$180m worth of US military hardware is junk courtesy of the Houthis.

Right, so Donald Trump has been indicted on 34 felony accounts, but balls to that, if you didn’t already know he was a crook where have you been? Because whilst too many eyes were on the results of the hush money trial, Genocide Joe decided to bomb Yemen again all of a sudden, with Rishi Sunak following suit as fast as his little legs could carry him and why? Well handing more arms to Ukraine and allowing Israel to continue to pound Gaza doesn’t seem to be enough war for him, so with the Houthis continuing to make nuisances of themselves for pro Israel forces, not least the US itself, he’s decided to have another go at them as well. Israel is literally bombing tents at this point and not only is that fine and not crossing a red line, as far as Genocide Joe is concerned, but is aiding them once again by attacking one of the nations still determined to hold Israel to account, even if he won’t.
Right, so overnight Yemen has been struck by a joint US and UK force, the first such strike on the Houthis in 3 months, that has, according to the Associated Press killed 16 and wounded some 35 others. 13 different locations, including the Houthi occupied capita of Sanaa and the port of Aden were struck, though of the targets hit, from telecommunications towers to missile launchers, to one the Houthis boats, but the Houthis themselves drew attention to just one of them, in another port city of Hodeida, where a building that housed civilians as well as Hodeida Radio, was hit and they’ve drawn attention to this particular target because they claim all those hit there were civilians and are now promising even more retaliation against US and UK forces for having carried out this attack on them.
Let’s remember that the Houthis are only doing what they are doing because the US and the UK are doing what they are doing to aid and abet the genocide Israel is meting out in Gaza. Yemen are standing by Gaza, standing by the victims, the occupied and so here we have Western forces attacking them again, but it is not coming without cost. You see the Houthis have not only of course been making a nuisance of themselves to pro Israel forces, they’ve been doing so on the cheap and they’ve been getting better and better at it as time is going on, hence this apparent escalation in direct attacks upon them by the US and UK, the most ardent of pro Israel nations right now, both in sore need of a leadership shake up, neither looking particularly likely to do so in any meaningful way sadly.
Just yesterday, for example, a home made missile took down what was their 6th MQ-9 Reaper drone since October 7th, these things worth some $30m each and it does tickle me in a dark sort of way to imagine a couple of Houthis in a shed somewhere risking blowing themselves up to build a missile that was capable of taking one of these stupidly expensive horrible things down and they’ve done it 6 times now, hence there now being some $180m worth of US hardware, now junk, littering the Yemeni landscape. I’m sure there is a bit more to it than a bit of DIY in a back yard, but the disparity in the expense has been a running joke given the high level of success the Houthis have had.
In fact saying these drones are all now junk might not strictly speaking be true, since the latest one brought down? Well it came down almost intact, it broke near the tail section, to the point that it might be possible to now reverse engineer it, especially if the Houthis were to hand it over to Iran for example.
These Reaper drones are reputedly the deadliest on the planet, but the Houthis have brought three down this month alone! But when US governments time after time prioritise the expense of such things, so they can wage endless wars against one state or another, no nation is involved in perpetual warfare like the US, it’s little wonder there is never any money over there for universal healthcare or deal with extreme levels of poverty and deprivation.
The Houthis have been consistently underestimated and have in turn consistently overdelivered in the harassment and damage they can do against some of the mitiest militaries on the planet, on a shoestring. Sure, they have Iranian backers, the media will always introduce them as Iran backed Houthi rebels, but deliveries from them are inconsistent, risk interception and therefore in no small part what the Houthis achieve is a reflection of them and they have issued a statement in relation to this latest strike, which they have claimed is in direct response to Israel’s recent attacks on Rafah:
‘Yemen has downed yet another military drone of the US military amid it’s expanding pro-Palestine campaign in the midst of Israel’s brutal war on Gaza.
The targeted operation was carried out with a locally made surface to air missile.
A total of six drones of this type have been dismantled by Yemen since last year when Yemen launched a military campaign in support of Palestine.
The Yemeni Armed Forces, by the grace of Allah, continue to develop their defensive capabilities to confront the American-British aggression and all hostile forces.’
And so this is likely why all of a sudden, seemingly out of nowhere, because the Houthis have not been hugely prominent in western news of late, that there has been this retaliation by the US and UK.
Will they stop? Of course not. Is it just shooting down very, very expensive drones that are getting on the nerves of Genocide Joe and Co? Absolutely not. In fact this drone downing was only one part of recent Houthi attacks.
Most of their actions have of course been targeted at shipping in the Red Sea and along with now having downed 6 Reaper drones, the Houthis have targeted 6 ships in recent days with what have been referred to as ‘domestic’ missiles – more back of a garage construction then? And ballistic drones, their manufacture not discussed that I’ve seen. The six ship attacks haven’t been confined to the Red Sea either, they are now capable of striking shipping in the Arabian Sea on the Eastern side of the Arabian peninsula and also shipping in the Mediterranean Sea.
They claim to have struck the Marshall Islands flagged Laax and the Maltese flagged Morea and Sealady, all bulk carriers, in the Red Sea. They struck the Portuguese flagged Alba bulk carrier and US flagged Maersk Hartford container ship in the Arabian Sea and struck the Minerva Antonia, a Greek flagged oil tanker in the Mediterranean. The Maersk vessel denies being hit, however the Laax has sustained significant damage after being hit by 5 missiles, it was reportedly taking on water, though this was later denied and it was able to carry on towards it’s destination, which has caused of incredulity on social media, since it’s destination is Iran. The Houthis main benefactors! Why? Are they just striking any old ship now then as many have been desperately painting them as doing? Well I imagine they’d have attacked more than 6 ships myself, and although I can’t say for sure why any of these particular ships might have been targeted, you can hazard a guess and in this case, being Marshall Islands flagged, the Marshall Islands remain incredibly close to the US, reliant as they are like many small South Pacific nations for their economic prosperity, and they were one of the nine nations to vote against recognising Palestine as a state at the UN General Assembly earlier this month. Due to this US reliance, they are habitual, ‘do what America does’ voters.
So having been able to expand their areas of attack and getting better at attacking, and bringing down expensive US hardware, it’s little wonder Biden, with little Rishi Sunak riding on his coat-tails have gone into Yemen again, all guns blazing, just as they have done before, killing more people there, than the Houthis ever have as they interfere with shipping. It will again of course come to no avail. The Houthis won’t stop, they will carry on, every conflict in the region eventually seems to end when those they are fighting give up and go home because they aren’t getting any where with them. No matter how many times they get hit they just come back and again it all highlights the very simple, very easy solution to all of this, to stop the Houthis interfering with shipping now in three seas, and that is to tell Israel to get out of Gaza. Biden won’t do it, every ship that gets hit, every drone the lose, costing millions, is a price paid for one old mans pride, stupidity and misplaced loyalty.
And as I was writing this video news has broken that the Houthis have not hung around and have struck the US aircraft carrier, the USS Eisenhower in retaliation for those US-UK air strikes. They’ve now actually attacked a US military warship. No details, still too early to say if any real damage might have been done, but proof as if needed that they give no s**ts.
The name Genocide Joe is what Biden is going to be remembered for, the events surrounding Israel will define him in the history books and whilst you might be cheering his opponent, likely opponent at November’s US election, now being a convicted felon, if Biden carries on the way he does, the way he is the Middle East, with Israel, Gaza and attacking those fighting for peace ironically, an end to the genocide as is the Houthis’ aim, then that felon could be walking back into the White House later this year.
Everything the Houthis have done in recent days has been in revenge over Rafah, the whole genocide a red line for them as Biden keeps rubbing his out and redrawing them somewhere else. He might as well scribble them out and leave it for all that his red lines are worth, but get the details of his cowardice and ongoing acquiescence to Benjamin Netanyahu, despite what he is doing in Rafah on a nightly basis it seems on this video recommendation here and I’ll hopefully catch you on the next vid. Cheers folks.