Yemeni Houthi Rebels have hijacked a ship in the red sea.
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Yeah its funny how media portrays these armed groups as bunch of lawless tools wearing flip flops and walking around with AK47's and RPG's. When Iran has been busy training these groups from Gaza, Lebanon, Iraq to Yemen and beyond and providing them with modern arms and tactics. Even the Saudi's could not defeat them with their 100's of billions spent on US weapons and simply gave up...lol. Lets hope this hijacking practice does not expand. It will be a major embarrassment for U.S to have to intervene and have their warships sunk by Iranian supplied anti ship missiles. These groups are disciplined and fully︀ capable of giving anyone a black eye. Destroying these groups is impossible that's like U.S︁ trying to defeat the Taliban which they couldn't and ended up literally fleeing the country︂ after 20 years.
Interesting reading below
https://www.popularmechanics.com/mi...64/ship-killing-missiles-us-navy-middle-east/
Interesting reading below
https://www.popularmechanics.com/mi...64/ship-killing-missiles-us-navy-middle-east/
Well if the US did not commit piracy by stealing other countries ships and confiscating and selling their cargo we may not be in this situation. Tit for tat sadly and it may be profitable but the psychological impact is what they are after. My concern is the effect on global trade. Shipping insurance rates will sky rocket no pun intended. And security onboard ships will not help when they can be sunk at range, the waters minded etc. Sane minds need to prevail︀ to bring peace in the region.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/the-us-has-been-selling-oil-from-iran
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/the-us-has-been-selling-oil-from-iran
Zero chance of peace. The US industrial complex cannot make money from peace. Peace is bad business for arms manufacturers in US and the military and the millions of Americans livelihoods connected to the military complex. They need never ending wars hence instability and uncertainty across the world. When you are a US defense contractor your main customer is the US government for big ticket items. How on earth can you make money unless the U.S is constantly at war. How︀ can you continue to produce weapons unless the U.S government clears its old inventory (i.e︁ weapons to Ukraine) and orders new stuff to be built.
It is all just business︂ and no one should be upset by this all. I hedge my bets by just︃ staying on my island in peace without my tax dollars going towards any of this︄ nonsense. 😉
It is all just business︂ and no one should be upset by this all. I hedge my bets by just︃ staying on my island in peace without my tax dollars going towards any of this︄ nonsense. 😉
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