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Houthis, defying U.S. strikes, attempt another attack on U.S.-owned commercial ship

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The targeting of another U.S.-owned commercial ship Wednesday shows the militant group remains intent on continuing its attacks in the face of multiple rounds of U.S. military airstrikes.

The Houthis launched anti-ship ballistic missiles at the U.S.-owned, flagged and operated commercial ship Maersk Detroit as it was transiting the Gulf of Aden, according to a statement from the U.S. Central Command. The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely shot down two missiles and a third fell into the water. There were no indications of damage or injuries in the attack.

The U.S. military has been conducting airstrikes against the Houthis to degrade their capabilities since Jan.11, after several weeks of attacks on commercial ships by the militant group.

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I do think this is a strategic miss step from the Hooti Bros. Attacking global trade is the fast track to be on the wrong end of universally approved military actions .
…and I have a horrible feeling Iran might just be about to order in some Freedom & Democracy . US and UK are in election cycles, and tough looking leaders win votes .
- I'll see myself out
- I hope you’re wrong about the regime change bit, but it’s entirely possible you’re right on the money.
- Now that you mentioned the freedom and democracy order, I wonder if there's a connection with Biden sending the CIA director to Israel supposedly for peace negotiations.
- They are militant group so do you think they care, or are sophisticated to think about all this?
- Maersk said both vessels carried cargo belonging to the U.S. Defense and State Departments, as well as other government agencies, meaning they were “afforded the protection of the U.S. Navy for passage through the strait.”
- Darn Hoothi's standing up to Genocide.
  America isn't starting more wars because they can't afford it, not because they're so nice. The Hoothies can blow up Saudi's oil infrastructure which is going to make this global shipping blockade look like a complete joke in comparison.
  Ukraine and israel are draining the budget. If America starts escalating the middle east they won't be able to keep their aircraft carriers next to Taiwan. Fighting one war at a time is easy but it's starting to stack up.
  Middle Eastern issues never seem to get solved with more violence. The freedom and democracy barrage is just going to backfire as it always has.
  
  Not being able to afford it has never deterred the US from taking military action.
  
  lol Ukraine is a bargain. I think the US has spent maybe 2% of the entire military budget supplying Ukraine with weapons. In exchange we get to see the last large generation of Russians turned into fertilizer along with all of their frontline hardware.
  Israel is perfectly capable of turning the Gaza Strip into a moonscape without much support from the US.
  The US hasn’t even touched the hardware needed to take on China (long range missiles and aircraft). On top of that we now have a west that is more united than ever behind the American Hegemony.
  I think the US can afford to let a few off the chain and rain some good old fashioned freedom on a few Houthis.
  
  Comment is being reported, but I don't really see anything actionable here. My only request would be to please not minimalize the Houthi movement by calling them "Hoothies", I mean it's spelled correctly right there in the subject.
  Going down the low hanging fruit road starts butting uncomfortably close to racism and I know you didn't mean it that way.
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_movement
  
  Good points each of them, and it’s why I wonder if the US might move to conclude some of them, rather than have them nagging on .
  
  The problem so far has been that "more violence" has not been "enough violence". Apply enough and there will be a peace.
Man tankies just really infest the fediverse. I wish reality was as simple as they like to pretend it is.
- Man pinkos just really infest the fediverse. I wish reality was as simple as they like to pretend it is.
  
  Man commies just really infest the fediverse. I wish reality was as simple as they like to pretend it is.
- Saying that you support the Houthis in their efforts to stop genocide does not mean you agree with everything they stand for.
  You don't have to unequivocally support a group to encorse one specific action.
  
  Attacking civilian ships with civilian crews does nothing to stop genocide; it's just terrorism.
  
  It'd be cool if they started doing things do stop genocide. Instead of just saying it and then doing other stuff.
  
  Yes cause the houthis are Bear loving kinda of Islamist militia, right. Definitely have never engaged in the same type of actions ever/s
So instead of fucking off, they're still fucking around. Well, there's plenty of Find Out to go around.
- Oh wait, I thought your comment was about American cargo ships. I'm like "fuck yeah! That's punk rock, they should respect the protest (mostly cause the protest comes with missiles) and go around. Never cross a pocket line, bruv" but I think I misread the situation.
  
  Cool story bro
- Yeah because more military action is going to stop terrorism! Have people learned NOTHING from the Bush administration and the wars they started??
  
  What's the play to stop this then?
  
  You do realize that Americans get boners from this, right? Americans LOVE getting attacked so they can use their billions of dollars worth of weapons that they've been hoarding. Then resell it.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The targeting of another U.S.-owned commercial ship Wednesday shows the militant group remains intent on continuing its attacks in the face of multiple rounds of U.S. military airstrikes.
The Houthis launched anti-ship ballistic missiles at the U.S.-owned, flagged and operated commercial ship Maersk Detroit as it was transiting the Gulf of Aden, according to a statement from the U.S. Central Command.
The  U.S. has launched multiple rounds of two different types of airstrikes — those hitting a wider range of targets, like storage sites and radar capabilities, and also preemptive strikes aiming at Houthi missiles as they're loaded onto launchers to prepare for an attack.
But again, our hope is that we can restore security and stability to the Red Sea, and we'll continue to work toward that end," Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said this week.
The Houthis began launching these attacks in November to protest the war in Gaza, but many of the commercial ships they've targeted have no connection to Israel, U.S. officials say.
These attacks, combined with the others that Iran-backed groups are launching at U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria add to the widening tensions in the Middle East since the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas.
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The US needs to put out some "Bait Ships" where they just sail around the seas in the hope that pirates try and take it, but instead of a crew of civilians there's a military crew just waiting to strike.
- Or let’s just station a flock of Reapers over where they tend to launch so the response is fast enough to catch the perpetrators
Q: Are the airstrikes in Yemen working?
Biden: Well, when you say "working". Are they stopping the Houthis? No. Are they going to continue? Yes.
Typical US anti-terrorism policy
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The entire city of Detroit is about to ask "The fuck you doing fuckin' with our big ass ship?"
You're telling me military action doesn't stop terrorism??
- It doesn't prevent terrorism, but where the hits land it does usually stop whatever is going on.
  
  In the very short term yeah, but in the longer term it INCREASES terrorism by making it easier for terrorists to radicalize people who lost loved ones.

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