Nothing about the on going events? Why are you derailing the thread? I don’t want to give you infractions and allow views from all sides but you have to say something about recent events
This thread is about the on-going conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis. I, like
@Hassan Al-Somal mostly concentrate on the current events/scenarios. The time for the historic discussions was already gone before this conflict began and now it is too long gone. Yet some members here can't resist that. Nobody can change anyone's mind on the historic events. What can change minds are the actual gains/losses on the battlefields in this conflict. Also, this conflict is very much tied with the Russia-Ukraine conflict as well as the American 'pivot' toward the Pacific against China.
But what can be already said: Israelis, through their lobbies in America, have truly damaged America's strategic interests already by not compromising with the neighboring Arabs and the Palestinians. What a damn leech country!!!
With its proxies attacking from many vantage points and its nuclear program suddenly revived, Iran is posing a new challenge to the West — this time with Russia and China on its side.
www.nytimes.com
The United States and 13 allies signed on to a statement last week giving what an administration official called a “final warning” to the Houthis to stop “these illegal attacks and release unlawfully detained vessels and crews.” It did not mention Iran.
The Pentagon is refining plans for how to hit Houthi launching sites in Yemen, and some sort of assault on Houthi assets in Yemen is likely as soon as there is another attack, officials suggest, as a sharp warning to try to restore deterrence.
“At this point a significant military response is needed against the Houthi rebels, who are really Iranian pirates,” said James G. Stavridis, a retired admiral. “Our experience with Somali pirates years ago shows that you can’t just play defense; you have to go ashore to solve a problem like this. That is the only way for Iran to get the message.”
“The idea that we are simply going to patrol the Red Sea, the size of California,” with a “half-dozen police cars — our ships out there — is unrealistic,” he said.
Mr. Biden faces hard choices. He pulled back from the Middle East to focus on competing with and deterring China. Now he is being sucked back in.
