Trump has quietly been hammering Yemen for six weeks
4/24/25
(If it was really just about the Houthis?
And not getting ready for what's about to happen with Iran?
Then why aren't we hearing anything much about it?)
"The U.S. military has been bombing Yemen for weeks on end,
executing hundreds of strikes this month alone."
State of play:
A renewed campaign
kicked off mid-March
and hasn't stopped since.
U.S. Central Command,
which oversees military operations
across the greater Middle East,
has been boasting "24/7" coverage."
"At least 680 strikes were conducted in March and April, according to data from the Jewish Institute for National Security of America."
"Yes, but:
The Houthis survived years of attacks from a Saudi-led coalition backed by the U.S. and U.K.
The Yemen Data Project logged more than 25,000 air raids in seven years, beginning in 2015."
(So this is going to matter much?)
"Zoom in:
There are now two U.S. aircraft carriers, the Harry S. Truman and the Carl Vinson, in the CENTCOM region."
(Cause the negotiations with Iran are going so well right?)
"What we're watching:
Whether the Pentagon provides another public briefing to offer more details about the operation. The last time officials took to the podium was March 17."
(Why don't they want you to know
how much weaponry is being used
and at what cost?
Hum?)
Also reference:
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Limited weapons and a regional crisis
could dog the US in fight with Houthis
"A bombing campaign could also strain U.S. weapons supply, which is already struggling to keep up with three years worth of shipments to Ukraine, previous efforts against the Houthis, missiles for Israeli offensives in Gaza, and defenses against Iranian attacks.
“We know that the defense industry isn’t keeping up with the rate of expenditure either by the U.S. military or to support its allies and partners like Ukraine and Israel,” Stroul said"
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Israel and Turkey might as well be at war.
Cost of US military offensive against Houthis nears $1 billion with limited impact
(4/04/25)
"The large-scale operation has also rattled some officials at US Indo-Pacific Command, who have complained in recent days and weeks about the large number of long-range weapons being expended by CENTCOM against the Houthis, particularly the JASSMs and Tomahawks, the sources said. Those weapons would be critical in the event of a war with China, and military planners at INDOPACOM are concerned that the CENTCOM operation could have a negative impact on US military readiness in the Pacific.
$1 billion three weeks in?
With limited effects?
And that was three weeks ago?
Where is it at now?
And now you understand why
The Pentagon hasn't had a briefing
on this since March 17th?
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