Red Sea / Houthi rebels situation

[alchal]

Does anyone getting the sinking feeling that we're getting ourselves slowly drawn into an escalating conflict?

Started with the west and limp wristed response to Russia.

If Iran/Russia haven't planned all this I'll eat my hat.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Started with the west and limp wristed response to Russia.

If Iran/Russia haven't planned all this I'll eat my hat.

It's not like they didn't advertise it.

Vladimir Putin’s jihad against the West

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared jihad against the West in a recent speech delivered at the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow. In demagoguing his twisted modern-day version of the Atlantic …

thehill.com

 

[SPG]

Iran will be squished very quickly, don't forget they have a population that is ripe for rebellion, a few key strikes to take out the Police, Army, Religious, Security, supreme guard and its pretty much done for. Its set up so each little sect is constantly scrambling against each other. Jack Straws book on Iran is very good.

I am more concerned of Sunak trying to pull a Maggie and win another election due to a war that could have been avoided.

 

[Freakbro]

No we had nukes. If by skilled politicians you mean Kennedy, Nixon, Johnson (Lyndon B) and Breznev, Kruschev, Andropov et al. They were all **** scared of the bomb, skill did not come into it.

History goes back a little longer than the 60's and 70's dude

 

[Neil79]

What "news" and what "military guy"?

Sky News as for the Millitary guy, I don't keep a recollection of all the names in the Army or the Government

 

[JonRGV250]

You want to use the Royal Navy and its weapons to sink the small boats in the channel? Man that is some cold ****. Also just about as criminal as it gets.

Even with your over fertile and rather excitable imagination, it’s quite a stretch to come up with that conclusion.

 

[SupraWez]

I am more concerned of Sunak trying to pull a Maggie and win another election due to a war that could have been avoided.

If we are at war then the election can be delayed

 

[jpaul]

Need to go and fill up the car quick , before the Saudis/opec decide they will not increase supply, maybe lock in a fixed energy deal too.

Boris's over zealous support of Ukraine itself was a politically advantageous war diversion - trumped by partygate.

 

[cu3ed]

So...attack on tankers...markets remained largely flat, we do more to secure the shortest route...energy price shoot up lol's

 

[Stumble Bum]

You want to use the Royal Navy and its weapons to sink the small boats in the channel? Man that is some cold ****. Also just about as criminal as it gets.

Christ, all he said was the word 'police'. How the hell have you jumped straight to sink small boats in the channel?

 

[SPG]

Oh great another Tory government for X amount of months (but knowing our Tory ineptitude in trying to keep to plan) years....

/Joy.

 

[Roar87]

Any government would be taking the same action apart from one led by Jeremy Corbyn, this isn't a Rishi Sunak or Tory thing, there's an Islamic fundamentalist group attacking international shipping - that can't be simply ignored. I'm not sure bombing them will achieve the objective, personally I'd send in an expeditionary force and clear them out, but that would take a pair of balls that the current US administration is lacking.

 

[SPG]

Ground wars are dirty and it wont be nice reading at home..... Needs the UN to step in tbh.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Any government would be taking the same action apart from one led by Jeremy Corbyn, this isn't a Rishi Sunak or Tory thing, there's an Islamic fundamentalist group attacking international shipping - that can't be simply ignored. I'm not sure bombing them will achieve the objective, personally I'd send in an expeditionary force and clear them out, but that would take a pair of balls that the current US administration is lacking.

Interesting to hear the Kremlin position. Diverting attention away from Ukraine would work in Putin's favour.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

So...attack on tankers...markets remained largely flat, we do more to secure the shortest route...energy price shoot up lol's

I think that was a result of the Iranian oil tanker being seized.

 

[alchal]

Ground wars are dirty and it wont be nice reading at home..... Needs the UN to step in tbh.

Lol UN , they are useless.

 

[mburn_83]

Need to go and fill up the car quick , before the Saudis/opec decide they will not increase supply, maybe lock in a fixed energy deal too.

Boris's over zealous support of Ukraine itself was a politically advantageous war diversion - trumped by partygate.

Wouldn’t the Saudis be in favour of these strikes?

 

[Narj]

Wow Russia really does have some brass neck calling out the UK and US for the attack!

https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-requests-un-security-council-meeting-after-us-britain-strike-yemen-2024-01-12/

 

[bingham67]

Here in the US, President Biden is coming under pressure from members of his own party’s left flank, who are unhappy that Congress wasn’t asked for approval before the strike.

Dosnt need approval to wage a war but cant ban guns just like that good old Emerica!

 

[VincentHanna]

Wow Russia really does have some brass neck calling out the UK and US for the attack!

https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-requests-un-security-council-meeting-after-us-britain-strike-yemen-2024-01-12/

They just troll constantly