Posted on 05/05/2025 9:00:54 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Houthi terrorists got a lucky shot at Israel on Sunday with a missile strike near Ben Gurion Airport, wounding four — and the IDF wasted no time in striking back at prime Houthi-held real estate in Yemen.
Details are still a bit thin, but the videos are... explosive.
Reports vary — between 30 IAF jets and up to 50 in a joint operation with the U.S. — but either way, it was big. Sorting out the discrepancy during a breaking story isn’t easy, and not even the official statements are much help.
A just-released statement from Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu seems to confirm a joint action, but without enough detail to be certain. “I can’t elaborate on all of that," Netanyahu said. "The US, in coordination with us, is also operating against them. It’s not ‘one and done.’”
“We acted before," he said, "we will act in the future too.”
Here's local video just uploaded to X and other platforms, purportedly of a Yemeni "cement factory," hit by today's airstrikes.
While I don't hold a Ph.D. in How Stuff Burns, that doesn't look to me like the way a cement factory would burn. Cement just kind of sits there, you know? That's its one job. Two, if you count "not burning" separately.
On the flip side, in a war where one side is composed of terrorists who hide their deadly missile stashes in concrete bunkers, a cement factory seems like a legitimate target.
Another legit target is Yemen's port at Hudaydah, right at the top of the list. Israel hit it four times in 2024, starting with a major airstrike in July targeting a power station, an oil refinery, and fuel storage facilities.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
If it's true that a joint USAF-IAF effort just put the port of Hudaydah out of business, that's good news. Hudaydah is the second-largest port in Yemen, and the Houthis have controlled it since 2015. So now would be a good time to remind you that the only way for Iran to keep the Houthis fully supplied with weapons is by sea.
Hootie Tooties sing this song,
Hudaydah, Hudaydah,
Hootin’ and tootin’ all day long,
Oh the Hudaydah!
(Sorry, couldn’t resist)
:)
Sounds kind of familiar but I don’t think I know that song.
Could you sing a few more bars of it?
If you are going to fight a war, those four points must be implemented when commiting brave young men to deploy and fight. The US did not implement those actions against North Vietnam. The result was tens of thousands dead and maimed young Americans.
If you are going to fight a war, those four points must be implemented when commiting brave young men to deploy and fight. The US did not implement those actions against North Vietnam. The result was tens of thousands dead and maimed young Americans.
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Margaret Thatcher once quipped “You could track the decline of the
British Empire with the invention and use of the telephone. I guess
she was implying Heretofore, commanders and viceroys in the field
ran their territories free of meddling by the home office. Pretty
much the same in WWII except for the onsight meddling later in the
game as they began deciding the political ending for the war in
Europe. By the time of Korea, we had the first instance of missions
being run out of the White House which was more than expanded under
Johnson in Vietnam. The results were disastrous.”
My snarky comment:
Politicians and bureaucrats MUST meddle to justify
their existence. Maybe we’d be better off cutting all communications
into combat theatres until the “last man standing” walks out and
calls home.
We lost Vietnam in DC.
How is it good news that we are fighting a war for Israel when Trump clearly said during his campaign that WE WOULD NOT be getting involved in foreign wars, especially in the Middle East.
Promises made promises kept, right?
:)
According to this
“According to the military, the strikes carried out by some 20 IAF fighter jets targeted Houthi infrastructure along the coast of Yemen, including at the Hodeidah port and a concrete factory near the nearby city of Bajil, some 2,000 kilometers from Israel.”
and
“The Bajil concrete factory “serves as an important economic resource for the Houthi terror regime and is used for building tunnels and military infrastructure,” the IDF said, adding that the strikes “constitute a blow to the regime’s economy and its military buildup.”
Aw, that was mean. Now the Houthis ain’t got no concrete for their magic Aladdin caves where they hide with all their cool stuff. But it’s okay. Houthis don’t care. They don’t need no stinkin’ concrete. They’ll just keep honey badgering along. And singing their song. Doo-dah, doo-dah.
RE: How is it good news that we are fighting a war for Israel
We aren’t doing this for the sake of Israel alone.
American ships are being attacked by the Houthis primarily in the following waterways:
Red Sea
Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Gulf of Aden
These areas are international shipping lanes near Yemen, where the Houthis have launched missiles and drones at both commercial and naval vessels since late 2023.
The attacks have targeted ships transiting these waters, including U.S. Navy destroyers and aircraft carriers, as well as commercial shipping.
The Red Sea, in particular, has become a conflict zone due to these frequent attacks.
Are we just going to let this happen without retaliating?
This is self-defense we’re talking about.
These posts piss me off!
When I try to comment I have to sign-up with another
website. I can’t keep track of the ones I already have!
I don’t mind senseless Adverts,
But this incessant signing in is is cutting into your traffic.
Heh heh heh
“Could you sing a few more bars of it?”
Well, if you insist:
Gonna bomb all night,
Gonna bomb all day,
We droned your aircraft carrier
And your airplane fell in the bay.
Hootie Tooties sing this song ...
Hit the big street gatherings with FAEs. Kill thousands at a time.
>> If you are going to fight a war, those four points must be implemented when commiting brave young men to deploy and fight.
Absolutely.
Stay out of wars wherever possible... but if you venture in, FIGHT TO WIN.
Arnold Schwarzkopf: “I don’t consider myself dovish and I certainly don’t consider myself hawkish. Maybe I would describe myself as owlishthat is wise enough to understand that you want to do everything possible to avoid war.”
Also Arnold Schwarzkopf: “How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.”
FRegards
Hee hee!
Remember this?
You know these Shiite frauds have their so called holy city of Qom in Iran. Where their obscured (hidden) 12th imam (clown) is buried in a well. This is why their brand of Shiism is called Twelvers.
Israel needs to hit the Qom airport with a few missiles. Also have a dud missile or two hit near the 12th Imam’s well. The wacko fundamentalist Ayatollahs will get the message to stop arming the Houthis. That I read here yesterday are the most inbred of all muslim moon godders. Which is quite an accomplishment. Inbred over countless generations means high birth defects, high numbers of mental retardations. Which the NHS (government stats) also shows for the Pakis in the UK.
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Grok3 says>>>
The claim about the 12th Imam being “buried in a well” is inaccurate and seems to stem from a misunderstanding or misrepresentation of Twelver Shia beliefs. In Twelver Shiism, the largest branch of Shia Islam, the 12th Imam, known as Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi, is believed to be in a state of occultation (ghayba), meaning he is hidden from public view by divine will but remains alive and will return as the Mahdi to bring justice before the Day of Judgment.
He is not considered buried or dead, nor is there a mainstream Twelver belief associating him with being buried in a well.
The reference to a well may be a distortion of historical accounts related to the Imam’s occultation. Some traditions mention that the 12th Imam entered occultation in Samarra, Iraq, around 874 CE, and certain sites, like the cellar of his house or a nearby shrine, are venerated by Twelvers.
The “well” could be a confused reference to a specific location in Samarra, such as the Jamkran Mosque or a well near the shrine, which holds symbolic significance for some pilgrims, but this is not a core doctrinal belief.
Twelvers are called so because they recognize twelve Imams as rightful successors to the Prophet Muhammad, starting with Imam Ali and ending with Imam al-Mahdi. The term “Twelver” (Ithna Ashari in Arabic) is simply a numerical designation based on this lineage, not related to any specific narrative about a well or burial.
If you heard this claim from a specific source or context, it might reflect sectarian polemic or misinformation, which is common in discussions about Shia beliefs. For accurate details, primary Twelver sources or scholarly works on Shia theology, like those by authors such as Moojan Momen or Wilferd Madelung, provide reliable insights. If you want me to dig into a particular source or post on X that might have sparked this, let me know!
[Grok3 says>>>
The claim about the 12th Imam being “buried in a well” is inaccurate]
Are they spinning with Grok for the Shias?
They actually drop PRAYER REQUESTS down into that well to the dead 5-year-old kid that they think is down there.
It takes a very large gas main to fire kilns in a plant making Portland cement.
I got a Social Security card from the US Post Office in Phoenix, AZ, when I was 15, and it was 1972. I lied and said that I was 17.
17 is old enough to join the military,
>>> with parents' approval. <<< (I missed that part)
Well, after getting shot down by my scamming at too young of an age because I was only 15, I DID join the military, in 1982. WOW! Realizing that it was only ten years later... from my ill attempt to sign up, to my successful hitch with Uncle Sam... CRAZY.
That was a slide and I apologize.
And now, back to our regular programming.
<> We lost Vietnam in DC. <>
When I signed up for Social Security, I had to correct the fact that I lied and said that I was born in 1955, when I was really born in 1957. I told the SSA staffer that there was a mistake, and he looked at me and said: there's no mistake.
Apparently, he had access to my original application and was essentially calling me out for my original sin, lying on my Social Security application about my birthdate/birth year. WHOOPS! The SSA was ready to start paying me social security two years before I was legally eligible.
HEY, I was trying to get to Viet Nam, no matter how naive I was at 15. Let's GO! I'm calling for an ARCH LIGHT on my command!
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