk is bailing out of one of the busiest trade routes should tell you that.
There have been dozens of rockets and drones shot at the Navy…and very little has been done.
No. of Recommendations: 2
I have to agree with this. I don't know the situation on the ground, but if they have bases of any sort, we should destroy them. Send a few F18s and blast them to bits. And make clear that if they don't stop, we won't stop.
No. of Recommendations: 4
It's being handled -
No it isn’t. The fact that Maersk is bailing out of one of the busiest trade routes should tell you that.
There have been dozens of rockets and drones shot at the Navy…and very little has been done.
Yes it is. I copied in enough to explain it to you.
No. of Recommendations: 1
Yep. Enough is enough:
https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/173603586384982...(This is CENTCOMS’s official X feed)
In the early morning hours of December 16 (Sanna time) the US Arliegh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS CARNEY (DDG 64), operating in the Red Sea, successfully engaged 14 unmanned aerial systems launched as a drone wave from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. The UAS were assessed to be one-way attack drones and were shot down with no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries. Regional Red Sea partners were alerted to the threat.
No. of Recommendations: 3
No. of Recommendations: 2
The Biden-Israel-NeoCon party....
eventually they'll get their war.
