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However, the effectiveness of these operations depends on two key factors: Did they cripple Houthi capabilities? The group has proven resilient, especially if Iran continues to funnel weapons and intelligence support,
We are already on day 3 of the military campaign and it has been unrelenting. This is much different than the smaller and more limited strikes during the Biden administration,
said Hudson fellow Rebecca Heinrichs He’s doing what should have been done under the Biden administration,
said Gene Moran, former Navy captain and former advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs The people affected, I think, are more European and Chinese than American,
said Ben Friedman, policy director at Defense Priorities The days of pinprick responses where we allow that to occur is over. That's, I think, a pretty clear statement from the administration as a whole as well,
State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters Monday of the renewed offensive Any further attack or retaliation by the ‘Houthis’ will be met with great force, and there is no guarantee that that force will stop there. Iran has played ‘the innocent victim’ of rogue terrorists from which they’ve lost control, but they haven’t lost control,
This is also not an endless offensive. This is not about regime change in the Middle East, this is about putting American interests first."
At the same time, he emphasized It's very difficult, if not impossible, for us to talk about force, posture from this podium,
