We certainly have the means. It is the will that seems to be lacking.
Posted on 12/18/2023 11:25:50 AM PST by Rummyfan
"Remember we have only to be lucky once, you will have to be lucky always," the IRA warned the world after an assassination bombing at Brighton's Grand Hotel barely missed killing British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1984. The same story is being told today in the vital lanes of the Red Sea, where Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels are waging a missile war against the world's shipping — and major shippers are getting out before their luck runs out.
Oil giant BP is just the latest firm to announce it will "pause" all shipments through the Red Sea due to the "deteriorating security situation," according to a company statement. Taiwan-based Evergreen Line made a similar announcement, "For the safety of ships and crew, Evergreen Line has decided to temporarily stop accepting Israeli cargo with immediate effect, and has instructed its container ships to suspend navigation through the Red Sea until further notice."
Those announcements came on the heels of similar decisions made over the weekend. On Saturday, two other major shipping firms — Mediterranean Shipping Company and CMA CGM — ceased Red Sea operations. "The CMA CGM Group is deeply concerned about the recent attacks on commercial vessels unfolding in the Red Sea Region. The situation is further deteriorating and concern of safety is increasing," one statement said. All of their ships currently in passage have been instructed to "reach safe areas and pause their journey in safe waters with immediate effect until further notice."
The BBC explained Monday that Houthis are "targeting ships traveling through the Bab al-Mandab Strait - also known as the Gate of Tears - which is a channel 20 miles (32km) wide, and known for being perilous to navigate.
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We certainly have the means. It is the will that seems to be lacking.
Drill baby drill is at least as important as striking back to teach them to stop attacking our ships.
my belief has always been that you cannot treat the feral with civilized forms of punishment. Swift, fatal, destructive and costly is the only thing that gets through.
Saw a YouTube video recently that indicated that the new Japanese navy intends to get involved. Sounds like a good training exercise for them.
I’m for the simple approach.
Heads on pikes. Lots of them, bloody.
Perhaps off topic , but Jill Biden once lamented , how Joe has not been able to accomplish more for the American people, because so many pesky crises keep popping up.
This Middle East situation certainly seems to qualify as one of those crises.
We need a good old crusade against anyone who is a member of the Islamic cult.
Biden could show some leadership, give Hamas 24 hours to release all American hostages, else we go in and kill every member of HAMAS. And then, if they don’t release, do it. We need to draw a clear line in the sand that you do not touch American citizens anywhere.
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Probably true. Jihadis are certainly going Medieval on the rest of the world.
And remember the Biden Doctrine, that no provision or Amendment of the Constitution is absolute. This would seem to allow drawing and quartering of terrorists, as well as burning at the stake. Thanks, President Biden!
Just joking, of course. :-)
Houthis are a franchise of Islam. Jihad continues apace until the objectives are met.
What would Vlad Tepes do?
Read a true translation and you will see this has little to do with politics.
In our world what we call terrorism, in their world is just Muslims doing as the Holy Koran commands them.
This is a link to a free book on Gutenberg.org, three translations by 3 Imams of the Holy Quran side by side.
Remember in one memorable scene, one of Scott's lines says it all: As Patton surveys the positive results of the battle in progress between Allied forces and the Nazi army in northern Africa, he proclaims, “Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!”
Every non Muslim needs to read the book.
Until they do, and then behave accordingly, this madness will never end.
” ... you cannot treat the feral with civilized forms of punishment”
I’d put it this way: you’ve got to get rid of them.
Our political leaders were too gutless to pass and sign a Declaration of War on September 12, 2001.
What would make anyone think another Islamoattack on the United States will be any different?
That's what I always say when I'm setting a gopher trap in the back yard. ;0)
All that’s needed is to channel a little Jefferson.
That’s the American way.
Enough of the Obamanites wanting to support the Islamic world.
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