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The US has been bombing Yemen using two aircraft carriers in the region and B-2 bombers stationed at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The Pentagon has shared virtually no details about its war, which has not been authorized by Congress, but it's likely the bombing campaign has already cost billions in just over one month.

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[–] marathon01@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

And yet, the Houthis are still firing missiles and attacking the US fleet. The US still doesn't understand the limits of its military power, and all they're doing is showing the world that weakness.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 hours ago

The US and Saudis have been trying to bomb Yemen into submission for like a decade now. It should be obvious that it's not going to happen, and yet we see more of the same.

[–] TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee 11 points 16 hours ago (3 children)
[–] davel@lemmy.ml 22 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Because Ansar Allah is denying maritime trade with the Zionist entity in response to their ongoing genocide of Palestinians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Capital demands an enemy so capital creates an enemy.

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Yup, gotta support the “defense“ industry somehow.

[–] dan69@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Y are they considered baddies?

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 8 points 14 hours ago
[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm editing this because I don't have the bandwidth to read about this right now but why are we fighting these wars when they're hardly ever / never moral

[–] superkret@feddit.org 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

To protect the freedom of American citizens, who are threatened and oppressed by Jemen refusing to trade with Israel.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemm.ee 3 points 3 hours ago

Capital freedom ftfy

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 15 hours ago

And accomplished very little honestly. How do they expect to win a near-peer conflict, let alone a peer conflict