MTG Said something stupid? What a surprise. From that article, you have the Republican Speaker of the house: "This action by U.S. and British forces is long overdue, and we must hope these operations indicate a true shift in the Biden Administration’s approach to Iran and its proxies that are engaging in such evil and wreaking such havoc. They must understand there is a serious price to pay for their global acts of terror and their attacks on U.S. personnel and commercial vessels. America must always project strength, especially in these dangerous times."
The then Republican Senate Minority Leader: "I welcome the U.S. and coalition operations against the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists responsible for violently disrupting international commerce in the Red Sea and attacking American vessels. President Biden’s decision to use military force against these Iranian proxies is overdue."
The then Republican SASC Ranking member: "
This strike was two months overdue, but it is a good first step toward restoring deterrence in the Red Sea.
I appreciate that the administration took the advice of our regional commanders and targeted critical nodes within Houthi-controlled Yemeni territory. It is important that we follow this action in close consultation with our Saudi partners to ensure they are with us as the situation develops."
The current republican Senate Intel Committe Chair: "The strikes against the Yemeni outlaws who have threatened our troops and terrorized international shipping are long overdue."
That being said, we have conducted more strikes into Yemen in the past month than we did in the last 15 months of the Biden administration. We are getting substantially more aggressive
That is one of the few sensible things she has said.
Masse was also critical of the strikes (good for him).
“Only Congress has the power to declare war. I have to give credit to [Rep. Ro Khanna] here for sticking to his principles, as very few are willing to make this statement while their party is in the White House”
More open debate and requiring declarations of War by Congress as clearly stated in the Constitution before we start dropping bombs and launching missiles all over the world would be a good thing in my opinion.
And again just to be clear, the Houthis were only attacking ships sailing under the Israeli flag recently in recognition of the ceasefire in Gaza, which Israel has intentionally tanked.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have signaled they will limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to only Israeli-affiliated ships as a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip takes hold.
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So, why is that a US problem? Are we a client state of Israel? Do we have some sort of formal mutual defense pact in place ala NATO? Was the anti foreign war and interventionist rhetoric coming from Trump just a bunch of bullshit?
Lastly, Do you honestly think that more bombing and missile strikes will deter the Houthis? I don’t.
The reason I say this is that Saudi Arabia has been bombing the hell out of Yemen since 2015 as a part of “Operation Restoring Hope” specifically to try stop then topple the Houthi lead rebels who succeed in toppling the government in Yemen. So yeah, that approach has clearly failed.
With all that in mind, I think this is all just a bunch of performative nonsense. Guess who seems to have agreed with me as recently as last year?
“So, let me get this straight. We’re dropping bombs all over the Middle East, AGAIN (where I defeated ISIS!), and our Secretary of Defence [sic], who just went missing for five days, is running the war from his laptop in a hospital room,”
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