In just three weeks, the Pentagon has used $200 million worth of munitions in Operation Rough Rider against the Houthi militia, officials said.
  • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
    21·
    16 days ago

    i was told reviewing those signal messages would make me proud and that the strikes were fantastic and good.

    this doesn’t mean… that was a bunch of shit, right?

    right?

    RIGHT!?

  • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
    142·
    16 days ago

    This article talks more about the ammunition than the actual people being killed. Man I hate imperialist media. Also is the American public just… fine with bombing brown people in the Middle East now? Did they ever care?

      • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
        41·
        16 days ago

        They’ve never cared enough to actually do anything about it, but there was at least grumbling and complaints. Right now I’m not hearing a peep.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    122·
    16 days ago

    I know one of the rules is to post headlines without editorializing, but it really pisses me off that the term ‘strikes’ is subbed in for ‘bombings’.

    • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      16 days ago

      Right seriously, I’ve even so many report it as “raids” which makes it sound like they have troops on the ground.

  • perestroika@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    16 days ago

    It should also be noted that the US has “burned through” 9 units of MQ-9 Reaper - the Houthis shot them down. Total worth? Maybe 500 million. That’s 9 out of 300 produced, not a sustainable thing to do without producing more.

    Still, I don’t think the US is particularly deterred because the Houthis are a low-tech fighting force and depend on Iran for fancy equipment.

    There’s also a definite possibility of an US-Iran conflict on the horizon. Both have their reasons to go where they’re going.

    Iran wants to be a regional big player and intends to overcome Israel in a tech race (on top of ruling their own people with an iron fist and repressing a lot). The US has tried to contain Iran and considers influence over the Middle East to be of importance. Containment is obviously failing since Russia now cooperates with Iran, and has likely returned some favours (in the field of technology) for the weapons (mostly “Shahed” drones) Iran sent them to help invade Ukraine.

    On personal matters - Trump ordered the assassination of Qasem Soleimani during his previous term, and Iran promised revenge. So there’s a chance they’re going to collide head on.