Posted on 01/14/2024 1:32:18 PM PST by Freeleesy
Margaret Brennan:
...Houthis there say the motivation here is they're trying to get back at Israel's allies. That's a justification they're using for attacking some of these ships, does the US assess that these coalition strikes will deter the Houthis who are now bracing for a retaliation and an open-ended conflict?
John Kirby:
I think it'd be pollyannaish for us to think that there couldn't or may not be some kind of retaliatory strike by the Houthis, we're watching this very closely, we have taken the requisite necessary precautions in the region, to make sure we're ready for that, should occur. These strikes were meant to disrupt and degrade their ability to conduct these strikes, and so we think we had good effect on that. We're still assessing the battle damage, assessment of these strikes, so we think we had a good effect. We'll see what happens. The Houthis have a choice to make here now Margaret, and the right choice is to stop these reckless attacks. And no matter what they say, this is not about "punishing" Israel, I mean, one of the ships they took a shot at yesterday was a Panamanian flag that was taken Russian oil, had nothing to do with Israel...
What’s wrong with “We will wipe them off the face of the map?
We could turn Yemen back into a sand flea refuge.
Word salad.
“And no matter what they say, this is not about “punishing” Israel, I mean, one of the ships they took a shot at yesterday was a Panamanian flag that was taken Russian oil, had nothing to do with Israel...”
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Why are were protecting Panamanian flagged vessels transporting Russian oil? At most we should only be worrying about our own ships. It’s not cost effective keeping our naval forces there, bring them home and let the ships sail around the cape. These neocons love pissing away our money without accomplishing anything.
Snake Oil Salesman.
Nobody fears fjb but maga folks
Kirby is a very professional BS artist. It’s BS but he’s the only one that has the capacity to deliver it in a professional manner. I think Biden wants to replace the kewpie doll with him but he can’t because his kewpie doll is black and lesbian and he is not about to offend two of his identity politics groups by replacing her with their great Satan, a white hetero male.
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