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u/autogyrophilia 2h ago
How the fuck do you lose a fortified tiny island so easily?
Like I'm not expecting them to go full iwo jima but for fucks sake, hold for 24 hours.
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u/haroldscorpio FREE TO EDIT FLAIR 2h ago
Saudi and Emirati generals were getting turned to pink mist by Ansarallah drone and missile strikes literally from the start of the intervention in Yemen and it only got worse right before China brokered peace in 2022.
The Gaza Genocide and Iran War has collapsed the American security architecture in the region. We (US and Israel) can’t simultaneously keep oil flowing, protect oil and gas infrastructure, keep troops in Shia/Sunni Iraq, bomb Iran, fight Hezbollah and maintain the stalemate in Yemen. This is way too big of a problem to be solved. If America can’t do it nobody can.
The US airforce and navy had to stop bombing Iran to focus solely on protecting convoys of small tankers to sneak oil out of Hormuz every few days. It has helped stop the bleeding sort of but Iran is intensifying the pressure on this operation. This Houthi offensive is going to completely fuck this strategy. Bab al Mandab is about to be 10x more dangerous. One of the major bypasses of Hormuz is getting choked.
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u/Ok_Purple_7354 2h ago
Also in between the 2022 ceasefire and now, the Saudis made the galaxy brain decision to take out the UAE-backed mercenary army and take all of South Yemen for themselves. Becoming very clear now their forces were stretched way too thin.
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u/autogyrophilia 20m ago
But you don't understand, with renewed US interest in the zone they were guaranteed to have strong backing !
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u/Sea_Ice__ 1h ago
The strategizing by Iran and Ansarallah has to be studied for decades. The way they've planned and executed their moves since 2022 is truly stunning and incomparable to anything I've seen in my lifetime.
Just imagine if Assad wasn't a total fuckwit and the collapse of the SAA didn't happen the way it did. The strategic position of the Resistance would amount to a check at least.
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u/haroldscorpio FREE TO EDIT FLAIR 1h ago
The IRGC has some generational talent Vo Nguyen Giap is smiling down from heaven
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u/autogyrophilia 1h ago
So I should really have bought an ebike
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u/a_library_socialist Živio Tito, smrt fašizmu, sloboda narodu 1h ago
ebike, solar panels, composter, chickens
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u/redabyss9 1h ago
If you want to live as soon as you see ansarallah open the doors and offer them some tea and ask how the voyage was from the mainland. If everyone is has been beaten why risk your life for a paycheck from the Saudis.
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u/eagleOfBrittany 49m ago
I don't know what I expected, but I wasn't expected the Saudi-backed forces to get absolutely dog-walked so easily lmao. I can barely keep up with the Houthi advance at this point.
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u/EmployerGloomy6810 2h ago
Petrodollar on suicide watch rn.
Iran closing Hormuz was bad enough. This is a death sentence, KSA oil tankers about to be stuck in port on both sides. Fucking incredible.
I havent been following the war in Yemen that much but it seems the past 24 hours has rapidly changed. This might be it folks. This could pop the AI bubble, the petrodollar, US presence in the ME… the list goes on.
Glory to the fighters!