[Paul R.]

I don't know about the reliability of this source. Waiting for other confirmation. Unknown if our ship was actually struck, if so what damage was done, etc.

Seems like she should have been within a destroyer screen.

Also seems like a ship like this would be a good platform to launch hundreds of drones of our own into Yemen.

[Paul R.]

https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-us-attack-red-sea-d137bfd5a328601fc0214a9ae56b4870

US officials reject claim... Attacked but missed?

[A strike]

DAM. ,
How the mighty have fallen

-fJRoberts-

[PIF]

Also seems like a ship like this would be a good platform to launch hundreds of drones of our own into Yemen.

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Alas, we only have the multi-million dollar sort. or very short range ones. We do not have 10s of thousands of FPV drones as used in Ukraine, and certainly none aboard any Navy ship, most of which are expensive radar and missile platforms.

[Nervous Tick]

Lewis B.”Chesty” Puller, a true American hero, is rolling over in his grave.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesty_Puller

[Leaning Right]

> the US Navy ship USS Lewis B. Puller <

The name rang I bell, so I did a quick check. Yep, he’s better known as Chesty Puller. I don’t think he’d be too happy about the state of things in Biden’s America.

[af_vet_1981]

What about the reliability of this source ?

"To begin, Defense Secretary Austin will be leading a Global Posture Review of our forces so that our military footprint is appropriately aligned with our foreign policy and national security priorities. It will be coordinated across all elements of our national security, with Secretary Austin and Secretary Blinken working in close cooperation.

And while this review is taking place, we’ll be stopping any planned troop withdrawals from Germany. We’re also stepping up our diplomacy to end the war in Yemen — a war which has created a humanitarian and strategic catastrophe. < I’ve asked my Middle East team to ensure our support for the United Nations-led initiative to impose a ceasefire, open humanitarian channels, and restore long-dormant peace talks.

This morning, Secretary Blinken appointed Tim Lenderking, a career foreign policy officer, as our special envoy to the Yemen conflict. And I appreciate his doing this. Tim is a life — has lifelong experience in the region, and he’ll work with the U.N. envoy and all parties of the conflict to push for a diplomatic resolution.

And Tim’s diplomacy will be bolstered by USI- — USAID, working to ensure that humanitarian aid is reaching the Yemeni people who are suffering un- — an undurable [sic] — unendurable devastation. This war has to end.

And to underscore our commitment, we are ending all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen, including relevant arms sales.

At the same time, Saudi Arabia faces missile attacks, UAV strikes, and other threats from Iranian-supplied forces in multiple countries. We’re going to continue to support and help Saudi Arabia defend its sovereignty and its territorial integrity and its people.

We also face a crisis of more than 80 million displaced people suffering all around the world. The United States’ moral leadership on refugee issues was a point of bipartisan consensus for so many decades when I first got here. We shined the light of lamp on — of liberty on oppressed people. We offered safe havens for those fleeing violence or persecution. And our example pushed other nations to open wide their doors as well.

So today, I’m approving an executive order to begin the hard work of restoring our refugee admissions program to help meet the unprecedented global need. It’s going to take time to rebuild what has been so badly damaged, but that’s precisely what we’re going to do.

This executive order will position us to be able to raise the refugee admissions back up to 125,000 persons for the first full fiscal year of the Biden-Harris administration. And I’m directing the State Department to consult with Congress about making a down payment on that commitment as soon as possible.

And to further repair our moral leadership, I’m also issuing a presidential memo to agencies to reinvigorate our leadership on the LGBTQI issues and do it internationally. You know, we’ll ensure diplomacy and foreign assistance are working to promote the rights of those individuals, included by combatting criminalization and protecting LGBTQ refugees and asylum-seekers.

And finally, to successfully reassert our diplomacy and keep Americans safe, prosperous, and free, we must restore the health and morale of our foreign policy institutions.

I want the people who work in this building and our embassies and consulates around the world to know: I value your expertise and I respect you, and I will have your back. This administration is going to empower you to do your jobs, not target or politicize you. We want a rigorous debate that brings all perspectives and makes room for dissent. That’s how we’ll get the best possible policy outcomes."

[Krosan]

Bomb Iran!

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

My Dad and I took a tour if this ship off the coast of Santa Barbara on July 4th weekend in 1982.

One of the launches in Santa Barbara Harbor had broken down so we had to wait all day, but it was worth it.

[Solson]

Amazing how the powerful US, British, French and other navies can’t stop Yemeni Houthi’s from constant attacks.

[RasterMaster]

Gulf of Tonkin redux.

[MinorityRepublican]

We should pull all our troops out of the Middle East if they’re sitting ducks. If we can’t use the Suez Canal, we may have to pay more on certain goods.

[Vaquero]

CHESTY?

He’d have wiped out the perps

[Mashood]

What does our DefSec have to say? Has anybody actually seen him? Not just the CIA photo-shopped picture of him. I thought he was blown up in Kiev. Are they reassembling him? Is he going to have a presser anytime soon?

[Nateman]

Obviously a few military strikes is not going to make these punks go away. Give them a Thermonuclear reason to stop.

[fishtank]

Good night Chesty, wherever you are!!

[Candor7]

The Yemenis sure are bragging about their alleged hit:

Chesty Puller Ship Hit say Yemenis

The USS Puller is a logistics ship: