The Royal Air Force again began fighting over Yemen over the weekend, bombing Houthi positions used to attack ships. Four Typhoon FGR4s, supported by two Voyager tankers, attacked military installations in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with missile and drone attacks.
This was the RAF’s third mission using Cyprus-based aircraft, and refueling was required for this mission, which in itself indicates the absence of British aircraft carriers in the region. ing. American warplanes have also carried out attacks from aircraft carrier groups in the Red Sea, but so far they have failed to destroy Houthi strongholds.
This is not at all surprising given neighboring Saudi Arabia’s long history of failure to reduce the military power of Iranian-backed groups. What is surprising is that only the UK and the US are involved in this action.
It is described as a “coalition mission” supported by several countries, including Australia and New Zealand, but the heavy lifting is being done by the UK and US. Denmark and the Netherlands are the only EU countries that provide logistics and intelligence support.
Where are the French, Spanish and Italians? Even though they have the resources to help, they do not even accept the legitimacy of their actions. Perhaps the US, with its aircraft carriers in the Red Sea, and the UK, with its bases in Cyprus, may need to take the lead.
However, other major European countries that rely on trade through the Suez Canal are not part of the fray. It makes fun of their conceited talk about the EU military and a common foreign policy.
When in history has a pirate rebel group threatened international shipping and done so with such indifference from those affected? Barbary pirates plundered and kidnapped the Mediterranean, but were defeated by the United Nations in the 19th century.
Much of China’s exports pass through the Suez Canal, as does much oil and gas from the Gulf, but Beijing has voted against the move and Arab countries have refrained from participating.
Oversight of global trade routes is once again left to the UK and US. The problem with this is that it can be used as anti-Western propaganda when it is in everyone’s interest to keep the waterways open. This problem should not be left to ordinary participants to solve.
The Royal Air Force again began fighting over Yemen over the weekend, bombing Houthi positions used to attack ships. Four Typhoon FGR4s, supported by two Voyager tankers, attacked military installations in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with missile and drone attacks.
This was the RAF’s third mission using Cyprus-based aircraft, and refueling was required for this mission, which in itself indicates the absence of British aircraft carriers in the region. ing. American warplanes have also carried out attacks from aircraft carrier groups in the Red Sea, but so far they have failed to destroy Houthi strongholds.
This is not at all surprising given neighboring Saudi Arabia’s long history of failure to reduce the military power of Iranian-backed groups. What is surprising is that only the UK and the US are involved in this action.
It is described as a “coalition mission” supported by several countries, including Australia and New Zealand, but the heavy lifting is being done by the UK and US. Denmark and the Netherlands are the only EU countries that provide logistics and intelligence support.
Where are the French, Spanish and Italians? Even though they have the resources to help, they do not even accept the legitimacy of their actions. Perhaps the US, with its aircraft carriers in the Red Sea, and the UK, with its bases in Cyprus, may need to take the lead.
However, other major European countries that rely on trade through the Suez Canal are not part of the fray. It makes fun of their conceited talk about the EU military and a common foreign policy.
When in history has a pirate rebel group threatened international shipping and done so with such indifference from those affected? Barbary pirates plundered and kidnapped the Mediterranean, but were defeated by the United Nations in the 19th century.
Much of China’s exports pass through the Suez Canal, as does much oil and gas from the Gulf, but Beijing has voted against the move and Arab countries have refrained from participating.
Oversight of global trade routes is once again left to the UK and US. The problem with this is that it can be used as anti-Western propaganda when it is in everyone’s interest to keep the waterways open. This problem should not be left to ordinary participants to solve.