Posted on 10/12/2016 11:12:18 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
A U.S. Navy destroyer was targeted on Wednesday in a failed missile attack from territory in Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, the second such incident in the past four days, U.S. officials told Reuters.
The USS Mason, which was accompanied by the USS Ponce - an amphibious transport dock - fired defensive salvos in response to the missiles, neither of which hit the ship or caused any damage as it operated north of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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Thanks Obama !
Ping
So are we bombing the #### out of these Houthi rebels??
Apparently pallets of paper dollars made the shia unhappy. So it must be true, money can’t buy happiness.
Bammy will be apologizing to the terrorists for the U.S being provocative.
So the skipper fired back I guess he gets to prepare those three letters
Since a lot of those “Houthi rebels’ are just Iranians, I would bet the Obama Administration has no serious intent to take them out. No doubt they’ll bomb some empty buildings and kill a few locals opposed to Iranian interlopers.
USS Cole attacked 12 Oct 2000 off of Yemen.
Yeman sounds like the Spanish Civil War prior to WWII. The Fascist(Iranian)Shiite forces, supported by Russia opposed to the “Moderate Muslims” Saudi. Unfortunately none of them are “Moderate”, and all call for the destruction of infidels.
Wow! Most of the US population is “Deplorable”, “Irredeemable”, and are “Infidel” in the eyes of the Democrat Party. What else can give me more happiness?
No, but I understand that the Saudis are.
Of course, Obama’s ROE allowed the ship to destroy the batteries that launched the cruise missiles.
Iran is heavily involved backing their Shiite brothers in Yemen. There is no way the Houthis would continuously target US Ships unless Iran has given the ok.
One of these days they are not going to miss:(
Shooting missiles at our ships.
Trying to crash planes into buildings in the US.
Yep, that Obama has done a mighty fine job.
Uh oh. My mind is thinking Tonkin, Tonkin.
They figure we are now such pussies that we will turn tail and pull out.
As Lera said : one of these days they are not going to miss !
And then what ?
Yeah , it sounds like the gulf of Tonkin all over again !
The Iranian solution that Obama created and funded, with so many 'secret agreements' that even remain unknown today,
makes Chamberlain look like a world chess expert negotiator , rather than a doofus !
And Kerry remains an international stooge !
Also, it looks like the ROEs only allow defensive fire to stop the missiles. Both incidents had reported defensive action, but no action to take out missile launchers and fire control radars. If this is Obama’s game, the Hothis are going to hit one of our ships sooner or later since there is no penalty to keep trying.
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