Biden says air strikes against Yemen's Houthis will continue
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The remarks come as the US confirmed a fifth round of strikes on Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen.

US President Joe Biden has said that attacks on the Houthis will continue even as he acknowledged that the group have not stopped their Red Sea attacks.

The US carried out a fifth round of strikes on Yemen on Thursday after a US ship was struck by a Houthi drone.

White House spokesman John Kirby told reporters that US forces “took out a range of Houthi missiles” that were about to be fired towards the Red Sea.

He said the American attacks took place on Wednesday and again on Thursday.

On Wednesday, a Houthi drone hit a “US owned and operated bulk carrier ship” which later had to be rescued by India’s navy. It came as the US designated the Houthis as a terrorist organisation.

“Well, when you say working are they stopping the Houthis? No,” Mr Biden told reporters in Washington DC on Thursday before he left for a speech in North Carolina.

“Are they gonna continue? Yes.”

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  • Andy@slrpnk.netEnglish
    2021·
    1 year ago

    This is so fucking stupid.

    Pros:

    • Doing so feels good/ on brand
    • Funds the military industrial complex
    • Popular among the neocons who Democrats think choose the president
    • Allows us to keep assisting with a genocide

    Cons:

    • Guaranteed to escalate
    • Costs us international influence
    • Costs us billions of dollars
    • Raises the prices of goods
    • Makes the electorate nervous and unlikely to reelect a president who seems to only oversee rising tension
    • Further entrenches the impression that we’re not actually a formidable threat if you learn basic geurilla tactics and don’t mind waiting us out
    • Further establishes our deep affection for genocide
    • Increases the likelihood of dozens of unstable and unpredictable indirect consequences
    • Oh… and strengthens the targets of our attacks and aligns with the adversaries goals

    Biden is fucking EVERYTHING up. He’s fucking up the middle east, he’s fucking up his reelection, and in turn he’s going to fuck us all right back into the Trump dimension.

    This is SO fucking stupid.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      97·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I thought one of his strong points was supposed to be foreign policy, but his stance on Israel has isolated the US and seems to be fueling chaos in the Middle East. If he wanted to just say “I’ll do what I want, I’m the president”, he could have at least had the decency to not seek reelection and doom us all.