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Moment 'Houthi drones' slam into enormous 750ft cargo ship sparking deadly explosion before vessel sank in latest attack in the Red Sea
UK Daily Mail ^ | June 20, 2024 | Elena Salvoni

Posted on 06/23/2024 11:05:44 AM PDT by C19fan

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1 posted on 06/23/2024 11:05:44 AM PDT by C19fan
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$30 billion Carrier Group is useless against pirates funded by Iran.


2 posted on 06/23/2024 11:09:29 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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And Iran got billions of Dollars from Biden to buy the weapons to give to the terrorist. And the democrats want Iran to have nuclear bombs.


3 posted on 06/23/2024 11:13:54 AM PDT by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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These people are nothing more than murderers.. They declare war against no one, but murder all within reach.. And we're damned fools for putting up with it.!
4 posted on 06/23/2024 11:15:42 AM PDT by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: shanover
$30 billion Carrier Group is useless

It's only useless because of the cowardly and profoundly stupid American and European political leadership.

5 posted on 06/23/2024 11:15:56 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (Joe Biden puts illegal aliens first. I put America first! - Donald Trump, 5/23/24)
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What renders a Carrier Group useless is the commander in chief.

Also, curious how quiet environmental groups are on the Red Sea pollution Muslims are causing.

6 posted on 06/23/2024 11:16:42 AM PDT by sjmjax
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It all has to do with the rules of engagement. We have to relearn how wars are fought. You KILL the enemy. I assure you, a carrier group can do that, if they’re allowed. Apparently, the current theory of victory is to use ships to run the Houthi out of ammo, rather than killing them and blowing up the ammo.

Another approach is to hit the producers and conveyors of the arms the Houthi use.


7 posted on 06/23/2024 11:16:58 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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Just doing their part to END COAL so you can’t really fault them for wanting to got green right?


8 posted on 06/23/2024 11:17:05 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‘!)
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Bummer that we no longer have any influence over ‘Putin’ to hold Iran back. Kind of think it may have something to do with ‘Ukraine policy’, but then again, no, no way, the two are TOTALLY UNRELATED. LOL!


9 posted on 06/23/2024 11:20:53 AM PDT by BobL
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What renders a Carrier Group useless is the commander in chief.

One plane on board can take out the entire rebel capitol, as well as significant collateral damage.

CIC says "no go". It is a photo op, noting more, using muli billion dollar props.

10 posted on 06/23/2024 11:22:15 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma deuce)
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[It all has to do with the rules of engagement. ]


Bombing the Houthis doesn’t violate American law. This is Joe Biden holding the Navy and Air Force back. It’s Benghazi 2.0.


11 posted on 06/23/2024 11:22:56 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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The US, UK, and others should use the Houthis for target practice. Eliminate the threat.


12 posted on 06/23/2024 11:24:22 AM PDT by Reno89519 (I'll go out on a limb: Trump & Gabbard 2024)
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Yes. Our tax dollars โ€œat work.โ€

Pirates should always be open season with no bag limit.


13 posted on 06/23/2024 11:25:07 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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One crew member, apparently in the engine room was murdered by the Houthis. He was not a Jew, just a guy trying to make a living. Other guys, making a living who survived, were an armed security team who watched the drone coming at them not bothering to fire a shot at it.


14 posted on 06/23/2024 11:25:46 AM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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[One plane on board can take out the entire rebel capitol, as well as significant collateral damage.

CIC says “no go”. It is a photo op, noting more, using muli billion dollar props.]


They can destroy the Houthis without a nuke. But that would require a President willing to give the order. That president isn’t Joe.


15 posted on 06/23/2024 11:25:54 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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Disagree, the USNis capable against the rag tag Huities, it’s our pussy, cowardly leadership, both in the pentagon and WH.


16 posted on 06/23/2024 11:26:23 AM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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The Suez canal is now worthless due to the Houthis. One would think that Egypt might take an interest in dealing with them.


17 posted on 06/23/2024 11:27:15 AM PDT by devere
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To: Avalon Memories
$30 billion Carrier Group is useless

It's only useless because of the cowardly and profoundly stupid American and European political leadership.

The British pretty much ended piracy in the Caribbean in the early 18th century by invading and occupying Jamaica, hanging pirates and using it as a base to suppress piracy in the area thereafter.

Just sayin'

18 posted on 06/23/2024 11:37:06 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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>>These people are nothing more than murderers.. They declare war against no one, but murder all within reach.

Kinda like the Barbary Pirates... It’s a pity that the nation that dealt with them is no longer around.


19 posted on 06/23/2024 11:45:58 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: shanover
$30 billion Carrier Group is useless against pirates funded by Iran.

The targeted seas include several hundred thousand square miles. We can't be everywhere. Short of going to war with Yemen, these attacks will continue, and a few will succeed. What are you calling for? War with Yemen? Hundreds of thousands of American boots on the ground? Or leave the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, and wash our hands of the the whole "Freedom of Navigation" thing?

20 posted on 06/23/2024 11:48:40 AM PDT by ETCM (โ€œThere is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.โ€ โ€” Ronald Reagan)
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