President Biden acknowledged on Thursday that his strikes against the Houthis were not working to stop the Yemeni group but vowed they would continue anyway as the US military bombed Yemen for the fifth time within a week.
The president made the comments when asked by a reporter if his strikes against the Houthis were working. “Well, when you say ‘working’ — are they stopping the Houthis? No. Are they going to continue? Yes,” he said.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that it launched more strikes in Yemen, claiming to target Houthi anti-ship missiles. “As part of ongoing multi-national efforts to protect freedom of navigation and prevent attacks on maritime vessels in the Red Sea, on Jan. 18 US Central Command forces conducted strikes on two Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed into the Southern Red Sea and were prepared to launch,” CENTCOM said.
Later on Thursday, the Houthis said they targeted another US-owned ship, the Chem Ranger, a Marshall Island-flagged chemical tanker. The Houthis said the attack resulted in “direct hits,” but CENTCOM said in its press release on the attack that the crew “observed the missiles impact the water near the ship.”
The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, have vowed they won’t back down in the face of the US military. Ansar Allah’s leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, said Thursday that it was a “blessing” for the Houthis to be in a direct fight with the US. “We praise god for this great blessing and great honor — for us to be in a direct confrontation with Israel and America,” he said.
Since Biden ordered the first strikes against them last week, the situation in the region escalated dramatically. The Houthis are now targeting American commercial shipping, hitting two US-owned cargo ships with missiles earlier this week, and more shipping companies have suspended transits through the Red Sea. Before the US escalation, the Houthis made clear they would stop attacks on Israel-linked commercial shipping only if Israel’s onslaught in Gaza ended, but President Biden is determined to continue supporting the slaughter of Palestinians.
The US backed a Saudi/UAE-led coalition against the Houthis in a brutal war that killed 377,000 people between 2015 and 2022. During that time the Houthis only became a more formidable fighting force and developed missile and drone technology that gave them the ability to hit Saudi oil infrastructure. A ceasefire between the Saudis and Houthis has held relatively well since April 2022, and Riyadh is now calling for the US to exercise restraint in Yemen.
So, let’s see: he acknowledges that it won’t work but he must do it anyway? Isn’t this worse than doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results (in this case, he knows it won’t be different)?!
And does this not indicate where/what the important thing is here: achieving results versus just keeping CentCom busy?
“acknowledges that it won’t work but he must do it anyway? Isn’t this worse than doing the same thing over and over…”
fraid there’s a method to the madness – gambit is to win as a bush-style war-criminal president, imo…
“acknowledges that it won’t work but he must do it anyway? Isn’t this worse than doing the same thing over and over…”
fraid there’s a method to the madness – gambit is to win as a bush-style war-criminal president, imo…
bomb back better
So “build” in “build back better” was just a typo? Wow! Makes sense, Foodoo. I wonder why nobody saw it before? Reminds me of Obama’s slogan, “Yes we can.” It was short for “Yes we can” bomb 7 different countries at the same time.
Yemen’s children should make a large number of paper mache rockets, and they should be placed on potential launch sites, all up and down the coast. They could give out prizes for the ones that attract a multi million dollar Tomahawk.
Hah, reminds me of Jasper Maskelyne – fellow said to have staged elaborate ruses for the British in WW2. Great story even if only a few of his tales are true.
Yeah, as weather balloons from China, and 9/11 itself, showed – you can dupe the USA into wasting money orders of magnitude greater than you spend to make ’em do it.
“I don’t have any ideas what to do but bombing always makes me feel better”
Clare Daly tells “Butcher Biden” that his Irish ancestors disown him. ;^)
We’re talking about butcher boy, king of the cold Worriers.
To a hammer, everything looks like a nail, Uncle Sam’s tombstone.
The Yemenis have been through so much in the past decade- wars, starvation, etc…
The most formidable people are those who have nothing left to lose and a righteous cause in their eyes.
They have been at war for as long as I can remember. I remember when they defeated Egypt in the early sixties.
… while Congress sits on its hands. Worthless doesn’t begin to sum up how lousy the government, every branch, is today.
That must be because it is not a democratic government, big money owns all three branches and the free press, the 4th branch, the oxygen without which no democracy can survive.
The 4th branch is manipulating public opinion with disinformation , omissions, and lies, making the death of democracies possible.
“It’s not working.”
The criteria for almost all government programs.
“when asked by a reporter if his strikes against the Houthis were working. [Biden replied,] ‘Well, when you say ‘working’ — are they stopping the Houthis? No. Are they going to continue? Yes.'”
Jeezuz…
…Biden isn’t getting sucked into war….
…he isn’t caving to neocons…
…he isn’t revealing his warmonger essence…
…and, he isn’t just calculating he’ll lose fewer Democratic left flank votes as genocider in chief than he’d lose from the Democratic right flank by reining in Israel…
…uh-uh – slated to lose to Trump, this Democratic machine motherfukr calculates he’ll pick up Republican votes by branding himself a genocidal war president.
https://rumble.com/v47q2wr-live-new-rules-podcast-w-alastair-crooke.html
Alastair Crooke is interviewed by Dmitri Simes Jr.
Great post, thank you.
Genocide Joe lied to us.
He told reporters on Air Force One that the Houthi missile “hit a gangway” on the ship “Genco Picardy.” He said they put out the fire, no big deal. That then was the story in the US media.
But today we hear the Indian Navy had to rescue the crew from the ship, taking off all 22 crew members. Pictures show half the superstructure burned out, basically the living area, which would be why the crew had to be removed.
The ship will need to be taken away by a salvage crew. The insurance charges for this including cargo delays and ship repair and the salvage crews and the rest will be enough to stun maritime insurance into flat refusal to insure. So, the Houthis stopped trade.
So, Genocide Joe lied to us about that. What else is he lying to us about?
Great way to start a war, begin with a “credibility gap” like LBJ, and get caught right in the first days.
This is not to say that the Republicans are who anyone should be voting for, but the Democrats have lost it. Somehow they are making Republicans look like the better party. The rot is so deep in both parties that it seems nothing short of a complete financial collapse will be able to spur the American people to do some housecleaning.
The bombs are working, but the strategy isn’t.
The old demented warmonger never learns. He keeps digging the hole deeper and deeper and expects to get reelected.
The pigheaded party leadership knew the first time around that he is demented and now even more so, why do they encourage him to run?
It must be because if Trump wins, it is just as well, the donors and lobbyists will be the same. They are meeting in Davos with the corporate press and leading politicians as usual. Big money and business is in charge.
“shokran jazeelan” means “Thank-you very much” in Arabic.
Wow! Thanks for posting.
Biden says what is working is not working. Ok 😉
“Well, when you say ‘working’ — are they stopping the Houthis? No…” (Biden) said.
Mr. President, suggestion from the I.T. Crowd – “Have you tried turning the bombs off and then on again ?”
LOL.
Keep copulating with that Chicken, Uncle Joe.
“We praise god for this great blessing and great honor — for us to be in a direct confrontation with Israel and America,”
Cojones.
Nut jobs. I guess they have a death wish.