Though Iran’s Shahed cargo ship was much to slow to actually get its cargo of humanitarian aid to the Yemeni port of Hodeida during the five-day ceasefire, the ship is still heading in that general direction, riling the Pentagon.
US officials are now openly talking about the possibility of “military options” against the ship, and expressing surprise and alarm that the cargo ship has a naval escort.
This is in spite of Iran being very open, when the ship departed last week, about the fact that it was going to have a naval escort. Since the ship left in the wake of Saudi Arabia destroying the Sanaa airport to prevent aid delivery by cargo plane, it’s unsurprising they didn’t want to leave the aid ship vulnerable. Two Iranian warships are escorting it.
Iranian officials are warning any attack on the aid ship would risk starting a regional war. For Saudi Arabia, that might be seen as less a warning than an opportunity, as they’ve been salivating about the idea of parlaying the Yemen war into a more overt conflict with Iran and the rest of the Shi’ite world.
The first order of business would be to send the Saudi Oil fields up in flames.
Precisely.
…and then the transfer points where the crude is put on the ships. And then shut down the Strait of Hormuz – and see how long the rest of the world goes without Saudi oil. Of course, the House of Saud can't afford that and will undoubtedly be banging on the Pakistanis doors begging for a nuke to level Tehran…and the beginning of the end of it all for everyone – because they all want to be king of the dust pile.
US shale oil producers would love that. Right now they are all dying on the vine.War is always a profitable opportunity for speculators.
What is this US and Israeli obsession at attacking aid ships? Have they no pride or sense of morality? Aid is relief for civilians suffering from war, for God´s sake. What have we become as a nation to stoop this low? There are people suffering, where in the hell are our aid ships? Where has our sense of humanity gone? One thing has cleared up for me now; I no longer have to ask why ISIS gets so many volunteer recruits from around the world. God help us from ourselves.
"…Where has our sense of humanity gone?"
It has been replaced with rampant nationalism, the militarization of our country, and the misguided belief in American Exceptionalism…haven't you been paying attention? Oh, and the silliest of ideas that we are doing God's work – as if He, if He exists, isn't capable of handling His own affairs.
Why, yes, let's keep up our banditry.
Sooooo here we are standing by to intervene- with force- against a ship carrying aid to Yemen in support of the Houthis, who are fighting our own arch-enemy Al-Quaeda which is being supported by our ally Saudi Arabia.
So who wants to write that letter to some dead sailor's parents explaining how their son or daughter died protecting our American freedom by defending Al-Qaeda?