why is media rcazy? US military still getting shot at in Iraq and Syria, . US big loser in Ahganistan. Where did US ever win? Why does 911 happens ? BEcause US support ISrael.
Much discussion about the legality or illegality of the strikes on the Houthi in Yemen. We dont hear much on the fact that both the Houthi and indeed Iran have seized merchant ships under force of arms, in both the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf, their crews essentially being held hostage. Would that not be defined as piracy? If so would that not justify a military response?
It is a UN sanctioned action so it were perfectly fine. What we should have done were, when the Houthi attacked the first ship, EU and US should have said to Saudi Arabia that the agreement is off, and SA has free reign. Remember it were the Houthis crying and on their knees begging EU and US to make SA stop attacking Yemen.
The Arab world is good at doing illogical action and then cry.Yemen is poor , its citizens are suffering but the leaders choose to start a war with world leaders :) I think human life or human right has a different meaning in those countries , they need renaissance .Syria , Libya, Iran , Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, Gaza all suffer .They don't learn or logic is dead .
They're newly emerging into the modern prosperous world. Very few other countries got their high dosages of cultural shock. Some long and ancient civilizations tend to take cultural shocks in stride because of "been there; seen that." If one has a repertoire to deal with whatever may come and knows it, one tends to become much less easily triggered.
@@tonyujobs1734 Unfortunately it is true, the west and all other nations dont understand how the Arab world thinks , even human right has different definition there.I feel sorry for Israel and Palestinians too.Palestinians need a good leader like Ghandy , Martin Luther king or Ghandi. that is the best solution. war is not
a common myth.. ; truth is USA spends more % GDP on healthcare than nations with "free" healthcare. Whether you pay that through tax .. or you pay it to a business.. it matters not really. one is money going to the gov and then they spend on health for everyone ; the other is the same money or more just goes to business. USA doesn't save money by not having universal healthcare.. BUT the USA military is vastly stronger for a different reason.. very high GDP.. very high GDP per capita ... and also a solid commitment to realise that lots needs to be spent on weapons. The real reason you have no universal health system is lots and lots of very rich people are making lots of money in all aspects of the US private health industry.. from insurance hangers on.. mid men/women... its a whole giant industry.. massive investment ; going to universal health would cut all those people out of their lurcrative investment and jobs. Think about it like this ... if you privitised the Military and had Bill Gates and Musk run it at a profit would you expect it to cost less to maintain at the same strength? ... almost certainly not.
@@ryan53521 wont be able to.. those launch capabilities are about to be reduced to zero.. takes infrastructure to launch missiles like that.. which will now be destroyed.. additionally any attempt at priacy will be sitting suck for coalition forces. EU forces will soon join in too..
That's funny how they started somethings with another country then get smashed and act like somebody started a war with them so they have to retaliate. They Funking with the wrong country 😂😂😂😂
this is not about country versus country. countries will fall but this is a war of ideological differences. slaughtering based on race and religion is despicable
Thinking with a critical lens, your comment is an ad hominem. The houthi's intent was clearly stated, they are protecting the Red Sea Border due to their boycotting of Israel. The US and UK attacking Yemen is only explained by the stock market. That is the only reason. This is not about religion.
@@MrThartofwar So if you label the joint Uk and American operations against the Houthi as aggression, then what do you call the Houthi attacks on Ships in the Red Sea? Customs control?
The Houthis declared war on Israel, and they are enforcing an economical embargo on Israel, a legitimate tactic, the hypocrites in the west use themselves. In past Nato wars, Nato has called the death of civilians collateral damage, yet when other countries do the exact same, the hypocrites call it war crimes aka Russia. Western Hypocrisy has already been exposed by Russia, they can't hide anymore, we already know they are west are hypocrites. They can protect there financial interest, but do Jake for 2 million Gaza civilians! Houthis will always hold the moral high ground in this war. @@TheScimitar2
Since when in the world do hijacker’s have the nerve to threaten countries for defending themselves? Fricken nuts! Free the hostages as well this is crazy!
Ms Kendall's comments are sadly typical of the "they" can influence our behavior but "we" cannot influence their behavior -school.of thought. In my admittedly un-degreed study of the Middle East, leaders there value strength and decisiveness. Not the milquetoast response that she is implicitly advocating.
To be fair, the west has lost alot of profit already from lost opportunity cost to private business, deployment costs of one carrier group alone for one country run the hundreds of millions to be combat ready for the great public cost in taxes.
DW has a consistently pro-western outlook, but I appreciate when they take the time to look at all the potential outcomes of an issue. This is what real unbiased journalism looks like.
So what will GERMANY DO TO PROTECT EUROPEAN SHIPPING? More talk? While shipping is endangered and might collapse since insurance companies won’t cover ships…
I'm disappointed of EU bureaucracy and politics of deescalation. You can't have a dialogue with tyrants and terrorists. They don't respect words they only respect power. Big respect to US and UK!
@markmd If terrorists respect power and Netanyahu has been fighting Hamas for 30 years how is it that Hamas is getting stronger every year? Please explain that?
@markmd If terrorists respect power and Netanyahu has been fighting Hamas for 30 years how is it that Hamas is getting stronger every year? Please explain that?
@markmd If terrorists respect power and Netanyahu has been fighting Hamas for 30 years how is it that Hamas is getting stronger every year? Please explain that?
@markmd If terrorists respect power and Netanyahu has been fighting Hamas for 30 years how is it that Hamas is getting stronger every year? Please explain that?
@markmd If terrorists respect power and Netanyahu has been fighting Hamas for 30 years how is it that Hamas is getting stronger every year? Please explain that?
Medias nowadays being so soft and criticising even the most obvious of actions.... What is happening to us in the west? Are we taking democracy and freedom both economic and personal for granted?
@@Anwar157 yes, they won by allowing the US to take their country for 20 years and rule it until they US lost political will after deciding they were no longer a threat. Very unconventional.. but I guess it worked.
I'm glad to see the bulk of comments are not falling for DW's analysis that garnering the attention of the most lethal navy in the history of warfare is somehow a win for the Houthis.
The navy can't solve every issue with airstrikes. See: Iraq, Afghanistan, countless other conflicts where we were bogged down and then left. Doesn't seem likely they'll have luck here. No one wants another Iraq
@@esterhammerfic They're not trying to solve every issue - they're trying to stop them interfering with shipping and they're very capable of doing that.
@@nallekarhu7994 the Navy was ready and able to solve that issue, but the people like LBJ wanted the war to go on for longer to get more "donations"... It would take about a week for the typical couple of battleships to flatten a city. and its pretty cheap.
The Houthis won the attention and destruction from the U.S.A. Navy alright. After the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor, the U.S.A. engaged in an unrestrained submarine war against Imperial Japan. That set a precedent.
Because it was the British Empire who’s shaped that region over 100 years ago. It was the UK and US who toppled a democratic elected government in Iran in 1953 in a coup. The Brexiteers, after exiting the EU, made it a priority to increase business with Asia. It was Trump who supported the Saudis in their war against Yemen. Where are the Saudis today? Are we trying to protect those regimes and BRICS business interests while they will not contribute any protection. The countries most affected by Houthi piracy will be Saudi Arabia and Egypt and a couple maritime shipping dynasties and Chinese commerce. Bring back manufacturing and reduce the risk of doing business with regimes whose interest is to destroy the global order in favor to build their own. All roads lead to Moscow and Beijing.
Where do DW News find their "experts"? It is amazing how much nonsense they manage to spout out. Even thinking this will benefit the Houthi leaders and that the Houthi rebels are so very dangerous. They might be a problem when it comes to land combat, but they are extremely weak and close to useless against air strikes. Thinking diplomacy with the Houthi rebels can work, shows how extremely clueless an "expert" can be. The Western alliance can focus on the capabilities the Houthi rebels might have against ships and kill off their leaders and have zero needs to put troops on the ground in Yemen.
The truth is they do that for Palestina, no matter who back them.Majority Muslm see them like brothers and will act, when time come.Most probably Europe will burn inside in terror, because USA is protected by ocean.
They targeted international shipping costing fortune for companies and potentially driving costs for good up. What did they think the world was gonna do?
I feel like many of the analysts are looking at it wrong. The goal is not to defeat the Houthis or change the situation in Yemen, but degrade their capability to attack shipping. They might still want to try or strike back, but their assets will be degraded
@@Abu_Shawarib You’re missing my point. The goal of the Saudi coalition was to unseat and defeat the Houthis. The goal of the current intervention is to reduce their capabilities to attack shipping
@@scarybird977 the exact same things that houthis used to attack Saudi Arabia, drones and ballistic missiles, are used to attack ships. Do you think Saudi Arabia didn't do every thing they could to stop them?
@@Abu_Shawarib The technology is not quite the same. Attacking ships involves radar and anti-ship missiles not used in attacks on oil fields. There also seems to be considerable effort to control supplies into Yemen now
seems to me that the Houthi and the backers of said attacks against the west should have thought things through before sticking their fingers into something they should have stayed away from! "R" (time for them (Houthi) to stop and remove themselves) "try finding diplomacy, something you should be better with regarding!"
Are the Houthi's willing and / or prepared to support the Palestinians by offering them refuge in Yemen. Or is their "support" for ther palestinians just rhethorik?
Her logic is wonky. Iraq withstood the onslaught from Iran for years but didn't do so well against Western forces did they?. This is wide open dessert. Not urbanized and certainly not jungle although they may have a tree or two. The west can lay waste to the houthies with minimal civilian losses and no boots on the ground.
The Houthis don't need permission from anyone to stand up against Israeli aggression, every country in the region has the moral right to do so, not just the Houthis!
Think it’s pretty certain they were told well in advance - if not the UK “emergency full cabinet meeting” kinda gave it away. The outcome of all this ? UK looks like America’s Poodle! Now not only Israeli ships are targets, ( which seems legitimate to me, as Israel blockades Gazza), but UK and US shipping will now be targeted thus escalating the tension. 🙈🤷♂️😢
Ms Kendall gave very realistic analysis .. and that gentleman thinks US and UK are conducting the strikes not against Yemen. US and UK should think of reducing tensions in Middle east by ensuring Israel stops their attacks on Gaza ...
@@williamgary7891 Dear W. I donot know who is fooling who... but huthies ARE Yemenies... so when you say Yeman is in war with Huthies.. it makes no sense! Not to me!
Elisabeth Kendall is clearly no military expert the way she talks. She is clearly totally clueless about how extremely more capable the US and UK military are compared to the Saudis. Both when it comes to intelligence, military hardware and missiles. It will be close to impossible for the Houthi rebel leaders to hide well enough for a long period to avoid getting killed if the US and UK decide to go after them. It will also be totally impossible for the Houthis to hide and use larger weapons without them getting very quickly destroyed. The reality is also that many of the air strikes the Saudis did, was very broad with very few accurate strikes, often killing and injuring civilians. Elisabeth Kendall also clearly do not understand that the Western alliance would experience much more and worse backfire for not attacking the Houthi rebels than the attacks they have done now and might do in the future. The Western alliance and specially the US could not afford to let the Houthi rebel continue to attack them and civilian ships in the Red Sea without making the Houthi rebels pay for it and try to deter them from more attacks.
She’s a Middle East expert, it says so in the clip. Guessed you missed that huh? So saying she’s clueless about military matters says everything about you.
@@samuelsirota2816 I like that CN you threw in there. like china would ever fight a war for Palestinians or iran. you grossly misunderstand chinese strategy.
@@captaingrizzly9511 china doesnt need to fight for Palestinian sovereignty directly. They already support it on the UN stage. And they indirectly support by not agreeing to anything to US puts forth. Last i check china owns a carrier in Djibouti right next to the red sea. I dont see them rushing to help the west contain anything. Lmao I think you underestimate the chinese interests and strategy in the region and globally.
