Over the weekend, I was once again asking whether or not we had a plan to shut down the Houthi rebels in Yemen and protect shipping in that region. For well over a month, the Iranian-backed terrorists.
Over the weekend, I was once again asking whether or not we had a plan to shut down the Houthi rebels in Yemen and protect shipping in that region. For well over a month, the Iranian-backed terrorists have been hurling drones, rockets, and ballistic missiles at commercial shipping vessels and even American warships without any sign of a counterstrike by the United States. Last night, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin finally stepped forward and announced a new operation to address the matter… sort of. It’s called Operation Prosperity Guardian, which sounds rather impressive, and it involves multiple countries working in cooperation. But a closer look at the details reveals that the proposal leaves much to be desired. (Associated Press)
The U.S. and a host of other nations are creating a new force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced early Tuesday in Bahrain.
The seriousness of the attacks, several of which have damaged the vessels, has led multiple shipping companies to order their ships to hold in place and not enter the Bab el-Mandeb Strait until the security situation can be addressed.
