"Houthi is a slur and they're motivated by righteousness." t. Amerimutt Diasporoid

Americans don't know how to handle a people whose actions are motivated by righteousness not money. This is not a concept they understand...and frankly how could they? It's the antithesis of American exceptionalism https://t.co/eBb6h5rHSm

— الكسندرا ميراي🇵🇸 (@LexiAlex) July 2, 2024

Her insane response is to a bunch of senior political/defense/PMC strategerists analysts at "Generic DC Parasite Firm", impressive that sne sounds even dumber than they do.

We don't have enough military forces to pursue primacism, even under optimal conditions.

But it's also very clear military force has limited utility in addressing many of the threats we face.

Lol yes we do. Primacism is an odd choice but we

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I have a slightly different view. The US has decisive levels of military force to deal with threats like the Houthis. What we lack is the political will to inflict death and destruction sufficient to deter an enemy who is far more willing to accept both than we would be.

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5 cycles of fart-huffing later:

Bridge, it would be exceedingly ugly. We'd have to turn Yemen into a free fire zone without regard to collateral damage. We'd need to coerce NATO partners to joining the effort in earnest - they're the primary destination for the trade being interdicted as it is. We'd need enlist the Saudis as well.

We'd also need to stop all aid going into Yemen and either destroy or drive off Iranian support ships. Then be prepared to weather the inevitable international uproar all this would cause.

This is a problem that doesn't have to just be managed, it can be resolved. If we're willing to accept the consequences of taking the gloves off. And because it is a fairly permissive air environment, it can be solved without expending large numbers of critical high-performance munitions.

Has anyone - and I mean this seriously - considered simply trying to bribe the Houthis to stop shipping attacks? Not every problem needs to be solved by turning an entire country into a "free-fire zone," & I have no doubt that the US could easily outbid Tehran here.

^This set the IDPol attention-crazed zombie off