[theluckycountry]

Two More Ships Struck By Houthi Missiles As Maersk Diverts All Tankers From Red Sea https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ ... rs-red-sea


Is that a rag on that guys head?

[Newfie]

Apparently more wide spread than we realize.

At about 13.00 in this video there is a run down nu.ber of attacks and military vessles in the general area.

https://youtu.be/5Fm0iOdUOpU?si=NmnpaJT0V8_tqyDP

[theluckycountry]

'Operation Prosperity Guardian' - Pentagon To Launch Expansive Naval Coalition To Defend Red Sea Passage

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ ... is-attacks

[Plantagenet]

'Operation Prosperity Guardian' - Pentagon To Launch Expansive Naval Coalition To Defend Red Sea Passage

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ ... is-attacks

The Houthis have already stated that they will continue their attacks in spite of Biden's "Operation Prosperity Guardian"...... it will be interesting to see what happens next.

I was surprised to see that the Saudis won't be joining Biden's little ship escort service in the Red Sea, considering that it's mainly their oil that transits the Red Sea on the way to Europe. Joe Biden has sure screwed up the decades-long realtionship between the USA and Saudi.

It was just a few years ago that the Saudis were actually at war with the Houthis and Trump was sending the Saudis weapons and declaring the Houthis to be a terrorist group.

But then came Joe Biden....he pressured the Saudis to end their war with the Houthis AND then Biden took the Houthis OFF THE TERRORIST LIST.....and look how thats turned out......

This whole Houthis problem in the Red Sea is another fine mess that Biden's gotten us into.....


This whole confrontation with the Houthis in the Red Sea is another fine mess that Biden's gotten us into.....

[theluckycountry]

I was surprised to see that the Saudis won't be joining Biden's little ship escort service in the Red Sea, considering that it's mainly their oil that transits the Red Sea on the way to Europe. Joe Biden has sure screwed up the decades-long realtionship between the USA and Saudi.

What relationship? The Saudi's have probably despised the US all along, they give the oil and take the dollars in return but they have never once involved themselves in the policing actions that the western empires nations regularly join hands in. Now they are becoming a member of the BRICS things are really changing for them. Soon they'll give the US the middle finger, but until a security arrangement is forged with the other members they'll be happy to have the US do the attack dog work for them.

In the era of the cold war being world police paid a good dividend, but those days are long gone and the US corporate empire is now in the exact same position GB was before the great wars, an empire suffering military overstretch with diminishing returns. In the old days those Houthi would never had tried this on, but they know what everyone else knows, the US doesn't have what it takes anymore.

[Plantagenet]

In the old days those Houthi would never had tried this.....

Don't be silly.

There have been pirates out there attacking shipping since navigation began.


in 1801 the new American Navy defeated the Barbery Pirates....

Cheers!

[theluckycountry]

1/ Pentagon Alarmed Over Huge Price Tag Of Countering Cheap Yemeni Drones

Sanaa has reportedly fired at least 100 drones toward Israeli-linked commercial vessels for the past month in support of the Palestinian people. US estimates place the cost of the domestic-made drones at $2,000 each. In comparison, each munition used by US warships in the Red Sea cost between $1 million and $4.3 million.

https://new.thecradle.co/articles/penta ... eni-drones



Pentagon's Operation Prosperity Guardian "Falls Apart" As Spain, Italy, France Reject Request

Australia is the latest country to reject a request from the United States to send warships to the Red Sea under the command of the Pentagon's Operation Prosperity Guardian to protect commercial vessels along the critical maritime trade route from Iran-backed Houthi.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ ... ct-request

The coalition of the willing is falling apart it seems

[Newfie]

Today SOMEONE hit a chemical carrier 120 miles off the West Coast of India. No clue who that culprit is. Yet.

[theluckycountry]

Today SOMEONE hit a chemical carrier 120 miles off the West Coast of India. No clue who that culprit is. Yet.

There was lots of attacks on shipping leading into the commencement of WWII. It could be just an anomaly and I'm certainly not saying the same cycle is starting here, but leading into WWII there was a lot of tension among the major powers and even the minor ones. Everyone was at everyone's throats and then Germany kicked off the game and the rest of the world went into action. North Korea, China, now Venezuela, all war mongering and seeking new territory, just like Russia did in the ukraine.

Thu 2 Sep 1937
Mysterious attacks
on shipping continue in the Mediter
ranean. In one case the attacker is re
ported to have been an Itallan destroyer.
A British destroyer was fired on -by an
unidentified submarine but was not hit.
French indignation is stated to be growing

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41426235

[DanielBrewton]

This image makes me sick LOL

Something has to give sooner or later. This kicking the can strategy cannot go on forever. (Because the can is getting bigger and bigger as we keep kicking it)

[theluckycountry]

9 Trillion. Those were days.