You got downvoted for snark and not because people disagreed with your initial points. Btw, you weren't downvoted by Hexbear users (we don't have downvotes, can't even see them).
WayeeCool
joined 4 years ago
Must mean the ships are just crewed and don't have an attached expeditionary force? I don't think Italy and the Netherlands have anything like Ghost Fleet Overlord. Afaik it's only the US Navy that has been going down that route.
Biggest issue is that this isn't like in 2010 when Somali pirates were attacking any target of opportunity. The houthis have played it smart by researching the background of ships passing through that area and only interdicting ones affiliated with Israel. For most nations, this isn't their problem because their commerical ships have been unmolested. Hard to get a wide ranging international coalition put together when it really isn't an international problem.
It's firms from mainly the US, UK, and Netherlands that all refused to cancel freight to and from Israel, which is why they are crying to their governments for military protection. The big cargo carriers based out of Asia all responded by canceling freight to and from Israel, which isn't a real problem for them because they make thousands of times more revenue from freight between Asia, Africa, and Europe. For example, the Chinese naval strike group in the area has been just chilling because the houthis have ignored Chinese owned shipping.
Unilever-Raytheon, An Amazon-Bechtel company
Even funnier is this guy was one of the hostages they killed:
It's a fun show. I put off watching it for a while because I assumed it was going to be reactionary copshow stuff but my black ass was pleasantly surprised. Manages to appeal to almost all US demographics. The show is self aware, unapologetically hyperbolic and not too serious. The bad guys are rich business people, their hired henchmen, and racist corrupt cops. Even funnier is it's not a few bad apples but only a couple good apples that the rest try to kill for being good apples.
Kinda like how Reno 911 was a cop show that managed to be the opposite of copaganda but was fun to watch and not preachy.
Apologies. Didn't think about it. You didn't say anything wrong, I'm just too online and need to touch grass.
war trophy I assume... like taking enemy dogtags, personal items, or cutting off ears.
Obviously he is talking about how he is gonna safely land New York in the Hudson river