The White House said Monday that the U.S. may establish a naval task force to escort commercial ships in the Red Sea, a day after three vessels were struck by missiles fired by Iranian-back Houthis in Yemen.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan said the U.S. has been in active conversations with allies about setting up the escorts though nothing is finalized, describing it as a “natural” response to that sort of incident.

On Sunday, ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck three commercial ships, while a U.S. warship shot down three drones in self-defense during an hourslong assault, the U.S. military said. It marked an escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war.

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    11 months ago

    I forgot about the Jews launching rockets at those poor Nazis. What choice did they have, y’know?

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        11 months ago

        Am I to understand that indiscriminate firing of rockets into purely civilian areas is “fighting back” and is justified in your opinion?

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            11 months ago

            It should be clear from the thread that I reject the idea that what is happening is genocide in the first place.

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              11 months ago

              Then there is no point in arguing is there? If we cant agree on whether or not what we are witnessing is genocide then what hope is there on us agreeing on anything else.