Those strikes come with a significant price tag. In some cases, U.S. forces have used Tomahawk missiles, which can cost about $2 million each. But even beyond the costs themselves, analysts warn that the U.S. is quickly depleting its weapons stockpiles, which were already running thin after years of military support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.

“The price of the munitions themselves may be pennies to the Pentagon financially, but using so many of them amounts to a significant blow to our actual stockpiles of these weapons,” said Mr. DiMino, the Defense Priorities analyst. “By some estimates, the Navy has already used more than a year’s worth of [Tomahawk missile] production in Yemen. It takes time to build these things. So, the costs are not just sticker price. It can set back our production by years in some cases.”

https://archive.is/2024.02.13-203740/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/13/running-tab-us-clash-with-houthis-costs-taxpayers-/

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    Because it’s the Houthi flag, not a sign.

    It reads:

    God is the Greatest
    Death to America
    Death to Israel
    A Curse Upon the Jews
    Victory to Islam

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      I never considered that a flag could just be colored words with no symbols

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      Pretty sure the 3rd and 4th lines are now meant to be read as

      Death to Israel a Curse Upon the Jews

      I think they’ve mellowed out a lot as they’ve taken power in Yemen

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            I think it is pretty rational to disrupt shipping to put pressure on the US to end the genocide in gaza

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              I too think it is pretty rational to disrupt shipping to put pressure on the US to end the genocide in Gaza further the geopolitical goals of the Iranian regime. Especially because the US historically has reacted well to this sort of pressure right?

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                Especially because the US historically has reacted well to this sort of pressure right?

                Capitalism is capital in motion. If you slow the C-M-C cycle you really hurt capitalist countries. It puts enormous pressure on the US and so far has resulted in the vast majority of ships going around the horn instead of through the canal.

                The US history of tantrums that we see playing at again doesn’t change that.