VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to AntiTrumpAlliance@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoTotally normal the dept of wardiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square100linkfedilinkarrow-up1814
arrow-up1814imageTotally normal the dept of wardiscuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to AntiTrumpAlliance@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square100linkfedilink
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoThat’s the thing. We have a base in Djibouti. It’s a little farther and would have taken some of the focus off of AFRICOM, but would have been a regional base outside of Iran’s capability.
minus-squaremajster@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoAnd Houthis are just across the strait. Seemingly whole thing depended on USA being undisputed top dog.
That’s the thing. We have a base in Djibouti.
It’s a little farther and would have taken some of the focus off of AFRICOM, but would have been a regional base outside of Iran’s capability.
And Houthis are just across the strait. Seemingly whole thing depended on USA being undisputed top dog.