Posted on 01/12/2024 9:28:07 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Thursday’s retaliatory attacks by U.S. and British forces on Iranian-backed Houthis inside Yemen have prompted support and condemnation from the international community. The retaliation follows weeks of Houthi attacks against vessels in the Red Sea.
U.S. defense officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. and British attacks were launched from fighter jets, surface vessels and submarines. The attacks were carried out with the help of Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Bahrain.
In a statement, a NATO spokesperson said the “strikes were defensive and designed to preserve freedom of navigation in one of the world's most vital waterways.”
Likewise, the French Foreign Ministry issued a statement, noting a January 10 U.N. resolution that said navigational rights and freedoms must be respected and that “states have the right to respond to these attacks, in accordance with international law.”
The statement added, “France will continue shouldering its responsibilities and contributing to maritime security in the area in conjunction with its partners.”
The Houthi rebels issued a video statement, featuring Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree, who called the attacks “brutal aggression” carried out as part of U.S. and British support for “the continuation of Israeli crimes in Gaza.” He said the attacks killed five people and wounded six others.
“The American and British enemy bears full responsibility for its criminal aggression against our Yemeni people, and it will not go unanswered and unpunished," he said.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani “strongly slammed the military strikes by the U.S. and Britain,” in a statement, calling it “an arbitrary move” that “clearly breached Yemen’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and was against international laws and regulations.”
NATO ally Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the strikes “a disproportionate use of force,” just as Israel is doing in Gaza, and accused the U.S. and Britain of trying “to turn the Red Sea into a sea of blood.” He accused both countries of escalating tensions in the region.
Russia also condemned the attacks, with Kremlin spokesperson Dmtry Peskov calling the strikes “illegitimate,” and accused the United States and Britain of “trying to adjust the international law system to its actions.”
Mainly Muslim Egypt needs Suez Canal revenue.
I’m anxious to see how successful the attacks were. It shouldn’t take long to find out. What happens if more ships are attacked tomorrow? What’s our next escalation if necessary?
Dear Russia, Turkey and Iran:
GFY.
Sideways.
CC
“The rule of proportionality requires that the anticipated incidental loss of human life and damage to civilian objects should not be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage expected from the destruction of a military objective.”
https://lieber.westpoint.edu/proportionality-international-humanitarian-law-principle-rule/
500 dead enemy combatants, 0 dead American soldiers is A-OK.
Islam needs to be eradicated.
Have a peak at Grozny, 1994:
https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2024035_2024499_2024920,00.html
Islam is fine for Muslims who truly work to please God.
Would God want you to be inhospitable to his chosen people?
No!
Would God want you to brutalize, rape or kill innocent women?
No!
Islam is all about Jihad to please Allah [totally different from the God of both parts of the Bible]..
Easy choice for me. This means that Russia, Turkey and Iran approve of the brutal, savage attacks on Israeli citizens and other innoscents on Oct 7th by Hamas. Ef’em -
I don’t give a houth how they feel.
Nuke the bastards and get rid of the southern front of Iran and Middle Eastern Islam.
Yeah, I am sure Egypt is not happy, losing all that Suez Canal money.
Why is Turkey still a NATO member nation?
That makes no sense.
While I understand the strategic interests, having spent 15 months in Turkey while in the US Army, back in the day, I do not see that overrides the concerns of them being currently more aligned with the Islamic nations of the region.
Main participants of the Gog/Magog war, and the very same nations that God will destroy.
My feelings are SO hurt right now.
Turkey and Iran see each other as being the wrong flavor of Muslim, and historically also regional rivals. To say nothing of Russia and Turkey being old enemies and Russia wanting control of the Bosporus.
It is an alliance of convenience against a common enemy.
Thanks for that link.
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