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“The Houthis on Thursday sent shippers and insurers formal notice of what they termed a ban on vessels linked to Israel, the U.S. and Britain from sailing in surrounding seas, seeking to reinforce their military campaign.

The Houthis’ communication, the first to the shipping industry outlining a ban, came in the form of two notices from the Houthis’ newly dubbed Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center sent to shipping insurers and firms. The aim is to force sailing companies to collaborate with the Houthis to guarantee the safety of their ships”

Ballsy, but incredibly they are operating from a position of strength. Let’s go try to push the Chicoms around with naval power.

1 posted on 02/23/2024 2:17:13 PM PST by hardspunned
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Sick the HMS Diamond on them…


2 posted on 02/23/2024 2:19:58 PM PST by EEGator
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To: hardspunned

More Middle East meddling


3 posted on 02/23/2024 2:21:01 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic's most controversial and outspoken FReeper)
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To: hardspunned

If we had a real president Iran’s navy would have been sunk (just like Reagan did) and Houthi strongholds would have been reduced to powder after the first attack on our ships.


4 posted on 02/23/2024 2:21:21 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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Russia Pact Blockade


5 posted on 02/23/2024 2:21:53 PM PST by linMcHlp
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Why would they stop?

They can disrupt a massive amount of shipping with little effort and even limited success.

To get these people to stop would take a massive aerial bombing or missile campaign the cowards in Washington are not prepared to commence.

This is a war and the Houthis will have to face complete annihilation to decide to stop. They will have to be wiped off the face of the Earth to ever give up.


6 posted on 02/23/2024 2:24:57 PM PST by Gnome1949
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Just don’t call them the “T” word. The u.n. objects to such a harsh classification..... Hey u n......🖕


8 posted on 02/23/2024 2:27:24 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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what ever came of the bombing on Yemen that was done 3 weeks ago?

There hasn’t been a peep in the MSM since, and it seems like the Houthis haven’t been deterred at all.


9 posted on 02/23/2024 2:32:22 PM PST by PGR88
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We just keep letting them attack us and don’t kill them all. Stolen elections have consequences.


11 posted on 02/23/2024 2:40:09 PM PST by EastTexasTraveler
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Do they still claim muslims are our friends?


13 posted on 02/23/2024 2:41:31 PM PST by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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But America has far more angry trannies than the Houthis!! How can this be happening?


16 posted on 02/23/2024 2:50:28 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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It is 1200 miles from Houthi controlled Yemen to Eilat.

So a terrorist group now has 1000+ mile force projection in the Red Sea ?

Where Operation Prosperity Guardian ?


17 posted on 02/23/2024 3:02:12 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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Ah, Obama’s/Biden’s Iran Policy working so well….for Terrorists! The Third Obama/Biden Term is a Godsend for Terrorists.


21 posted on 02/23/2024 3:31:25 PM PST by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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Wipe. Them. Out.


23 posted on 02/23/2024 3:38:25 PM PST by sauropod (Ne supra crepidam.)
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In square miles, Yemen is about
the size of the State of Texas.


24 posted on 02/23/2024 3:42:19 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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While I support bombing houthis back to the prehistoric age with extreme prejudice, the United States (as in so many other areas of the world) has NO national security reason to be policing the Red Sea passage for the EU,
And yes, I really want ALL ISLAM terrorists killed.


25 posted on 02/23/2024 3:43:15 PM PST by A strike (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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Escalations happen when you play the tit-for-tat game. Our weak military makes a part of me ashamed to be an American.


26 posted on 02/23/2024 3:45:22 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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Start bombing every port in Yemen.


27 posted on 02/23/2024 3:53:15 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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The Hoochie Coochies?


30 posted on 02/23/2024 4:03:11 PM PST by yldstrk
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The cost of having those Navy ships on station and the cost of all the defensive weaponry deployed will never be revealed to the American people.


31 posted on 02/23/2024 4:12:07 PM PST by allendale
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Another CIA-created “terrorist” group to act on behalf of the military industrial complex.

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/references/terrorist-organizations/


33 posted on 02/23/2024 4:40:54 PM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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