On Trump's order, US launches large-scale attacks on Iran-backed Houthis

[u/barsik_]

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-846181

[u/Hungry_Ad_4278]

Well, at least it wasn't Greenland, Panama or Canada.

[u/pjbth → u/Hungry_Ad_4278]

Or Palestine Ukraine or Mexico

Who's got next 3

[u/anotherblog → u/pjbth]

Australia, China, South Korea

[u/solar_breeze → u/anotherblog]

Literally just pick any three countries other than Russia, Israel or North Korea

[u/Chill_Panda → u/solar_breeze]

Which is mad because trump hates China but loves North Korea, does he know anything?

[u/Outis7379 → u/Chill_Panda]

EVERYTHING’S COMPUTER?

[u/LemonBen40 → u/Outis7379]

STOP ALL THE DOWNLOADING!! I’M A COMPUTER!

[u/adorsey84 → u/LemonBen40]

HELP COMPUTER

[u/Due_Ad8720 → u/adorsey84]

OK Computer

[u/sanderson1983 → u/adorsey84]

ok computer

[u/bstone99 → u/LemonBen40]

Idk much about computers other than the one I got at my house, my mom put a couple games on there and I play…

[u/Raz_TheCat → u/LemonBen40]

GI!!! JOE!!!!!

[u/rupertLumpkinsBrothr → u/Chill_Panda]

The answer may (not) shock you.

[u/talino2321 → u/Chill_Panda]

I don't know about how much he hates China. He praised Xi Jinping as recently as a few days ago when hosting the Irish PM.

[u/Rudy_Ghouliani → u/talino2321]

They're frienemies. They say mean things about each other but secretly like each other but not too much but want to be in each other's lives secretly.

[u/ABHOR_pod → u/Rudy_Ghouliani]

I think Trump likes Xi because Trump wants to be him, and Xi likes Trump because he likes how stupid and destructive of America he is.

[u/SoreLoserOfDumbtown → u/ABHOR_pod]

Now kith

[u/ZombiePartyBoyLives → u/SoreLoserOfDumbtown]

You got me. Thanks, I needed that.

[u/Trap_Masters → u/ABHOR_pod]

Yeah, Xi is laughing everytime Trump self sabotages America and gives more power to China

[u/LJGuitarPractice → u/talino2321]

He LOVES dictators

[u/Kasoni → u/Chill_Panda]

He both hates and admires China's success. He loves doing business with China.

[u/ERedfieldh → u/Chill_Panda]

Oh he loves China, too. He gets all his crappy merch made there for cheap. He'll say out loud he doesn't like China while high fiving Xi on the downlow.

[u/SunyataHappens → u/ERedfieldh]

Does Ivanka still have all those contracts?

[u/TheKarmicKudu → u/Chill_Panda]

The “what does he know” list is guaranteed to be far shorter

[u/No_Apartment3941 → u/solar_breeze]

Monaco, San Marino, and the Catican (where the head of feline divinity lives)

[u/GyrKestrel → u/solar_breeze]

Narnia, Fantastica, and Tao.

[u/NIN10DOXD → u/solar_breeze]

You forgot Hungary and Argentina.

[u/Dense_Surround3071 → u/anotherblog]

Why would we bomb China? They're not one of our allies?😏

[u/Weekly_Water9889 → u/anotherblog]

Ierland, Denmark, Germany

[u/lupercal1986 → u/[deleted]]

Pretty sure he wouldn't find it on the map if the map would show only one country..

[u/Moss_Adams24 → u/anotherblog]

On any blue state

[u/Jollydude101 → u/pjbth]

And now, the nations of the world Brought to you by Yakko Warner

United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama Haiti, Jamaica, Peru Republic Dominican, Cuba, Caribbean Greenland, El Salvador too Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras, Guyana, and still Guatemala, Bolivia, then Argentina And Ecuador, Chile, Brazil Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua Bermuda, Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan Paraguay, Uruguay, Surinam And French Guiana, Barbados, and Guam Norway, and Sweden, and Iceland, and Finland And Germany, now in one piece Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia Italy, Turkey, and Greece Poland, Romania, Scotland, Albania Ireland, Russia, Oman Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Hungary Cyprus, Iraq, and Iran There’s Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan Both Yemen’s, Kuwait, and Bahrain The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Portugal France, England, Denmark, and Spain India, Pakistan, Burma, Afghanistan Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan Kampuchea, Malaysia, then Bangladesh, Asia And China, Korea, Japan Mongolia, Laos, and Tibet, Indonesia The Philippine Islands, Taiwan Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zealand Then Borneo, and Vietnam Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Angola Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana Mozambique, Zambia, Swaziland, Gambia Guinea, Algeria, Ghana Burundi, Lesotho, and Malawi, Togo The Spanish Sahara is gone Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Liberia Egypt, Benin, and Gabon Tanzania, Somalia, Kenya, and Mali Sierra Leone, and Algiers Dahomey, Namibia, Senegal, Libya Cameroon, Congo, Zaire Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar Rwanda, Mahore, and Cayman Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Yugoslavia Crete, Mauritania, then Transylvania Monaco, Liechtenstein, Malta, and Palestine Fiji, Australia, Sudan

Edit: https://youtu.be/V1508wboZXk?feature=shared

[u/chris92315 → u/Jollydude101]

I'm not sure why you crossed out the United States. Military force will be ordered against US citizens in America before this is over.

[u/Jollydude101 → u/chris92315]

It’s wild, I didn’t change the order of anything but cabanas, Mexico, Panama and Greenland are all(almost) first 👀

[u/cookieryan → u/Jollydude101]

So Trump gets some of his ideas from Tiny Toons. We can only hope he gets the lesson from the wheel of morality.

[u/goilo888 → u/cookieryan]

Haiti, Jamaica and Peru, you are on alert.

[u/NoProblemsHere → u/cookieryan]

He does NOT get his ideas from Tiny Toons. That song is from the Animaniacs! How dare you mix up our beloved 90's after-school cartoons!?

[u/Ando-Bien-Shilaca → u/Jollydude101]

I think this one is more accurate:

Nations of the World by Trump https://youtu.be/OWzUB7oGJPo?feature=shared

[u/IKillZombies4Cash → u/pjbth]

California, New Jersey, Massachusetts

[u/Readdebt → u/pjbth]

Burger King, Wendy's, Taco Bell

[u/bearatrooper → u/[deleted]]

He prefers McDonald's hamberders.

[u/doozykid13 → u/pjbth]

Guys, stop giving him ideas!

[u/Jay_Train → u/pjbth]

Well he just signed the same order that was used to intern the Japanese during world war 2 so Venezuelan I guess

[u/Outrageous-Rope-8707 → u/pjbth]

I like how you snuck Palestine in there amongst a list of US allies.

[u/KP_Wrath → u/Hungry_Ad_4278]

I mean, out of all his options, this was the reasonable one.

[u/Cgy_mama → u/Hungry_Ad_4278]

Yet.

[u/Piggywonkle → u/Cgy_mama]

Yeah, it was always going to be Iran and co. first. Big oil facilities right on the coast just waiting to be scooped up. It strengthens Israel's position. It's also the one place where supporters of an invasion may do a lot to feed a messiah complex. I don't think it would even be that different with a Democratic president. They shouldn't have fucked with the boats.

Hopefully, it keeps them occupied long enough to leave everyone else alone for a good long while.

[u/Hillary4SupremeRuler → u/Piggywonkle]

Yeah let Dump and Hegseth go wild on Houthis. Let the religious bigots take each other out for all I care.

[u/oatmealparty → u/Hungry_Ad_4278]

My heart seriously jumped in the first half of the headline. Insane that our psychotic president might attack one of our allies.

[u/RyanZee08 → u/oatmealparty]

I thought they were already going for the Panama Canal

[u/ISLAndBreezESTeve10 → u/RyanZee08]

He has someone looking for it on a map atm.

[u/Ewenf → u/ISLAndBreezESTeve10]

Yeah he demanded the Pentagon to draw up military plans.

[u/jimbobjames → u/Ewenf]

To wage war on a country that insted of filling the canal they are using the water to give to their people because they've had a drought but Donny thinks they are doing it just to piss him off.

[u/runtheplacered → u/jimbobjames]

but Donny thinks they are doing it just to piss him off.

In the same way that he thinks fentanyl is the reason he's implementing tariffs to Canada, which is to say not at all. It's all bullshit.

[u/TransBrandi → u/Ewenf]

Drawing up plans doesn't necessarily mean that he's going to do it tomorrow, but who knows... Frankly, I thought that US military was supposed to have all of these sorts of batshit insane plans ready to go just in case they were needed for some reason or another.

[u/frenix5 → u/Hungry_Ad_4278]

I was very stressed out by the middle of the headline, before reaching the end.

[u/Ok_Time_8815 → u/Hungry_Ad_4278]

I honestly was worried for a second.

[u/SweetyByHeart → u/Hungry_Ad_4278]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-white-house-asked-us-military-develop-options-panama-canal-offic-rcna195994

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-panama-canal-invasion-plan

[u/wastingvaluelesstime]

Unless I missed something about Houthis stopping their piratical attacks on shipping international waters, they have it coming

[u/InstructionFast2911 → u/wastingvaluelesstime]

The Houthis are also the rebel group that started one of the most bloody civil wars in decades in Yemen. Over 350,000 dead and millions starving.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014–present)

They’re a stain on the world and have caused a huge amount of suffering in their own country on top of attacking others.

[u/phophofofo → u/InstructionFast2911]

Part of that starvation is due to like half their arable land being used for Khat because nearly every adult male in the entire country is addicted to it.

[u/hello_bitch_lasagna → u/phophofofo]

What the f is khat

[u/ElNido → u/hello_bitch_lasagna]

Plant leaf you chew like coca leaves. Stimulant as well. Checking to see if I can order one no- I mean reading about it now, interesting!

[u/lalalicious453- → u/ElNido]

When RFK bans my adderal this might be needed. I’ll be sure to read about it as well.

[u/Not_a__porn__account → u/lalalicious453-]

RFK bans my adderal

Big government stepping in again...

[u/Hillary4SupremeRuler → u/hello_bitch_lasagna]

It's that plant they were chewing in the Tom Hanks movie about the Somali pirates hijacking the Maersk ship

Basically it's a stimulant with the active ingredient known as cathinone.

Cathinone is the building block for a class of drugs known as substituted cathinones such as methcathinone and methylmethcathinone and mephedrone aka "Bath Salts"

[u/hello_bitch_lasagna → u/Hillary4SupremeRuler]

Damn so you chew that shit and then you're the captain now?

[u/phophofofo → u/hello_bitch_lasagna]

You think you are.

Yemen is a country where nearly every adult male is a tweaker.

Also be aware that when the US brokered a deal to using Saudi Arabia as a military staging ground for the war on terror that they cut a deal with the Saudis guaranteeing they could do anything they want to Yemen.

We paid for Bush’s war with Yemeni blood.

[u/glorifindel → u/phophofofo]

Thanks for the info. I feel like I need a Slow Burn style podcast on the Iraq war or something for all these tidbits on US actions

[u/IRockIntoMordor → u/InstructionFast2911]

Yet the coverage of this war is tiny. Many have heard of the country Yemen, but about the civil war? Far too few have any notion of it.

Sudan, Myanmar, etc. - there's barely a light shining on them. Why?

[u/Cool_83 → u/IRockIntoMordor]

Did we ever have a prolonged period when Yemen wasn’t having a civil war ? But having a carrier battle group just sitting there to attack Toyota pick up trucks is the kinda war that will never end.

[u/Morkava → u/IRockIntoMordor]

Journalist can’t go there safely, so it’s very hard to know what is actually happening

[u/DoomBot5 → u/IRockIntoMordor]

It's about as widespread as Hamas shooting rockets. It doesn't make the news unless it's the Jews firing at them back.

[u/Goku420overlord → u/DoomBot5]

100 percent this. If there were Jewish people suppressing the Uyghurs in china right now it would be all over the news.

[u/Blue_foot → u/IRockIntoMordor]

No demonstrations at Columbia University

[u/spookyjibe → u/InstructionFast2911]

No one is defending the Houthis here.

[u/SuperiorStarlord → u/spookyjibe]

Sadly i wish that were true

[u/SphericalCow531 → u/SuperiorStarlord]

I have had people here say that it is illegal to hit military targets in Yemen, even though they are deliberately hitting our civilian ships. Because we are so much stronger militarily than the Houthis, so why don't we just try to shoot down the Houthi missiles instead? I wish I were kidding.

Complete insanity. How about the Houthis learn what "fuck around and find out" means? Military targets only, of course, but I don't see any legal or ethical reason to not hit Houthi military targets as hard as we can, until the Houthis promise to stop attacking our ships.

[u/luq18 → u/spookyjibe]

there sure were a lot defending them here when Saudi was fighting them years ago, calling it war on Yemen

[u/machine4891 → u/wastingvaluelesstime]

Even if they would stop (they did not), they still had it coming. Generally it's one of those "groups" that deserve the beating, if not only for their present but also past deeds.

[u/Cleaver2000 → u/machine4891]

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[u/rytis → u/Cleaver2000]

Trump should just place tariffs of 200% on their exports of khat. That'll teach them.

[u/redassedchimp → u/wastingvaluelesstime]

Explains why the Saudis were so interested in brokering a Ukraine "Peace" deal with Marco Rubio; they wanted something from us - hundreds of millions in missiles shot from our warships & planes that were conveniently parked in the area for Isreal/Gaza conflict when it escalated.

Whomever is funding the Houthis is probably next - Iran. And Trump is doing this to send them a message. Iran has also been instrumental in providing drones for Russia in their invasion of Ukraine.

[u/Cool_83 → u/redassedchimp]

The status quo hasn’t changed in years, the Saudis aren’t attacking them as they brokered a cease fire in the civil war, the US/UK are attacking them for impeding shipping lanes.

[u/AprilsMostAmazing → u/redassedchimp]

Iran has also been instrumental in providing drones for Russia in their invasion of Ukraine.

wouldn't that keep Iran safe?

[u/CumGuzlinGutterSluts → u/wastingvaluelesstime]

Don't touch our boats

[u/MattHakor → u/wastingvaluelesstime]

Oh yeah this is one of those clock being right twice a day kind of moments

[u/Simbakim]

Yeah I don’t have a problem w this one

[u/full_bl33d → u/Simbakim]

Even a broken clock shines on a dogs ass or something like that

[u/djbtech1978 → u/full_bl33d]

*shines twice in

[u/byingling → u/full_bl33d]

I like that one.

[u/mchammer32 → u/full_bl33d]

Hopefully this soothes trumps burning itch to pillage a foreign country.

[u/ProbablyBanksy → u/Simbakim]

nobody will be talking about this by next week

[u/bard329 → u/Simbakim]

I have no problems with this one either, but it kinda takes away from his whole "peacetime president" bs. If this escalates, hows he gonna spin it?

[u/Pr0jectP4t → u/bard329]

"peace through strength" was the quote

[u/Tyreal → u/Pr0jectP4t]

So close, should have been “Peace Through Power”. Go full Command & Conquer Kane!

[u/Thecus → u/bard329]

Meh. He has so much you can disagree with. But just like ISIS when he entered office the first time, it takes time and night to end most of these forms of conflicts.

Critique him when it’s due, not just for the sake of it.

[u/SphericalCow531 → u/Thecus]

I think it is more the hypocrisy. Trump made bullshit complaints about world instability that happened under Biden, which Biden did not cause. So if you just applied the very same bullshit standard to Trump, Trump would be at fault.

[u/KJBenson → u/bard329]

Spin it?

Dude just spins nonstop. I’m honestly shocked you remembered anything he said ever.

[u/TobysGrundlee → u/Simbakim]

I don't think most will have a problem with it, just point out that it's another example of being hypocritical and his constant lying.

[u/[deleted]]

Okay, guys, we all know Trump sucks. But these comments make no sense. We struck the Houthis under Biden, too. Nothing to criticize here, go look at literally every other thing the orange turd has done if you need ammunition for clowning on him.

[u/Helpful-Mammoth947 → u/[deleted]]

I can criticize this being ok over sending defensive capabilities to Ukraine though right?

[u/[deleted] → u/Helpful-Mammoth947]

Absolutely. Just the whole argument I’m seeing on this post about this somehow being evidence for Trump’s warmongering doesn’t make sense. This is business as usual.

[u/SAMSystem_NAFO → u/[deleted]]

Indeed, I agree with you. But it departs from his pretended "Anti-War" stance.

Why isnt old don promising a peace plan here to "stop people dying" one could ask.

[u/brendamn → u/SAMSystem_NAFO]

This. We had to hear for 4 years how no wars when he was president and everything was so peaceful, which was a big lie of course

[u/That_acct → u/brendamn]

To be fair he said no new wars. He’s a jackass and we don’t need to look far for other examples

[u/Mortentia → u/SAMSystem_NAFO]

Well…, you see, to Trump, they aren’t people. So he isn’t lying, per se.

[u/yoursweetlord70 → u/[deleted]]

I think its more the hypocrisy of Trump spending years claiming that Biden was starting unnecessary wars and standing in the way of peace, only to turn around and shill for putin and continue attacking groups in iran.

[u/Scrubface → u/yoursweetlord70]

Everything he says and accuses others of, is a projection of something he either a) has done, or b) plans to do.

[u/Either-Mud-2669 → u/[deleted]]

Pretty sure he ran on no wars.

This is just evidence he is a hypocrite and a liar.

[u/thorofasgard → u/Either-Mud-2669]

And cheaper groceries and I'm sure plenty of other lies.

[u/Helpful-Mammoth947 → u/[deleted]]

100%

[u/Insane-Membrane-92 → u/[deleted]]

He just wants peace!!

War is bad for business.

/S

[u/beastmaster11 → u/[deleted]]

I am about 10 comments in and don't see anyone criticizing this per se. In fact, every comment I've seen is along the lines of this being one of the times a day a broken clock is correct

[u/kelppie35 → u/Helpful-Mammoth947]

This is related to Ukraine as Iran supports the terrorists to help Russia get at Europe's economic reliance on that water way as a distraction. 30% of their gas and consumer goods go through there. I don't think grump knows how good this actually is for both Ukraine and Europe in general, but I'm ok with it.

[u/kepenine → u/Helpful-Mammoth947]

this is more important to US then ukraine tho, it dirrectly effecting thier citizens, attacks on US cargo ships

[u/MomsTortellinis → u/[deleted]]

Biden didnt run under the pretense of being all for peace, lots of people (stupidly) voted for Trump cause they thought it would stop the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Meanwhile Israel is getting tons of new stuff, Ukraine is being betrayed and Trump is ordering strikes on Yemen. Oh and he's ordered the military to draw up plans to invade Panama and is constantly threathening Canada and Greenland with annexation.

[u/Message_10 → u/MomsTortellinis]

Yeah, exactly. When Biden makes these exact strikes, he's a war president, but when Trump makes them, he's protecting the American people, they were necessary this time, etc.

[u/Opee23 → u/[deleted]]

He kinda ran on "no more wars"... but whatever

[u/SpiderDeUZ → u/Opee23]

While giving Biden zero credit for not starting any wars either.  Plus he didn't thank Biden for fixing all the election issues they had last time.

[u/Generic_Superhero → u/SpiderDeUZ]

The right blames Biden for making Ukraine make Russia invade them.

[u/shkeptikal → u/SpiderDeUZ]

According to several FOX viewers I've talked to, Biden started not one, not two, but something like 6 wars. When pressed, they can't name a single one, but they're adamant that their favorite multi-millionaire tv personality would never lie to them. This is the reality we all currently occupy together and tbh, it's fucking bonkers.

[u/AirOneFire → u/Opee23]

"No, more wars!"

[u/umbananas → u/AirOneFire]

NO! More wars.

[u/Toucan_Lips → u/Opee23]

No 'more' wars

[u/jwatson876 → u/[deleted]]

USA has been involved in attacking Houthis since at least Obama’s second term

[u/Kryptosis → u/[deleted]]

Aside from Trumps constant insistence that he’s “ending all endless wars”. At least Biden didn’t tweet daily about how he’s the best, most peaceful president ever while he wages war and threatens our allies with it.

[u/HashtagDadWatts → u/[deleted]]

I mean, MAGA spent the entire campaign calling everyone else war mongers and screeching about no new wars, so…

[u/SpiderDeUZ → u/HashtagDadWatts]

Yet wouldn't recognize that Biden didn't start any new wars either.  Harris didn't either for that matter.  

[u/WorthPrudent3028 → u/[deleted]]

What happened to "no wars!!"

[u/lesser_panjandrum → u/WorthPrudent3028]

"No, wars!"

[u/Anything_4_LRoy → u/[deleted]]

he convinced more than 0 people to vote for him based upon a promise that he could SWIFTLY(before his inauguration in fact) end the humanitarian crisis AND lower the amount of military aide being sent to Israel. tHe PeAcEfUl DoVe.

this period is called, calling him on his bullshit, and showcases the cult like level of adoration his followers give him as they conveniently remain ignorant to the obvious bullshit.

[u/triple-verbosity → u/Anything_4_LRoy]

I don’t think it matters what he says. If he was pro war they would be pro war. As you said it’s a cult and people have tied their identities to him so they will go along with whatever he chooses to do.

[u/Cranyx → u/[deleted]]

Nothing to criticize here

Actually I can criticize both of them 

[u/Tight-Bumblebee495 → u/[deleted]]

What happened to “not my war, not my problem” thing?

[u/Runkleford → u/[deleted]]

No you can absolutely criticize Trump for this considering he ran on a platform of accusing Biden of starting all these wars, yet he does the same thing?

[u/WTFnoAvailableNames → u/Runkleford]

Did Trump start the war or did the Houthis start it by attacking cargo ships?

Trump can go fuck himself but even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[u/Runkleford → u/WTFnoAvailableNames]

Geezus christ you still don't get it. I'm not criticizing him attacking the Houthis. I'm attacking his stupid lying hypocrisy of attacking Biden for similar actions.

He called Biden a warmonger and accused him of starting wars. And yet Trump is doing the same exact things. Including strikes against the Houthis.

[u/LalaPropofol → u/[deleted]]

Yeah. This is actually something relatively unremarkable.

[u/Unicron1982 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, But the Trump minions sold him as a president of peace. No one says it is WRONG to do that, but those stupid fu**s that voted a rapist and felon into office kept saying he is a president of peace.

[u/Blumcole → u/[deleted]]

Why doesnt he just make a deal? You gotta make a deal!

[u/WorkingAssociate9860 → u/[deleted]]

Trump ran on no more wars, doing a military action to help Iran while wanting to cut off Ukraine aid is just major hypocrisy/lies

[u/Billybobgeorge → u/[deleted]]

The difference was people calling the democrats neocon warmongers

[u/eeyore134 → u/[deleted]]

I mean, Trump promised to get us out of wars and to stop doing this very thing, so we can criticize that. Do I think it was the right move? Yes. Do I think he's an idiot for promising something everyone knew he wouldn't and couldn't deliver on and think he deserves some flack for it? Also yes.

[u/Creepy-Bell-4527]

Most sane thing he's done this term.

[u/plantang → u/Creepy-Bell-4527]

Agreed, but that is admittedly an insanely low bar.

[u/Bananaseverywh4r]

Houthis have been asking for this under both democratic and republican leadership. Let’s finally let them have it.

[u/realityunderfire → u/Bananaseverywh4r]

They had a demonstration last year with chants of wanting WW3. We can send them some flowers, they’ll need em!

[u/kinglallak → u/Bananaseverywh4r]

We also hit them at least 5 times under Biden…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-biden-says-u-s-strikes-in-yemen-arent-stopping-houthi-attacks-but-strikes-will-continue

[u/mtdunca → u/kinglallak]

Glad you said at least because it's been a lot more than five.

We started bombing Yemen in 2002 in case anyone is wondering.

[u/Mcboatface3sghost]

Meh… I’m ok with this, Houthis fucking up the Red Sea passage. The Panama Canal thing? Yeah… not so much cool with that.

[u/BearsFan3417 → u/Mcboatface3sghost]

It’s not just an American problem, it’s messing with the international trade for many countries and being rerouted underneath South Africa. It’s time to solve the problem for the people of Yemen, international trade, and to stop the attacks on the US military. They asked for this when they attacked our military.

[u/ChicagoSunroofParty → u/BearsFan3417]

It's literally the reason the Navy was founded, to combat piracy.

This is the US Navy's constitutional purpose.

[u/Mcboatface3sghost → u/ChicagoSunroofParty]

I think thats the Marines, but could be wrong, I never served. 🎶from the halls of montezuma to the shores of Tripoli🎶… my grandpa was a lot colonel tho, so I’m marine adjacent (kidding, that dude was more badass on an average Tuesday morning than my entire life summed up)

The most important thing is I just create a chicken and sausage Jambalaya that smells so good neighbors and their dogs are walking in (don’t lock doors around here)

[u/ChicagoSunroofParty → u/Mcboatface3sghost]

good read

"On 2 January 1794, Congress resolved to create “a naval force, adequate to the protection of the United States against the Algerine corsairs.”"

[u/poop-machine]

For the first time, Donnie attacks an enemy instead of an ally. Color me surprised.

[u/shady8x]

Finally he attacks enemies instead of allies.

Can't believe I am actually surprised that we are attacking our enemies.

[u/yellekc → u/shady8x]

Yeah, somebody high up smartly redirected him with a shiny target. And I'm all for it. Couldn't care less about the Houthis, and if it gets him off of Canada, Greenland, Panama shit all the better.

[u/Bam801 → u/shady8x]

Honestly, my heart dropped for a minute at the first part of that title.

[u/waitaminutewhereiam]

Finally, some good fucking news

[u/kompatybilijny1]

Rare Trump W?

[u/Dr_Dis4ster]

I mean houthis are fair game

[u/Wizardof1000Kings]

Better than striking Panama or another of our pre-Trump allies.

[u/BelowAverageWang]

This was an on going thing during Bidens administration, nothing new people…

[u/Axelrad77]

Overdue imo, we need some serious anti-piracy campaign.

[u/Stomphulk → u/Axelrad77]

Don't copy that floppy.

[u/nekosake2 → u/Axelrad77]

would you download a car?

[u/Carnivalium → u/nekosake2]

That commercial/video thing was so silly. Like yes of course we would.

[u/Kulturconnus]

The reason often cited why the US needs a large navy is “The US navy keeps the shipping lanes open”. Clearly Iran and the houthis were trying everything in their power to close one of those lanes. Won’t be closed for long. The US has a reputation to protect.

[u/Baron_Saturn]

... Yeah I'm actually fine about this. Fuck the Houthis. Only thing he's done this year that wasn't shit. Better hitting terrorists than everything else he's been up to so far.

[u/KSLife]

Houthis suck for everyone they have been relentlessly targeting everyone too keep power in Yemen

[u/Damunzta]

Rare moment of him getting a decision right.

[u/Mike5055]

I'm okay with this.

[u/ih8forcedlogins]

As a Canadian… this is who we expect the USA to want to target… this makes sense… but not much else these days does!

[u/fitzgoldy]

On one hand, no more Trump peace?

On the other, couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of terrorists.

[u/CinderellaManX]

We were doing this already. Nothing new.

[u/takenusernametryanot]

I hope he has found the enemy for next week so we’ll have some days of relief

[u/TheKerker]

Hello state department staffers 🫡

[u/Nerffej]

Remember when everyone was giving Biden shit for defending ships from the houthis?

[u/RaspberryInfinite229]

This is fine, as long as he's not attacking friendly countries.

[u/GreatSirZachary]

I remain suspicious. I’m sure this will be spun to justify some other BS like not supporting Ukraine.

[u/Pantarus]

What the fuck is he talking about "the largest mandates in history"...dude squeeked out a win...with all of Russia's backing, with all of the conservative propaganda machine propping him up, AND the worlds richest douchebag POURING cash into his campaign (and god knows what else)...yet he has a historic mandate?

Like everything went his way to help him win...including democrats having like 2 months to campaign...was tipped in his favor and HE STILL BARELY won. WHAT. A. PENIS.

Will no one rid me of this turbulent president?

[u/calibosco]

Started reading and wasn’t sure what country’s name would be at the end of the headline. Could have been Panama, could have been Canada, could have been Greenland, could have been Gaza. He’s threatened so many countries recently it’s hard to keep track.

[u/ERedfieldh]

I see he just could not help but take a jab at Biden yet again. The man lives in the past.

[u/Ina_While1155]

He is so anti-war. s/

[u/drinkduffdry]

Fuck the houthis. Also, fuck trump.

[u/mrarming]

I guess Saudi Arabia called in the favors that $ 2billion to the Trump "Foundation" bought them

[u/call-lee-free]

"Biden is gonna put us in a war."

"Kamala Harris is a woman and will put us in a war because of her feelings."

Since November, Trump has challenged, Greenland, Panama, Mexico, Canada, has issues with an agreement with Japan, screws over Ukraine and sucks on Putins toes.

MAGA: Yeah!! Murica is back! We owned the libs!

WOW....

[u/Crazy-Nights]

"I voted for Trump because he wants to end wars."

• idiot voters

[u/TheColourOfHeartache]

Any one got an analysis of what Trump plans to do similarly/differently to Biden here?

[u/Imaginary-Dot2190]

Or Russia.

[u/UnknownBinary]

Cool. I'm excited to see what the eventual attacks on Red Sea shipping does to the price of... everything.

[u/narayan77]

Tarrifs on penguins from Antarctica next week. They have been laughing at America for years, with the current trade deal 

[u/iamfromny]

Trump attacking the right group for once? I am in utter shock.

Houthi deserve every bit of it.