There is no way the U.S. Navy can lead an endless flotilla to protect Israeli-linked shipping in the Red Sea. From Mike Whitney at unz.com:
The Houthis are going to prevent Israel-bound commercial ships from reaching Israeli ports as long as Israel prevents food, water and medicine from reaching Palestinians in Gaza. If Israeli leaders want to end the blockade, they need to stop killing Palestinians and end the siege. This is the simple, moral solution to the current crisis in the Red Sea.
Over the weekend, Houthi fighters launched attacks on two more commercial ships despite the presence of US warships patrolling the area. The primary target was the Maersk Hangzhou that was swarmed by small boats filled with Houthi militants who fired small arms weapons at the sailors on board. US Naval helicopters were sent to the scene and sunk three of the boats killing all of the crew.
Sometime later, the Maersk Hangzhou was attacked again in the southern part of the Red Sea. It was hit by a missile that was launched from a location on Yemen’s coastline. Following the attack, the Hangzhou made a Mayday call requesting assistance from Naval ships operating in the area. According to one account: “The vessel is reportedly seaworthy an there are no reported injuries.”
It’s worth noting, that Maersk had ordered a complete suspension of all commercial ships passing through the Red Sea just two weeks ago on December 15. Maersk had only reluctantly agreed to resume sailing because leaders at the Pentagon had assured them that they would be safe. On December 19, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin launched a multi-national maritime task-force, named Operation Prosperity Guardian, that was supposed to protect commercial ships in Red Sea from Houthi missile and drone attacks. The incidents that occurred this weekend prove that Austin’s coalition is a failure. And Maersk has tacitly admitted it is a failure by pausing all sailing through the Red Sea for the next 48 hours. We expect that the “pause” will be indefinitely extended until the issue is resolved, which is unlikely to be anytime in the near future.
Stankonia Outkast meme!
Synthesizer is a bomb track by them.
Comrade commissar Austin of Milly-Vanilly fame put together an ocean flotilla like to like stop the rebels.
The mean girls of the faculty lounge said it was like totes after a group hug and number sign exchange.
Too bad the Afghanistan free gear left behind was all land based or it could be repurposed for operation Red Sea for a festive holiday touch.
Breaking…sad trombone on the comrade allies flotilla. (LOL!)
Be all like super duper power like even after burning it all down, oh wait, comrade.
Dank memes save lives, today’s Normie is tomorrows fren and frens don’t let frens make jank memes.
Whip some up for all those who got banned from memetics.