Bumbling Joe.

On 15 January, "Houthi rebel fired a missile that struck a US-owned ship...just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden," as "The attack on the Gibraltar Eagle, later claimed by Houthis, further escalates tensions gripping the Red Sea after American-led strikes on the rebels." "On Jan. 14 at approximately 4.45 pm (Sanaa time), an anti-ship cruise missile was fired from Iranian-backed Houthi militant areas of Yemen towards USS Laboon (DDG 58), which was operating in the Southern Red Sea. The missile was shot down in vicinity of the coast of Hudaydah by US fighter aircraft." US Centcom. This was in retaliation as, "US and British warplanes, ships and submarines launched dozens of air strikes across Yemen against Houthi forces for months of attacks on Red Sea shipping that the Iran-backed fighters cast as a response to the war in Gaza." Reuters. Have the Houthis been weakened by these strikes and are they cowering in fear? "A US-owned ship in the Gulf of Aden came under attack yesterday from a bomb-carrying drone launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels, officials said. The attack on Genco Picardy represented the second in recent days targeting vessels directly linked to America." ABC. Yemen has always lived on charity. "Yemen has long been one of the poorest countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and is now one of the world's worst humanitarian crises." World Bank. "A staggering 16.2 million people require urgent emergency assistance because of food insecurity and even malnutrition." So, how can the Houthis, who are basically a gang of criminals, challenge the mighty US? Because in February 2021, "The Biden administration officially lifted the designation of the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen as a global terrorist organization." PBS. This was just one month after the Trump administration labeled the Houthis as a "foreign terrorist organization". PBS. The Red Sea leads from the Indian Ocean to the Suez Canal which can "accommodate over 60% of the total world fleet of tankers when fully loaded, and over 90% of bulk carriers." Egypt earned a record $9.4 billion in the year to June from tolls on the canal. An oil tanker from Saudi Arabia to Rotterdam travels 6,436 nautical miles through the canal but has to travel 11,169 nautical miles around Southern Africa. Reuters. Unable to tackle the crisis, "The US State Department yesterday designated the Iranian-backed, Yemen-based Houthi rebels as specially designated global terrorists, or SDGT's, in an effort to deter further attacks on commercial ships traversing the Red Sea." CNBC. Who is supplying the Houthis? Iran, of course. In February 2022, "President Joe Biden's administration...restored sanctions waivers to Iran to allow international nuclear cooperation projects." Reuters. One week back, Iran seized an 'American' ship off the coast of Oman. HT. Clearly, Biden is totally incompetent and the Democrat Party is a danger to the whole world. The presidential election is on 5 November 2024, still too far. wikipedia. We can only hope the Americans have the sense to dump this bunch of birdbrains into the bin. For the sake of the world.