The US appears to have expanded its agreement with Ukraine to strike over the border inside Russian territory wherever Russian forces are engaging in cross-border attacks into Ukraine, not just in the Kharkiv region as was previously determined.
Edit: to be clear here, I’m not stanning for the us military, I’m suggesting the US mic would LOVE to openly contest Russian interests and are certainly itching for the opportunity. Ukraine is not that place, but Syria can be.
Edit edit the linked article doesn’t show an ass kicking, it shows a contested navel space, which it sounds like is going “just fine”, but is risky. And obviously insanely expensive.
Yes, ass kicked because US navy failed to accomplish its primary mission which was to keep the waterway open for the empire.
According to London-based shipping services company Clarksons, the number of container ships at the mouth of the Red Sea en route to or from the Suez Canal decreased by 90% in the first week of January 2024 compared to the same period the previous year.
Edit edit the linked article doesn’t show an ass kicking, it shows a contested navel space, which it sounds like is going “just fine”, but is risky. And obviously insanely expensive.
A contested naval space between US navy and a country that doesn’t have a navy. 😂
“It is every single day, every single watch, and some of our ships have been out here for seven-plus months doing that,” said Capt. David Wroe, the commodore overseeing the guided missile destroyers.
“This is the most sustained combat that the U.S. Navy has seen since World War II — easily, no question,” said Bryan Clark, a former Navy submariner and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. “We’re sort of on the verge of the Houthis being able to mount the kinds of attacks that the U.S. can’t stop every time, and then we will start to see substantial damage. … If you let it fester, the Houthis are going to get to be a much more capable, competent, experienced force.”
Ass kicked implies lost lives, lost vessels, lost territory of operation. The ships are still there, they are just busy.
It’s nothing new and nothing about the houthis or the us navy that makes mobile land launched missiles and drones a competent challenge to ships at sea.
The normal follow up would be to fuck off or start blasting the whole coast. The fact that we are seeing a third option is interesting.
No, ass kicking implies being defeated in what you set out to do which was to protect shipping. US navy failed to do its mission. It was defeated by Yemen. Blasting the whole coast was precisely what US tried to do at the start with the air strikes, and that achieved nothing. Furthermore, it’s pretty clear that US lacks the industrial capacity and supply chains to maintain this for much longer.
The US would love that, as it can counterstrike in those places with far less risk/complications
US navy certainly doesn’t sound pleased with the having its ass kicked by Yemen https://apnews.com/article/us-navy-yemen-houthis-israel-war-7a9997f9d84ac669fae69ecf819913fb
Ass kicked?, considering they have to act in a limited way currently, but if Russia ramps up it’s involvement you get this:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/world/middleeast/american-commandos-russian-mercenaries-syria.html
Or
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/you-ought-go-home-f-22-raptor-flew-under-irans-f-4-phantom-undetected-207455
Edit: to be clear here, I’m not stanning for the us military, I’m suggesting the US mic would LOVE to openly contest Russian interests and are certainly itching for the opportunity. Ukraine is not that place, but Syria can be.
Edit edit the linked article doesn’t show an ass kicking, it shows a contested navel space, which it sounds like is going “just fine”, but is risky. And obviously insanely expensive.
Yes, ass kicked because US navy failed to accomplish its primary mission which was to keep the waterway open for the empire.
https://www.worldwideerc.org/news/mobility/turmoil-in-the-middle-east-and-its-impact-on-shipping
A contested naval space between US navy and a country that doesn’t have a navy. 😂
US also spent over a billion dollars trying to attack Yemen with nothing to show for it https://en.royanews.tv/news/52092/2024-06-15
Ass kicked implies lost lives, lost vessels, lost territory of operation. The ships are still there, they are just busy.
It’s nothing new and nothing about the houthis or the us navy that makes mobile land launched missiles and drones a competent challenge to ships at sea.
The normal follow up would be to fuck off or start blasting the whole coast. The fact that we are seeing a third option is interesting.
No, ass kicking implies being defeated in what you set out to do which was to protect shipping. US navy failed to do its mission. It was defeated by Yemen. Blasting the whole coast was precisely what US tried to do at the start with the air strikes, and that achieved nothing. Furthermore, it’s pretty clear that US lacks the industrial capacity and supply chains to maintain this for much longer.
No, blasting the coast is desert storm levels of obliteration, anything less is as I said earlier “one arm behind back”.
Military Ships are still there, commercial ships are still traveling there.
Edit there’s lots to disagree on rationally, but the depth of the US mic is not anywhere close to being tapped, by ability.
US doesn’t have this capability kiddo.
What part of commercial traffic having dropped by 90% are you struggling with there?
you keep on coping
Hah ad hominems after you dodged half my original points. Cya!