Carter stupidly removed the Shah. Then Bush II stupidly removed Saddam Hussein- under Saddam, Iraq was a counterweight to Iran. No longer.
Our leaders evidently do not understand the Law of Unintended Consequences.
Posted on 07/21/2024 5:17:29 AM PDT by bert
The IDF strike was the first strike on Yemen's soil in response to ongoing Houthi attacks on Israel and the Red Sea, including a drone attack on Tel Aviv that killed one.
Israeli officials on Saturday evening responded to the confirmed IDF strike on the port of Hodeidah in western Yemen, which struck Houthi military targets and energy infrastructures.
The strike was conducted by IDF fighter jets and struck several targets in Hodeidah, including Houthi strategic points and energy infrastructure.
In response to the strike, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that Israel struck the Houthis in Yemen to send a message after they harmed an Israeli citizen.
"The fire that is currently burning in Hodeidah is seen across the Middle East, and the significance is clear," Gallant said. "The Houthis attacked us over 200 times. The first time that they harmed an Israeli citizen, we struck them. And we will do this wherever it may be required."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a video statement released later on Saturday, commended the IDF and warned Israel's adversaries, saying, "From the beginning of the war, I made it clear that Israel would harm anyone who harms us."
He also spoke of convening the cabinet to authorize the operation. He noted the military purposes behind the port in Hodeidah, including serving as an entry point for Iranian-supplied weapons.
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi addressed the IDF strike on Yemen from Rafah on Saturday evening while holding a situational assessment with senior defense officials.
"Iran has many arms; you struggle with one arm here, you struggle with others there, and it demands excellence against each one of them," Halevi said.
Chairman of the National Unity Party and MK Benny Gantz wrote on his Telegram channel, "The important message from today's important and justified attack in Yemen - we establish alliances and cooperate with our friends."
"At the same time, we are always willing to do the work to protect the citizens of Israel ourselves."
"It was so in the past and will be in the future. In front of everyone who hurts us, on every front," Gantz concluded.
Opposition leader and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid, in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, said, "The attack in Yemen is justified and accurate. Congratulations to the Air Force, the IDF, and the security forces for a perfect performance."
Threats of retaliation The Houthis released a statement following the strike, deeming the attack as "Israeli aggression on the civilian facilities in the Hodeidah Governate, and the confirmation of the inevitability of the Yemeni response to this blatant aggression."
Yemen's Houthis will not hesitate in attacking "vital targets" in Israel, a military spokesman for the movement said on Saturday following the strike.
Al Mayadeen quoted a member of the Houthi's Political Bureau, Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, stating, "The Zionist entity will pay the price for targeting a civilian facility, and we will meet escalation with escalation."
How did the IDF prepare for the targeted strike? Israel's Defense Ministry reported that the plans for the strike were approved on Saturday morning and was spearheaded by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, alongside IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and other senior defense officials.
The decision was reportedly approved during a cabinet meeting on Saturday, though KAN reported that the decision was not unanimous.
IDF Spokesperson R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari held a press conference with international media, where he discussed the IDF's strike, dubbed "Operation Long Arm," on Yemen's western port city and Houthi stronghold Hodeidah.
While speaking to reporters, Hagari confirmed the strike, stating, "Our pilots attacked the port of Hodeidah, a supply route for the transfer of Iranian weapons. We also attacked energy infrastructures in a complex attack that required planning and preparation for various threats."
Israel updated its allies before carrying out the strike, an Israeli military official told Reuters.
Some of the targets were "dual-use," including energy infrastructure, the official added.
The un impeded by Russian air defense systems assault by as many as 12 IDF fighter air craft, destroyed the Houthi fuel terminal at Hodeidah. A tremendous fire said to be half a kilometer in length and many, many meters high was visible for miles. There were said to be multiple targets but they were mot defined in the article.
The Houthi loss will not be easily or quickly remedied. It must be remembered that the Houthi are riff raff, the very bottom of the diverse Arab world. By destroying their energy sources, the IDF has pushed the riff raff back into their former position.
Their Iranian masters have proven to be incapable of protection. Their primary recourse is to be reduced to whining.
The Saudis have used superior restraint.
Oh, sure!
Just like Lloyd Austin's "coalition of the willing" and the mighty US Navy that was sent there months ago to stop the carnage (but didn't), this little exercise will finally stop them rag-tag Houthies once and for all dead in their tracks.
Way to go. Just bomb the lowest, rag-tag group of humans on this earth while Israel burns.
Wanna bet on how long it will be until the next drone attack or shot ship in the waters off Yemen by them turban head camel jockeys??
Nailed it.
Carter stupidly removed the Shah. Then Bush II stupidly removed Saddam Hussein- under Saddam, Iraq was a counterweight to Iran. No longer.
Our leaders evidently do not understand the Law of Unintended Consequences.
I fear the Houthis will be able to respond proportionally to this. No one really knows what weapons the Houthis have just waiting for Iranian and Russian authorization to launch them. I’m certainly glad NATO has backed off attacking Russia with ATACMS. With any luck, the Russians haven’t sent their missiles and technicians yet.
Yep, Russian air defense systems have been easily defeated by the IAF for about a half century.
“Wanna bet on how long it will be until the next drone attack or shot ship in the waters off Yemen by them turban head camel jockeys??”
Probably the next time a cargo ship refuses the Houthi’s toll-for-passage to use the canal.
I don't use the term riff raff lightly. The Houthi are nothingness fronting for Iran.
The Haditha port fire is a message directly to Iran. Iran should be very, very worried about their exposed and defenseless oil export terminal that is in easy reach of Israeli war planes
The report I had was that there was 36 fighters, mostly F35s, and 8 sorties.
Bibi went for the Kill Shot while JoBlinken went for the pinpricks. should spice up the JoeBibi Tuesday meeting.ha!
The report I saw said 12. I guess that was only one of several sorties.
It was a very strong message.
The Russians had their best in Yemen.
They can barely project their power 100 miles from their own border, in the land of their cousins. They are way out of their depth in the Middle East.
WOW!! That is a target rich environment but it will probably buff out.
A Russian hypersonic missile battery and crew buried and reinforced in the Yemeni desert is something the Russians can do all day long, everyday, today and yesterday and there’s not a damned thing, short of nukes, the U.S. can do about it. Sand in the middle of the desert doesn’t explode and burn like an oil depot. This battery can sink an aircraft carrier within 800 or 900 miles of it. It can put a 1000 pound warhead anywhere in Israel with pinpoint accuracy. The battery’s missiles defeat all western air defense, ALL of it. The lesser Iranian ballistic missiles that the Houthis might be targeting any day are also available. Those 8 or 10 launched at Israel’s most secure airbase and intell center shredded the “iron dome”. Bibi playing with fire again.
Houthi/Houthis, sorted, selections:
Right now the Iran and Russian backed Hamas are conducting a massive social media propaganda campaign against the Saudi government with cartoons depicting starving skeletal Gazans next to feasting Saudis, and other nonsense.
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