Iran deploys warships off Yemen after US, Houthis trade fire

Posted by mminnick 7 years, 5 months ago to News
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About time with did that. If Iran wants to play games, I suggest they think twice. A missile lauch from one of their ships aimed at one of ours is an act of war. Not sure what the current administration would do, but some navy ship captain might react the them to kingdom come and back.
Not really, Ourt ship captains are very disciplined and would follow orders in that situation. I know they would use all appropriate countermeasures to defeat the inbound missiles.
Since I don't know the current "Rules of Engagement" I don't know what offensive action they could take, but we have always maintained a position of if fired upon , fire back, but that obviously is not the case off the coast of Yemen.
SOURCE URL: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/10/13/us-missiles-destroy-houthi-controlled-radar-sites-on-yemen-coast.html


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  • Posted by bspielb 7 years, 5 months ago
    All of this was caused by an ally that ceased being a loyal one more than a decade ago. With the American ability to project air-power far from our shores I don't believe we need the questionable relationship any longer. It was convenient when we need their oil, we do not any longer. it was convenient when we needed their airbases, we do not any longer. I think we are just wasting money propping up a country that funds Al Qaeda and ISIS. These latest action where weapons made in America but purchased and used by SA that caused a terrorist group to target American warships should be the straw that breaks the camels back.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 5 months ago
    "Show me an America with less debt, greater economic strength, and robust trade relationships across the globe, and I will show you a safer, more secure, America," said Johnson in his [University of Chicago foreign policy] speech. "Terrorism and the threat from extremists are real. But our approach to those threats must be real as well. The notion that we will someday celebrate V-I Day, Victory over ISIS, is both naive and misleading. It won't happen. What must, and I believe, will, happen is that we focus our resources on isolating the extremists, containing them, and starving them of the funds and support they must have to mount large-scale attacks. Tens of thousands of boots on the ground won't do it. Dropping bombs on the other side of the globe won't do it. And pretending that some military-style Global War on Terror will bring about a clear victory is not realistic."
    - Gary Johnson - October 7, 2016
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    • Posted by term2 7 years, 5 months ago
      By the way, those things said by Johnson below ARE Trumps basic message too.

      "Show me an America with less debt, greater economic strength, and robust trade relationships across the globe, and I will show you a safer, more secure, America,"
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      • Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 5 months ago
        Trump's plan does not accomplish it and it can't because it is economically unsound. Trump proposes more spending and minor tax cuts. That does not reduce debt, or increase economic strength. Trump proposes higher tarriffs which will worsen trade relationships.
        Johnson proposes no more income taxes along with lower spending and a consumption tax for a real balanced budget, (not a fake one like Bill Clinton claimed by stealing social security funds.)
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        • Posted by term2 7 years, 5 months ago
          It wasnt minor tax cuts. Corporate tax would go from 35% to 15%. Would save my small company a lot of money we could have spent on developing new products and expanding operations. This would increase economic strength and inspiration on the part of citizens to make themselves great again. Hillary demotivates me completely- why work when it just goes to her "programs". Demotivation and laziness in the citizenry over a number of years produces economic decline in a country

          He did start pandering to the "giveaway" promises as the campaign progressed- in order to gain a few of hillary votes.

          Higher tariffs would never have actually been enacted. They were just threats to reign in china a bit and open THEIR markets to us, at least the way I see it.

          We will get into more hostile relationships with foreign countries mostly with Hillary, to some extent with Trump, and less so with Johnson- I grant you that.

          As to a consumption tax, Johnson should know better. All that does is adds another tax burden to the existing ones, and will never subtract or replace whats already there.
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          • Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 5 months ago
            Term STOP comparing Trump to Hillary when we are discussing Trump compared to Johnson. Hillary is NOT a topic in this discussion. I agree that Hillary is a worthless whore looter who should not hold any position of power.

            Trump's proposal is minor tax cuts compared to Johnson's proposals which include ZERO corporate tax and ZERO individual income tax. Trump also proposes increased spending instead so it makes the debt WORSE, not BETTER.
            A consumption tax IS the right answer for the short term (since it is impossible to cut government down enough in the short term) and tax rate would decline over time as Johnson is able to eliminate unconstitutional branches of federal government. It encourages saving instead of consumption and gives people a real choice to avoid paying federal tax at all. AND Johnson NEVER proposed a consumption tax unless the indivdual income (production) tax is eliminated completely.
            More saving encourages more individual responsibility. More saving means lower individual debt and more funding from savings available for small businesses like yours which create more jobs than big business.
            Trump doesn't THINK, he just runs his big mouth. His policies make no economic sense.

            I agree with you that Hitlery's campaign and the media are biased toward Trump. So stop responding to my posts as if I favored Hillary or as if I give her campaign liars any credit. They are scum of the earth looters who deserve prison at best and possibly execution for treason. I do not hold Trump in that same level of disregard. However, Trump has acted as an idiot frequently and he does deserve to suffer when he has done stupid things. There is a kernel of truth to the accusations against trump. He has been a womanizer and has been recorded doing so. Women will consider this when they decide who to vote for, and most will give Trump the punishment he deserves at the ballot box. They should also reasonably conclude that Hitlery doesn't deserve their votes either, but most will vote for the looting whore because she is a she.
            Most voters are just stupid and vote based on feelings and irrational fears instead of rational thought.
            Sometimes it does appear that the cause of liberty is lost, but we must choose not to consent to the state. We must choose to stand up for principles that we know through rational thought to be right even when the battle appears to be lost. We must set an example.
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            • Posted by lrshultis 7 years, 5 months ago
              Her being a whore might be a little strong, since a whore would violate her principles, but Hillery seems to by carefully following her despicable principles. Hard for a person to act without principles which is done mostly subconsciously.
              One needs to keep principles conscious if one wants to be objective in ones actions. Lately, Hillery seems to be unaware that she ever had any chosen rational principles to guide her actions.
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    • Posted by term2 7 years, 5 months ago
      He is right about this, but Hillary wouldnt even read this, let alone act on it. Maybe Trump could do some of the things to build up the country and make OTHER countries think twice BEFORE they launch missles at us.
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  • Posted by term2 7 years, 5 months ago
    Obama would just draw another line in the sand and tell us that its time for us to apologize to the Iranians for treating them bad. Obama would never sink the very Iranian ships that were probably bought by the 150 billion that we sent over there
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  • Posted by $ CBJ 7 years, 5 months ago
    If the situation escalates, I wonder how it will affect the election. With Hillary so tied to Obama's unpopular Middle East policies, I think it would help Trump. It might also give Gary Johnson another point or two.
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    • Posted by 7 years, 5 months ago
      If the missiles fly, it could give Johnson more than a point or two. The American publich doesn't really want another war in the middle east or anywhere else for that matter.
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    • Posted by term2 7 years, 5 months ago
      Obama wont escalate things before the election. Johnson would get a bump, which he would deserve, if hostilities broke out. I dont think it would help Trump, since he is interested in "knocking out ISIS" with MORE wars.
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      • Posted by $ CBJ 7 years, 5 months ago
        I think it would help Trump. Part of Obama's unpopularity stems not from the fact that he is waging wars, but that he is incompetent at it. Many voters, both for and against the wars, see Trump as more competent than either Obama or Hillary.
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    • Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 5 months ago
      Unfortunately, I think any direct consequence of war is too far removed to affect the voting of most people If there was a draft as in Viet Nam that might make a difference, but people don't know how to think and understand what consequences to expect. People are more afraid of Trump and Hillary than they are of a middle east war. There has been a middle east war for 15 years and most just don't understand the effects of it in terms of the loss of liberty, privacy, and interference by government on business activity.
      Lots of people would hear "Stay the course." and vote for continuing the failed policies of Clinton, Obama, and Bush, just as they agreed to the "Patriot "Act.
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      • Posted by $ CBJ 7 years, 5 months ago
        Escalation of the war does not have to affect the voting of most people to influence the outcome of the election. A relatively few voters at the margin might make the difference. Some older voters still remember Vietnam, and most voters are receiving grim images of the Mideast war and being reminded of U.S. involvement day after day. It's bound to have some impact on their votes.
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