US deploys “overwhelming lethal force” against Houthis in Yemen

[JAG]

6 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

When was the last time missiles and bombs dropped from 40,000 ft put an end to an asymmetric war?

 

 

 

They don't. The US bought into the "putting a bomb in a pickle barrel from 20,000 feet" myth in the late 1930s and have been enthusiastically bombing the living daylights out of assorted civilians (and from time to time their own and allied troops) from great altitudes ever since. It doesn't work in asymmetric or conventional war. It didn't work in World War 2 in Europe or Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and now Yemen. It is a hard unpalatable fact that troops on the ground, fixing and destroying an enemy and controlling territory by denying it to that enemy are what win wars. That is hard, messy and expensive, so if you don't want to do it fine, but don't pretend that you will defeat an enemy by bombing them from 40,000 feet!

[Eloquent pilgrim]

2 hours ago, JAG said:

They don't. The US bought into the "putting a bomb in a pickle barrel from 20,000 feet" myth in the late 1930s and have been enthusiastically bombing the living daylights out of assorted civilians (and from time to time their own and allied troops) from great altitudes ever since. It doesn't work in asymmetric or conventional war. It didn't work in World War 2 in Europe or Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and now Yemen. It is a hard unpalatable fact that troops on the ground, fixing and destroying an enemy and controlling territory by denying it to that enemy are what win wars. That is hard, messy and expensive, so if you don't want to do it fine, but don't pretend that you will defeat an enemy by bombing them from 40,000 feet!

 

Expansive anti-America rant, but meaningless; because you have simply bought into the disinformation of the poster you replied to; it has already been mentioned on this thread that this action has nothing to do with winning any asymmetric, war.

 

The purpose of this action is to degrade the capabilities of the Houthi terrorists as much as possible with minimum risk to the the lives of US servicemen. This is to stop, or limit their continuing attacks on International shipping, if you had been following events you would understand that.

 

 

 

 

[Purdey]

I have to admire this man of peace treating Houthis as Ukraine treats Russians (who are also terrorists).

Libya has a lot of potential as a new Riviera.

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