The United States launched another round of strikes on the Houthis on Friday (finally), taking out a radar station they used to target shipping. This was a welcome development after months of inaction.
The United States launched another round of strikes on the Houthis on Friday (finally), taking out a radar station they used to target shipping. This was a welcome development after months of inaction by the Biden administration and the Houthis have ceased their attacks, at least for the moment. But Joe Biden’s attempts to brag about the delayed response during a rare address to the press were interrupted when reporters asked him if he considered the Houthis to be terrorists. At first, Biden appeared to give the correct, appropriate answer to the question, saying, “I think they are.” But then another journalist asked him how soon he planned on “designating them as such.” That’s when Biden appeared to brush off the question and said the idea was “irrelevant.” Isn’t he supposed to be the person in charge of maintaining that list? Technically it’s the Secretary of State who makes the official designation, but they don’t do it without consulting the President. (NY Post)
“Are you willing to call the Houthis a terrorist group, sir?” a journalist asked the 81-year-old commander in chief as he visited small businesses in Allentown, Pa.
