Posted on 04/02/2025 10:15:26 AM PDT by RandFan
A bipartisan pair of senators is warning the White House that recent US strikes on the Houthis in Yemen risk “emboldening” the Iranian-backed group and flouted the law regarding congressional oversight of military operations.
The letter from Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., shared first with Semafor, concerns the strikes that have made headlines recently....
“Neither the U.S. strikes since October 2023 ordered by President Joe Biden, nor the previous years-long campaign against the Houthis conducted by Saudi Arabia were successful in establishing deterrence against the Houthis,” Merkley and Paul wrote in the letter sent to President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
“Rather, these campaigns only served to embolden the Houthis and rally their recruiting base,” they added.
The military campaign against the Tehran-backed Houthis over their Red Sea shipping attacks began with strikes on March 15, and administration officials say it will be ongoing.
The administration should “explain to Congress and the American people its expected path forward given the failure of previous such efforts and statements … that the military campaign will continue and possibly expand to include military action against Iran,” the senators wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at semafor.com ...
The Uniparty wins again.
Pirates have to be dealt with. I say eradicate the bastards.
What if it’s making them stronger?
Really? You think bombing them into oblivion is a r4ecruiting tool?
Exactly. And knock it off with the kid gloves. Treat the b,astids like they are O’bama Bin Laden.
Rand Paul doesn’t count. About anything.
Israel is making sure terrorists don’t want to lead a terrorist organization—by killing them quickly.
So we just surrender the area to them?
Different for the previous admin’s “strikes” is this one removed an entire fortified mountain.
No comparison.
Don’t attack them, it’ll make them mad. /s
And hundreds of attacks that have gone unanswered doesn’t embolden these bastards? Vaporize them. And if there are more recruits, vaporize them too.
So we’re going to let the criminal go in a high speed chase to murder, rape, and kill again like the police are told to do? I’ve got a better idea. Don’t just hit them occassionally. Do it every day until they leave the shipping lines alone. And take away any money going to Iran for supporting them...all of it. Use the bombs we can stop sending to Ukraine.
wy69
Oh shut up you idiots. Yeah appeasement always works.
Please stop posting negative articles about Rand Paul. He’s not that bad a guy.
Give him a break!
>>”Good point by Rand Paul. These were Biden’s “strikes” 6 months ago what do you think of that?”
No, these weren’t Biden striked 6 months ago. Biden “strikes” weren’t designed to eliminate the Houthi’s capacity to wage war. They were designed for optics, just like Obama’s strikes against ISIS.
US has indeed been whacking Houthis every day for a couple weeks, also targeting utilities, homes and individuals, unlike past token attacks.
An example of how F-35s whacked underground Houthi missile facilities:
https://youtu.be/r7vK_Yx14j0?si=bvUgaLABY8Lik7-Z
Loosen the ROE. Drone surveillance. Follow the fighters HOME and dispatch them and all the collaborators(family) with extreme prejudice. The COST to them should be everything if they attack/trouble US interests.
I think we have some egotistical republican idiots in Congress.
>>Please stop posting negative articles about Rand Paul. He’s not that bad a guy.
ROFL! Well played.
I can’t stand Rand Paul. Showboat just like his Dad!
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