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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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[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago

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

[–] marathon01@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (2 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 8 points 1 month 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.

[–] zulfiqaramer@lemmings.world 3 points 1 month ago

I hope the Houthis continue until Palestine is liberated from its zionist occupiers.

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 6 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

Capital freedom ftfy

[–] zulfiqaramer@lemmings.world 2 points 1 month ago

Such a waste of money just so we can keep wasting money on israel.