Ready, Fire, Aim/Rev 2

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Can't these idiots do anything right? Seems war plans against the Houthis went prime time according to The Atlantic. If so, ready, fire, aim applies yet again.

Territory controlled by the Houthi movement shown in dark green

The poorest nation in the Middle East is doing a number on the US in ways thought impossible until now as asymmetrical war, driven by drones, is now how war is being conducted in the year of our lord 2025.

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen.

I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.

This is going to require some explaining.

Addendum: 

The story technically begins shortly after the Hamas invasion of southern Israel, in October 2023. The Houthis—an Iran-backed terrorist organization whose motto is “God is great, death to America, death to Israel, curse on the Jews, victory to Islam”—soon launched attacks on Israel and on international shipping, creating havoc for global trade. Throughout 2024, the Biden administration was ineffective in countering these Houthi attacks; the incoming Trump administration promised a tougher response.

The orange menace's also ineffective ...