In the early morning of December 31, 2023, the commercial freighter Maersk Hangzhou came under attack by Houthi fighters from Yemen who were attempting to board it. US Navy helicopters responding to its distress calls were fired upon by the small Houthi boats, according to the US Central Command, and “returned fire in self-defence,” sinking three of the four boats and killing their crews
Smashing the Iran Myth: From Houthi to Hezbollah
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Operation Prosperity Guardian: Whose Prosperity is Being Guarded?
In the weeks to come, we will see the situation between the Houthi, international shipping, and the world’s navies further develop. The goal of Operation Prosperity Guardian is to ensure the prosperity of the world by ensuring the free flow of goods and ships through the international waterways off the coast of Yemen. If the main beneficiary of the operation is one of the largest shipping corporations in the world, then there is a question of whose prosperity is Operation Prosperity Guardian truly guarding?
Operation Prosperity Guardian: Whose Prosperity is Being Guarded?
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The induction of immigrants into the US military and other short-term solutions may temporarily delay America’s multiplying problems, but it will not make the pursuit of empire any more sustainable in the long run.
Until Washington understands that what it is trying to do cannot (and should not) be done, it can start to solve its many problems sooner.
The Growing US Military Recruitment Crisis: There is no Solution & the Crisis Will Only Grow…
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America’s military recruitment crisis – symptoms of an overreaching empire
December 20, 2023
Good afternoon to all Venezuela, to the National Radio and Television network, to all national and international media and those through social networks. I want to welcome this brave, patriotic man who resisted 1280 days, 40 months, in the most adverse, most painful conditions of kidnapping, filthy prisons, physical torture, psychological torture, threats, lies. And after 1280 days of kidnapping, he has triumphed. The truth has triumphed, justice has triumphed – what had to happen. Welcome, Alex Saab Moran. From your days of pain, of persecution against you, against your family. This I told Alex when I just gave him this hug. On this beautiful afternoon, with this beautiful sun in Caracas, on this happy Christmas of our people waiting for the year 2024. I knew that this day had to come and this day came. Blessed day, December 20, unforgettable forever in the year 2023. We have to talk about so many things. You have faced the toughest tests that a brave man with Palestinian blood knows how to endure.
President Maduro’s speech welcoming the freed Alex Saab to Venezuela
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The prisoner swap will see the release of up to 36 people, including 10 US citizens, detained in Venezuela.
Venezuela Secures Release of Gov’t Envoy Alex Saab
If US can clear way for humanitarian aid to Gaza, ‘joint patrol would not be necessary’
If US can clear way for ‘cease-fire in Gaza’, Red Sea problem would be solved
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The United States is working toward fielding a number of new weapon systems including the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), the “Typhon” Mid-Range Capability missile launcher, and the “Dark Eagle” Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon, all designed from the ground up almost entirely to fight China in a future war the US envisions it can wage to prevent the East Asian nation from surpassing it militarily and economically both within the Indo-Pacific region, and globally.
US Missiles Made For, Aimed at China (archived)
Pyongyang, December 2 (KCNA) — Kang Jin Song, an international affairs analyst of the DPRK, released the following article “Deployment of U.S. strategic nuclear assets is malignant cause of vicious cycle of escalating tensions on Korean peninsula” on Saturday:
Deployment of U.S. Nuclear Strategic Assets Is Root Cause of Ever-escalating Tensions on Korean Peninsula: Int’l Affairs Analyst of DPRK
H/T: Der Friedensstifter
W.J. Astore
America Must Reignite Its Distrust of Large Standing Militaries
The U.S. Military’s Alleged Recruiting Crisis Isn’t the Problem
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J/K! I meant USG, not Russia! 😉
Nov. 8 (UPI) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Wednesday to meet with Ukrainian officials to talk about the country’s economic recovery and infrastructure challenges with the ongoing war with Russia.
Buttigieg makes surprise visit to Kyiv to announce new Ukraine transportation adviser
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