The Houthi Rebels are Getting Much More Dangerous. Here’s Why.

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[@EAcapuccino]

Red Sea living up to its name in a literal sense 🫤

[@cherrydragon3120]

Isnt the red sea also close to the dead sea? Or is it the dead sea. Slightly confused

[@EAcapuccino]

​@cherrydragon3120 That is correct haha 😅 Ironic coincidence! The Dead Sea is actually a saltwater lake in Israel 🇮🇱

[@abdulahmed738]

@@cherrydragon3120 dead sea is a lake in palestine

[@MatthiasDrinksH20]

​The dead sea is further north in between Israel/Palestine and Jordan. ​@@cherrydragon3120

[@Zenith118]

@@abdulahmed738 lmao good joke

[@alexthomson3001]

So the Houthi's essentially scuttled the already damaged and abandoned ship to prove a point... and in so doing, created a man made ecological Disaster in their Own sea? I know the Yemeni fishing industry that once was pretty huge has been decimated by the civil war... but as I understand, what's left is still a pretty vital source of food for Yemeni's on both sides. And the sea's been poisoned with fertiliser... to prove a point.

[@CedarHunt]

Nobody has ever claimed these people are intelligent.

[@Dark3stOfSouls]

​@CedarHunt I hope you don't claim the US or any other nation involved are smart either. The houthis are desperate, the Americans have made plenty more ecological disasters in their own waters.

[@CedarHunt]

@@patagonianpaint They haven't done anything to American shipping lanes. No American shipping is going through the Red Sea.

[@aes0p895]

@@Dark3stOfSouls no, the houthis are paid mercenaries and fanatics.

[@CedarHunt]

@@Dark3stOfSouls Go ahead and name one. 😂 What ships has the US sunk off our coast?

[@aRealAndHumanManThing]

just finished, your channels are becoming a surprisingly good alternative to increasing clickbaity newspaper articles

[@boomerisadog3899]

Mainstream media is 90% propaganda, 10% filler.

[@f1mbultyr]

His channels are imperialist and capitalist propaganda. That y'all fall for it…

[@DeafLord18]

Have to agree. My favorite part is the context not opinion on topics.

[@Bertinator-nm9ld]

The real news sources are still decent, and not so clickbaity. Outlets like Reuters and the Associated Press, which do original reporting and offer wire services to everyone else. Those are my first stops for news on a topic.

[@meinnase]

Read actual Newspapers and not whatever ads pop up on your phone then.

[@vidyajamesu]

Damn, early enough that they haven't even finished the description yet. Thanks for your coverage Simon, always keen to hear what you have to say.

[@thebabykarma]

Same, always.

[@ronwatkins5775]

There is a fundamental change regarding warfare. We use to rely on massive power to force an enemy to surrender. Now things are done at the local level and there is no surrender regardless of the force used against them. The lack of surrender means that they will continue to operate regardless if they are overpowered or not. Conventional forces are designed to operate against other conventional forces. This doesn't work well against a local population who all are engaged and continuing to resist.

[@rogerpenske2411]

It can if someone who understands war, is in charge

[@fgqgqlfqsfsffeff]

​@@rogerpenske2411I'm sure you know way more about the situation compared to every top general in all countries. :)

[@99EKjohn]

@@fgqgqlfqsfsffeff The politicians get in the commands way, ever heard of rules of engagement? In a total war you don't knee cap your own troops with rules. We have the ability to turn the whole country of Yemen into glass. The fact we haven't is because we're fighting with a single finger.

[@Bertinator-nm9ld]

This change in warfare was news around the turn of the century. Now it's been the status quo for around 20 years, lol. I am super unsurprised that the US is reluctant to get too involved in another insurgent war.

[@rogerpenske2411]

@@fgqgqlfqsfsffeff they’re all a bunch of pansies

[@chrisforsyth8323]

Okay, so... the Houthis' plan is basically to interdict the Suez Canal? To make the Straits of Gibraltar and the Channel Ports the critical shipping hubs for Europe, and to degrade the ability of African and Arabian nations to make relatively cheap shipments? I'm getting that right? To raise shipping costs for everyone, ignoring the fact that *some* nations can afford it better than others? I mean... okay? At some point, however, Egypt is going to have to decide whether or not that 2% of their GDP means anything to them. I get that they want other nations to bring pressure to bear against Israel... but by making themselves a clearer near-term existential threat than Israel seems a short-sighted way to do that.

[@Cheffe919]

So I'm not the only one thinking that. I work in trading, and while yes, at the beginning of this Houthis attack, businesses took a hit and far less ships were going, but all that happened is other ports are making billions now thanks to this, while all their "Allied" countries are losing insane amounts, I mean, Egypt has so little USD, companies have to partake in Bids for it, and nobody wants to trade in USD with them, and thanks to these attacks its even worse, and Companies are pulling billions of much needed USD out of Egypt. The middle east will have to take care of this, otherwise their already frail economy will crumble completely. Which will make the way clear for the new Silk Road China is planning.

[@CedarHunt]

If anything, this is a huge benefit for the American continent since suddenly Chinese goods are a long way away for buyers in Europe while places like the US, Mexico, and Brazil are much closer and can't be interdicted. This is only a problem for the Middle East and China.

[@WBstein45]

its not about economics, its about islamism and jihad. Your analsys is really precise, but our western mindset do not allow us to understand.

[@aes0p895]

@@WBstein45 their motive might be spiritual, but that doesn't mean they don't want to choose a useful strategy. it does seem like the strategy is short sighted.

[@CedarHunt]

@patagonianpaint The ship they just sank was carrying Chinese steel to a European buyer? Did you even listen to the video?

[@Elongated_Muskrat]

Considering that Red Sea trade benefits mostly Egypt, Europe and China, they really should do more to protect this international waters.

[@equarg]

Yea, Egypts wallet is taking a huge hit. I figured they would in front of the line to stop these guys!

[@flaviusfake271]

It affects the whole world. We all buy goods from Europe and China. Plus some goods coming to or from North America still happens.

[@CedarHunt]

​@@flaviusfake271Not really. The US does practically zero shipping through the Red Sea. We have direct lines to both Europe and Asia and can benefit.

[@Ekdrink]

Why when the rest of the world will say it’s the usa’s fault and cry till they do something

[@black999c]

When they went to water with rockets, I said call me crazy but ww3 stared. I think we can’t defend with money from eu going to Ukrainian, china has a lot of stuff but more then 50% doesn’t work then the stable rattling towards Taiwan. I don’t know much just watch a lot of news. And I know one thing Candace Owens Bets Career on Politician's Wife Being a Man: 'Terrifying'

[@schiz0phren1c]

A channel called "What's going on with shipping" is a great source on all the Naval attacks etc going on at the moment, the host Sal Mercogliano is a Captain with a LOT of experience and knows his ships...

[@user-lb4yp4sl4y]

It seems low cost drones would be a good investment for the US military as well......

[@Arjay.M88]

They have had them for many many years. They were there when I was in, I got out in 2012.

[@user-lb4yp4sl4y]

Thank you! I know little of the military but am not surprised to hear we have more than just multimillion dollar Predator and other advanced and high-cost drone systems.

[@NavyVet4955]

@@user-lb4yp4sl4ymost of our small drones are for recon however it wouldn't take much to modify a few models to carry ordinance.

[@nintendorox5]

Something else to consider is that air superiority is the only thing that really matters here. Not sure what good it is to have a boat when you control the sky and can blow up anything you want. My understanding is that the US Military is much more interested in the air than the sea.

[@MrBrock314]

@@nintendorox5 That's because the US has money to burn (which it does burn). If the US was in the Houthis position, they would not waste their money like that and you'd use the cheapest countermeasures you could.

[@theriotartist]

We all know Houthi can't do anything without The Blowfish.

[@victorian3611]

No, YOU think houthi can't do anything cause you're a racist american imperialist who's very arrogant about the capability of the US army to stop the houthis when they're not even scared of y'all they're literally calling you out by name. All those bombs america dropped on innocent Yemeni civilians did nothing to stop the houthis from sinking ships in the red seas it just pissed them off even more

[@mwm5997]

I see this comment always but I don't know what is means ?

[@tylersmash7134]

​@@mwm5997it's from a band

[@mwm5997]

aha thank you bro@@tylersmash7134

[@dark_zAzas8052]

​@@tylersmash7134So what does the band has to do with the Houthi? 😅

[@projectshift7989]

great narration and content as always

[@miko.g1]

Always great show! Thank you for making these! Minor request: Please show more maps and more data in these videos!

[@PhreekPestilence]

I agree. Can we please have some maps so we can understand this better?

[@toedrag-release]

Its causing massive issues with humanitarian aid getting to Sudan where theres a mass famine.

[@ambessaseway5594]

Not a famine but roads to many vulnerable people are blocked because of 2 general fighs

[@MrBrock314]

@@ambessaseway5594 He didn't specify natural famine. You can cause an artificial famine like Israel is doing. Both are called famines.

[@Kelpie-sb5bi]

Sudan’s filled with extremist islamists aswell, have a hard time feeling bad about all of these fanatics pretty much destroying their own countries constantly. They do it to themselves, as far as i’m concerned they don’t deserve any aid.

[@AkilahIsHuman]

@@MrBrock314it’s still a misnomer when the general issue is a proxy war

[@Luisruiz-bm5ie]

​@@MrBrock314that's a lie and you know it

[@akend4426]

Honestly, I have no clue why some people are unironically supporting the Houthi’s attacks. Like, how is attacking commercial shipping from random countries “brave” or “defending Palestine?” Especially since they claim to only be firing on ships belonging to Israel or are heading there, but are actually wantonly launching missiles at any ship passing through the Red Sea, regardless of their destination or country it’s flagged under in reality.

[@akend4426]

An because I know I’ll inevitably accused of this, I can be critical of Israel's war in Gaza and condemn the Houthis at the same time you know!

[@2genders2genders90]

@@akend4426damn right, Isreal getting attacked sad, thousands of people in Gaza getting slaughtered also sad. World is going to shit 😢

[@nicholassmith8779]

@@2genders2genders90Gaza had it coming for killing all the innocent civilians

[@Zenith118]

it's because they can't think critically

[@MattMajcan]

and who told you theyre attacking any ship passing through the red sea? the western media? and you believed them? what a joke. If they werent harming the United States, the united states would not be trying to bomb the crap out of them.

[@thelifeofjools8384]

Houthi hell do they think they are ?

[@Thigamabob]

Ba dum tsss 🥁

[@cherrydragon3120]

What i take from this is that the houthi's are trying to find out where the line is before other nations are going to give them the afghanistan/syria treatment for the next 20 years.

[@NAStheNomad]

I highly doubt this is going to happen. Many Western countries supported the Saudis to fight the Houthis for years and years, and the Houthis only came out stronger. Yemen will be a much worse quagmire than Vietnam and Afghanistan. This is probably why the US and allies are extremely reluctant to get involved in a substantive way against the Houthis.

[@inoroth2001]

@@NAStheNomad Why fight an army that can't feed itself? It isn't hard to imagine that, prior to the area denial activities the Houthis have engaged in, many Western and even moderate Arab planners were hoping the Houthis would collapse without needing to be pushed, thereby giving global Jihad sentiments a martyr to rally round even if the effort to topple them were to succeed.

[@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073]

Lol. And they still lost the war while winning most of the battles. And we as the tax payers only lost. 😂 hope you have a lot of kids. Someone will have to pay for all this bs.😂

[@SusCalvin]

@@NAStheNomad Saudi Arabia is trying to put their huge investments into war material in action. The saudi armed forces is still not organized to fight wars, it is built to prevent palace coups and uprisings. They have this model many other dictatorships use, where the armed forces are not unified, and a lot of little parallell commands do their little piece. An individual saudi soldier is not worse than any other but combined arms warfare is hard with that organization. But in a dictatorship, that means no single commander can build a power base for a coup. And a palace coup is about the only direct threat to the saudis at the moment.

[@NAStheNomad]

@@SusCalvin whilst true, they were also supported by numerous and formidable Western countries.

[@edwinjrodriguez1801]

All of your stories on every channel you run are written so well. 👌🏾

[@stephengrummitt9079]

There's alot of escalating conflicts going on that news isn't reporting Simon is though😊

[@karagivnish1092]

Youre delivery and content is fantastic You will do well

[@gustavoduartesolano4846]

So. The point of having a very expensive Navy is to protect shipping lanes and international commerce. The next question is... what are the Navies doing about these pirates?

[@vladerag]

Well, the US navy is escorting US ships through the red sea and launching strikes on the Houthi. The other navies are just letting it happen. Why? Idfk, because they are idiots?

[@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073]

It's all about corporate protection.😂 And you pay for it.😂

[@Thigamabob]

Nothing.

[@stefthorman8548]

ask Europe and China, do they plan on sitting on their hands when this directly affects them?

[@siffran123]

@@stefthorman8548 France, UK, Italy has actually sent frigates to the red sea. Other nations has also sent personell and other ships

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content 😊😊

[@keiferwatson4826]

Thank you for the top tier content as always!

[@Nate-kc2wf]

Appreciate the vids from nova scotia canada

[@Marbeary]

That was weird that the ones that uses the red sea mainly for there logistics in there economies are also the ones supplying the missiles that is now might end up with a total Red sea blockade.

[@MrBrock314]

That assumes the motivation is economic, rather than spiritual/moral as they've indicated.

[@SusCalvin]

@@MrBrock314 That's the paradox of all modern warfare. It is not profitable. Why did the USA invade Iraq when there was no direct or long-term economic profit to it. Warfare and the arms industry is like an infinite pit where we throw resources.

[@stephenremnant8151]

It just feels like the world is on a continual downward spiral

[@Ekdrink]

Social media

[@mick8888V]

Certainly amplifying things, however there are usually and insane number of battles going on around the world at all times. It's just that the US and its citizens care less about those going on (assuming the US is not behind the coups and their Presidential/PM elections to begin with to accomplish foreign policy)@@Ekdrink

[@jvb1232]

@@mick8888Vthe US is the main reason there have been so few wars in the 21st century (pax americana). Just like with the British empire during the 1800s and with Rome under Augustus.

[@MrBrock314]

@@jvb1232 You're mistaken about how many wars there have been. There have not been less. There were more in the 1900s than there were in the 1800s even though America was a bigger power in the 1900s. The part of the world that had "less" wars is Europe and North America post-1945. At the cost of every other part of the world having wars on their behalf. Almost every war in every part of the world during the post 1945 era can be tracked directly to: 1) the US, 2) Europe or 3) Russia/USSR. The Cold War + "Rush for Africa" are the #1 cause of wars during this timeframe. Sometimes, it exacerbated already existing tensions but often it was created out of whole cloth by the Cold War powers. For example - Vietnam was a French colony trying to break free. (Europe connection) Part of it did via communist revolution (Russian connection - Ho Chi Minh learned it from Moscow directly). Then, it decides to "free" the rest of Vietnam and the French and later, the US decided to "protect" it from communism (US connection). In reality, that's a civil war brought on by Cold War tensions and colonialism and has far less to do with Vietnam and far more how Vietnam was a proxy for Europe, Russia and the US. Note how the war has been over for 50 years and, somehow, Vietnam is not in a perpetual civil war now that France, Russia and the US don't give a damn about it anymore.

[@kristiansandsmark2048]

@@Ekdrink No, there is actually a lot of bad trends going on now at the same time. If someone told me 5 years ago my country of Norway would be in a proxy war with Russia i would not believe it. That being said social media is not making it any better.

[@calebturnbow1538]

5 MINUTES!! This is the earliest I’ve ever been to a Whistler video of any kind

[@dabajabaza111]

This is your best channel. I can tell you really care about the subject matter.

[@zbhylton]

Great content Simon!

[@zbhylton]

This is the only comment I can leave without getting taken down lol, The censorship is getting scary

[@Findgod222]

As an Eritrean this is so sad. I couldn’t care less about the ships but the aquatic life is taking a huge toll from all of this. Many ppl in Yemen, Eritrea, and Sudan are going to be effected by this.

[@cherrydragon3120]

Your people are causing shit in my country. Thats what makes me sad.

[@cherrydragon3120]

​@goddoesnotexist5688lets be honest. There are billions of people and alot of people arent that great either. I'd half the time chooce turtles over people as well. 😂😂

[@Findgod222]

@goddoesnotexist5688 they’ve been blowing each other up for decades.

[@MrSabuska]

​@goddoesnotexist5688 Innocence end when humans learn to communicate.

[@nicholassmith8779]

@@cherrydragon3120true, animals are much more pleasant than humans.

[@doujinflip]

What’s most disturbing is that the Houthis were always better at warfighting than at governing. Their popularity had been waning up until the raid from Gaza, and they may have gone to war against global trade primarily to distract their populace from their civic failures. Their success could inspire more flagging autocrats into defending their rule through military aggression upon its neighbors.

[@ThHu-rj5sw]

The houthis doubled Yemen's gdp per capita though

[@Mcbignuts]

​@@ThHu-rj5swlol that guy literally made that up , ppl love fighters and moral crusades , who would have thought !!!😂😂

[@ThHu-rj5sw]

@@Mcbignuts ?

[@LegendOfTheFLame393]

​@@ThHu-rj5swthrough a war economy

[@username33ish]

​@@LegendOfTheFLame393if your an American or British god gave you a lack of self awareness didn't he?

[@42evad]

Thanks Simon!

[@rudijoris9555]

What did you actually say Simon. Nice cut job .lol. hullagans!!! 😂

[@mr.nobody7958]

Great content. Great channel. Thank you Simon.

[@wmc4920]

i have friends who works in shipping industries (containers and cargo) they said that the compensation for those Filipino casualties were just around 5 thousand USD (it is very low)... because of international law in where and how compensation applies

[@Bill_Ross]

I have been enjoying Warographics as well as several of your other channels. I would enjoy your version of an interview-style podcast, as I believe many other would, if you had an inkling to start one. You seem to have an even handed perspective that is sorely lacking among a large portion of that particular platform. Anyway, thanks for the great content.

[@throughtherealmgate2239]

I know this may sound like a stupid question. But could you not deploy rope netting on the outside of ships to prevent the drones striking the ships. A bit like the cage armour around tanks?

[@AgentXRifle]

They call them cope cages for a reason

[@Eregur]

Nah, not really stupid they used to be a thing called torpedo nets. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo_net

[@Thigamabob]

That is like hiking in himalayas naked.

[@jimmccauley9099]

To be at a U.N. council meeting and hear NATO countries tell Yemem & Iran "Now you f>

[@ahrlj24]

Like Afghanistan? Operation prosperity guardian is going spectacularly well.

[@untitled458]

Putin jumpscare

[@Arjay.M88]

At some point insurance costs through the red sea will be more expensive than the trip around Africa.

[@Verita1975]

It already is. But it’s not that . If you are a shipping company why even risk something happening to your ship and its cargo. Just go around the Cape. Yes it takes extra time and more cost but at least your ship and its product gets to its destination. Why risk an insurance claim ,when all you have to do is charge your clients a bit extra for the time and fuel cost. If you were the CEO of a shipping company what would you do. I know what I would do … around the Cape we go.

[@areaxisthegurkha]

​@@Verita1975"a bit extra fuel" Do you know how large the African continent is from South to North? This will cost the Europeans dearly who are already low on oil.

[@Gnomezonbacon]

@@areaxisthegurkha America: Laughs in Texas oil exports to Europe going up even more.

[@Verita1975]

@@areaxisthegurkhaI am South African so I know exactly how massive the African continent is ( having to fly to Europe - where I am a citizen by descent - and back often). Before the Suez Canal the. only way for a shipping company go from West to East was around the Cape and before that the reason for the Age of Discovery was because the Ottomans had closed off trade between the East and West. The only reason Europe ( and Europeans) are wealthy and feel “ superior “ is because for the last 200 years they have in Economic Terms been able to get resources and goods and have access to markets “cheaply”. In other words if Europe was forced to use its own resources and rely on its internal markets costs in Europe have to go up! Also the “ externalities” (downside costs) of say mining have not been borne by European’s. This was the not the case until the 1990s, food for example was always more expensive in Europe than say in South Africa, but say machinery was more expensive in SA than in Europe. What I witnessed over 30 years was how a South African orange was CHEAPER in Europe than in South Africa, yet a German car has become far more expensive in relative terms than it used to be in say the mid 90’s. As you can see I am ( amongst others) also an Economist and the last 20 years in particular have caused massive distortions in International Trade. Unfortunately for Europeans they no longer produce anything of substance… I for example will drive a Chinese car and I import high tech Indian goods ( which are literally 2/3rds of the cost of similar European goods) and I don’t have to worry about the “August” holidays where the whole European economy just shuts down ( the Indians will at least have a skeleton staff). I actually feel sorry for my European cousins … I can see their standards of living collapse before my eyes ( before the Red Sea was “ shut down”) but they are not flexible enough either as persons or as an economy to adapt. One last point, I have as one of my clients a large shipping company, the decision has been made, they are ordering extra container ships so whereas they would have had say 2 one on the water and one either loading or offloading, they will have 4, 3 on the water one loading offloading. This will reduce the lead time back to 12/14 odd days between Europe and Asia even though it takes 24/30 days to do the route. There is no chance they will ever ( and they are from a neutral company) risk the Red Sea again - plus you have pirates etc in the Gulf of Aden- not worth the risk . The West has been unable to resolve the situation in the Middle East. It’s a Catastrophe what will Egypt do with the lost income from its portage fees in the Suez Canal for example? The Yemeni’s you can also add Somalis, Eritreans, Sudanese (all of whole are in some form of civil war) now know they can hold the whole Red Sea to ransom .. for any reason in future … that shipping route is for all intents and purposes dead! Oh and it’s not like South Africa will really “profit from the situation” other than a refuelling/ repairs stop. The Container Vessels/ Bulk Ore carriers etc are being designed to be able to effectively make a trip from say Hong Kong to Rotterdam in one trip so the ships don’t go near ANY land! And in case the Americans think they are somehow protected … it was far easier and cheaper to deliver goods to the East Coast of the US via the Suez Canal. Now they have to go either around the Cape, or across the entire Pacific, (wait for up to a month at the Panama Canal), then through the Caribbean up the East Coast of the U.S. and dock in New York !!! ( the cost of land transportation from say San Francisco to New York is insane). Yep the world has changed - I don’t know for better or worse but it has changed !

[@areaxisthegurkha]

@@Gnomezonbacon then I guess you're gonna have to vote for Trump because he's the only candidate supporting this extensively. (Ngl i think this is a smart move too)

[@Nefelibatacomingthrough]

Simon, please, make a video where you talk about your KZbin projects and channels and how you decided to do something like this. Great video, as is usual. +1+1+1+1+1

[@deecawford]

Great info Simon.

[@s56505]

All the mean time Iran is like yeah what weapons.

[@karlherkess7066]

Thought the thumbnail said "Sunik"😂 he sure has sunk it.

[@goldrogger8009]

well the crew is actually always somewhere on deck doing maintenance unless its clean superstructure day

[@nath9091]

Rubymar was not the first ship hit just the fuses appear to have failed on previous hits resulting in fire but not dangerous damage. Rubymar was probably following adjustments to improve these fuses. Finally Rubymar is highly suspected of destroying undersea Internet cables as when it was hit it was near the cables and it had several days dragging its anchor around.

[@garretth8224]

Highly suspected still isn't definitive proof.

[@nath9091]

@@garretth8224 True but definite proof rarely exists in potential shadow actions. The support for it is essentially circumstantial that 1. There were undersea cables in the area where the Rubymar was hit, 2. The Rubymar did have it's anchor deployed and 3. The outages happened after Rubymar was hit within a few days and pre the sinking. So the theory is reasonably plausible and at least it has more support than any other explanation. But maybe the Houthis did do it directly.

[@Kaisermisterioso]

Like always, thanks for giving us this neutral overview of the situation and making so hard to comprehend topics so easy to understand. This is why I love your channel♥

[@Mikey-jm3dc]

Do they really want to give the us a reason to rearrange the geography and widen the chokepoint?

[@thegamingwillis6996]

I love how things only get worse and never better

[@gnaskar]

Of the top of my head, this is humanity's third first instance of space warfare.

[@ydplays4002]

Others?

[@everypitchcounts4875]

F-15 shooting down a satellite

[@ydplays4002]

@@everypitchcounts4875 it was a test, this was combat

[@danlorett2184]

Hey at least we're spending a cool Trillion a year on our awesome military that is totally not capable of dealing with this problem, apparently.

[@Biggest_tony]

I mean they can but domestic and foreign opinion would plummet.

[@sizanogreen9900]

I mean that we germans are the clowns of this operation is not suprising if you look at the absolute shitshow that is out military xD

[@gandydancer9710]

Not much American trade goes through the Suez Canal -- we have more direct routes to everywhere important -- so why should OUR military "deal with" this?

[@danlorett2184]

@@gandydancer9710 Maybe look up whose trade DOES go thru there and figure it out

[@notajetplane]

This is a great channel

[@johnredcorn2476]

That bald head. Its hypnotic

[@TemptationsEnd]

Top tier content to keep us abreast of current news as usual Simon! Keep up the good work! I don’t even have to watch the video to know it’s an absolute banger! Seriously, thanks for brushing off the political bullshit and giving us cold hard facts.

[@Zenith118]

INTRO TEXT/AD PLUG So true, Simon

[@shawrebel55]

How does this affect the Susz Canal and Egypt? Who is compensating Egypt?

[@RazVanPaulOfficial]

They're like the annoying sand people of Star wars 😂

[@Reach41]

Clearly they could be stopped, but diverting ships around the long way and absorbing the cost is probably a lot less expensive than would be a large scale military action.

[@samwill7259]

No, they can't be stopped, not like that. ISIS wasn't stopped by military action, neither was the taliban, or alqueda. Another middle eastern forever war only ever makes things worse

[@Reach41]

@@samwill7259 I seem to recall that Iraq under Saddam Hussein was stopped. No, his forces were not wiped out to the last man. That’s what I was referring to.

[@samwill7259]

@@Reach41Yes, and then the Iraq government totally collapsed into an anarchic warzone where a half dozen even worse terrorist organizations sprung up like weeds! Remember that part too?!

[@trancedarkdust90]

Watch for the extreme profits being reported next year, from shipping.

[@Reach41]

@@trancedarkdust90 Time to buy stock in shipping companies!

[@knarfxd4071]

My question remains, how do those weapons get there? It's being smuggled in somehow, so why aren't we tackling that?

[@FarmerEnvoyXtreme]

iran

[@newwonderer]

@@FarmerEnvoyXtreme how

[@cherrydragon3120]

​​@@newwondererblack market. Iran funds these groups and they buy weapons with those funds from a local black market. Smuggled goods.

[@MinecraftAddict991]

Probably stashed away in aid shipments.

[@adamelghalmi9771]

@@MinecraftAddict991 doubtful, it's not that hard to smuggle stuff haha

[@garyb9167]

Ships wanting to go through the Red Sea to or from the Med Sea will either need to detour with those costs passed down the line or see if a country like the US would be willing to fit ships with something like the CIWS and training to reload and service them. Relying on warships that can't be everywhere at once is a more dangerous option.

[@slawomirzawojski311]

Seems like Egipt has a dilemma.....

[@philiprufus4427]

And they thought they had problems with The Brits,French and Israeli's in the fifties,when gubbed !

[@funkmonkeyfun]

I have SERIOUS doubt they have any clue about under sea cables lol.

[@Go4Broke247]

You'll be surprised. Lol

[@Inero_01]

They know, and they already said they got no interest in damaging them, I mean Yemen will be affected as well

[@FNA27601]

They definitely do know this is not a simple little rebel force my guy this is Essentially a paramilitary with crazy amount of drones and rockets capable of traversing patriot missile defenses of both saudi arabia and the UAE.

[@SusCalvin]

Events in Europe have shown how vulnerable cables and pipelines underwater are. The investigation of Nordstream is still underway in Germany. They haven't been able or willing to assign blame, but it looks like it was done on the cheap. A half-dozen blokes, a rented boat and a relatively cheap commercial drone with an explosive attached is all it might have needed. If an actor can airlift a commando team onto a boat, I think they could drive a drone down to a pipeline.

[@mazen2005]

They said that they will not touch the cables

[@prome3us550]

Certainly a better naming convention for seaborne drones would be USB's and SUB's?

[@argenys]

Is it not possible with modern technology to install some relative low cost defenses on the shipping ships? At least that cover certain threats?

[@tripwire3992]

What will the houthis do if trade just goes around?

[@noir1923]

it would hurt all the world,which is why they do it. the suez canal makes it a lot shorter to trade

[@raptor2265]

They’d end up succeeding in their goal of harming the entire planet by dealing a severe blow to the global economy. If you thought that the Suez Canal being blocked for a few days was bad, imagine what it’ll be like when it becomes unacceptably dangerous to travel for weeks or even months on end. It would end up costing TRILLIONS of dollars. Recall that, when the _Ever Given_ blocked the canal, the costs incurred by the delays it caused to international shipping were upwards of $9 BILLION per day - roughly $400 million an hour! Once ships have to start going around the Cape of Good Hope, rather than just waiting for the canal to clear, costs would increase even further, as it’d add several thousand more miles to the voyage, increasing transit time and requiring vastly more fuel.

[@MrBrock314]

Declare victory, obviously. Having forced the world to pay for the Israel-Gaza conflict. The conservative cost estimate for that (worldwide) would be something like $200 billion so the Houthis would probably consider a $200 billion sanction in retaliation for supporting (or not stopping) the Israel-Gaza conflict a fair trade.

[@FNA27601]

​@@Benjamin-Outdoorsyeah that seems very little change but in the grand scheme of things that's tens to hundreds of billions of dollars of losses. Remember how that one ship that was stuck in the suez was basically costing the world economy millions per day? Well this is a whole lot more devastating than that.

[@pantherdddjvdgx]

Wear more dirty dresses

[@Arjay.M88]

RIP Egypts GDP.

[@philliplee1193]

The landscape forces transit thru the gauntlet of tactical weapons whose presence engages ‘the most powerful, prosperous superpower the world has ever seen’ with its most expensive tactical weaponry, on a limited basis because it is indeed limited to that. Being operational on its diet of just-in-time deliveries, itself. And with limited engagements. And with the Champion Titleship to contend with. And with the British supplied uuv trick hitting an Russian Cruiser, your point about that surge in development is spread ‘round the world is most notable, esp in comparison to tonnage in the water of both means of destruction and steelwork to destroy

[@nazimjones4573]

hey greeting from Belize

[@tempgamefreakgaming]

These guys are really getting too close to the Sun... iykyk

[@LoganStanleyTX]

"INTRO TEXT/AD PLUG" so true

[@phoebus86]

Would shipping companies be willing to ship around the cape again?

[@EnricoJetStream]

If they can shoot down a reaper, it's mean the they have something more powerful that an IGLA or Stinger, that have maximum range around 15 thousand ft.

[@fluffynupking7340]

It's like that one South Park episode," should we start to worry" 🤔🤣

[@timothypeterson4781]

Because people are giving them passes in being terrorists. Like by calling them rebels.

[@domtweed7323]

They're taking action to prevent genocide. The Houthis are the ones taking America's "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine seriously.

[@moritamikamikara3879]

Up until this point, that was literally all they were, just rebels (against the Yemeni government) They've become terrorists now though.

[@Mcbignuts]

Rebels , freedom-fighters , the only Muslims with balls etc

[@firasajoury7813]

Says the American 😂

[@timothypeterson4781]

@@firasajoury7813 I don't remember the revolutionaries attacking neutral ships... but hey, that's just my memory probably.

[@xXScissorHandsXx]

Curious what grass roots change these arms could have meant for Yemen and Iran's civilian infrastructure instead of pissing in the wind like this...

[@ajcates9136]

Who are theses hoopty rebels you speak of 😂

[@FinalRepublic]

Sure am glad the adults are back in the room. Sarcasm? It's 2024 you decide!

[@richardscathouse]

Propaganda BS

[@wesleybrehm9386]

Houthis have fucked around, and will inevitably find out.

[@Thigamabob]

I feel like these certain people are masochists.

[@jessebrown5963]

At some point, shits gonna get really real, and all the cry babies will line the western streets protesting in support of a religious sect that demands the killing of those who refuse to convert. It’s sickening

[@skehsep9604]

Wouldn't using electronics Jammers be a good counter for this. like installing the ships with them?

[@iguiste23]

Hello again Simon. I am alone in the comment lol.

[@tomsmith2604]

You noted the True Confidence was contacted by "Yemen navy" and told to turn around....u DIDNT note that they COMPLYED and were STILL HIT

[@CaptainPepega]

The Houthi are what you get when parents don't give their kids enough attention.

[@mr.x817]

Houthis are what you get when you have a world bully country (US).

[@lawrencecrocker4870]

except that most of yemeni are kids. all the adults being dead from years of civil war.

[@jackoh991]

I see a typo. I think you meant The Houthi are what you get when you murder parents and leave kids to grow up only knowing hate

[@dsnodgrass4843]

It says a lot of less than good things about the "brotherhood" alleged in Islam, that the only Muslim force in the whole Islamic world that sought to aid HAMAS in defending itself was the one with the least resources to do so: the Houthis. Only when the Houthis' strikes were paying off did anyone like Iran start to supply them with better weaponry and technology.

[@GreedlingRush]

Don't tell the Houthis what happened to the Barbary States.

[@BewareTheCarpenter]

Has this made any real impact on the war in Gaza? Any benefit to the Palestine civilians?

[@GeorgeMonet]

If Hamas cared about the Palestine civilians they would not have terrorized Israel.

[@BewareTheCarpenter]

@@GeorgeMonetAgreed, yet my question still stands on whether the Huthis are achieving their goals.

[@HeadCannonPrime]

I'm surprised China hasn't done something about this yet. It seems like this is going to hurt them more than anybody else.

[@jungblutjm]

And where is Egypt in all this? Their economic interests related to the Suez Canal are certainly hurt as well! Why is Egypt not intervening with boots on the ground?

[@SusCalvin]

The local regional powers active in Yemen right now is Iran and Saudi Arabia.

[@zeropointenergy777]

Evan Maloney on it once again! Nice work, gents

[@dlscorp]

Why are you asking "can they kill people?" when three mariners have already been killed in missile strikes

[@shutyomouthchild]

First person I've seen note this... 40 comments deep. Amazing how ignorant the general public is regarding geopolitical affairs

[@benjifiji2019]

Cause he made a vid about it. But this is about naval and not land threat asessment of the huthis

[@tjbellah349]

They’re about to learn why America doesn’t have free healthcare.

[@BanditZA]

I died 😂

[@andyv16012]

Because the US Government sucks at most things it does "for the people". Look how bad the VA Hospitals are being ran, the IRS, the 2 tiered justice system, the Southern Border, Sanctuary Cities. Do you really want them in charge of your healthcare?

[@rogerpenske2411]

We do have free health care: get off of your fat arse and move. Problem solved

[@f1mbultyr]

America is going to learn how much the rest of the world hates her

[@GeldUndKokaine-kc1hp]

This has been said for about 3 conflicts in a row and none of them are resolved for America or it’s Allies

[@BRUCE_the_MOOSE_]

During all this, I have been wondering where Blowfish is ?

[@finessegoddd]

And where is Hootie?

[@reptilexcq2]

They now have hypersonic missiles lol.

[@dennislosee]

Buy food instead of weapons and your people won’t starve…

[@AliDixon95]

You're a prick x

[@nnakaudoh]

This comment lacks knowledge about the actual situation. Anyone could say this about for example North Korea but that is not going to fix a problem.

[@adamelghalmi9771]

buy homes instead of israeli guns and your people won't be homeless...

[@lawrencecrocker4870]

lol this is literally every country on the planet. All countries have a military and starving citizens.

[@linusmayden8465]

That was 2+ years ago, things are different for them now, like the brokered peace deal by China between the Houthis and Saudi-Arabia.

[@DUBSTEP_KUSH305]

They just getting started

[@fares-uh5mb]

Don't forget Yemen just prevented Israeli shipping in red Sea but US and UK stopped global shipping in red Sea ⛵

[@davidboi4025]

Why cant they just chill

[@LegendOfTheFLame393]

Religion is why

[@FieldDay-cj3tv]

​@@LegendOfTheFLame393 no Palestine

[@Getslashfucked]

They would be “chill” if the west wasn’t interfering as usual.

[@Rapidfire94]

Same reason why Israel can't just chill

[@ScentlessSun]

@@Rapidfire94Israel would chill the moment Hamas surrendered. Hamas won’t do that because they know Israel will put them in prison. Hamas has no concern for the people of Palestine only what happens to themself.

[@jamesturner2126]

1 year ago, Seth Meyers claimed that it was a stupid idea to shoot down a missile because it could have a nuclear wearhead in it. Uss Carney did not ask questions.

[@JimAllen-Persona]

So? You are aware of how a nuclear weapon works, correct? The reaction has to be started in a very specific manner or else it’s useless except for the minor amount of conventional explosive it uses to start the reaction.

[@PrezVeto]

Then Seth Meyers is an idiot. Hardly out of character for him.

[@jamesturner2126]

@JimAllen-Persona thank you for explaining that in a reply so I didn't need to in my comment. 💙✊🏿

[@GeorgeMonet]

Seth Meyers is also a noted apologist. Of course he would say that it is wrong for someone to protect themself.

[@mappingshaman5280]

That's quite possibly the dumbest thing I've ever heard. If it did have a nuclear warhead in it, would it be better to let it land and kill thousands of people and possibly start ww3?

[@johncharlton199]

Stop blowing holes in ma ship!!

[@dawn_alex]

Why dont see more International Interest in this issue. I have seen Indian Navy conducting a lot rescue missions from sinking ships. But we should be proactive..

[@SusCalvin]

India is a regional power, they are out and about in the area. Looking at what the regional powers are doing is a lot of work but always useful.

[@bendershome4discountorphan859]

Huthis just wanna find out

[@Mcbignuts]

Prosperity status - Guarded 😂😂😂

[@josjos2203]

Houthis just want the genocide to stop

[@zainalnaima158]

They surley are finding out how lame prosperity guardian is

[@firasajoury7813]

Sure that’ll scare them how many billions have this prosperity guardian cost usa so far ?

[@commanderboom2626]

@@firasajoury7813well, considering we pay ourselves for the munitions we use, it boosts our economy and keeps factory workers on payroll. Not only that but it provides valuable combat experience for our sailors. Obviously it’s not all sunshine and rainbows, however the benefits seem to outweigh the costs.

[@chriswoodend2036]

It occurs to me that if Israel is successful in it's campaign they've also created a template for dealing with groups like the Houthis.

[@richardscathouse]

They stole it from Germany 😂😂

[@philiprufus4427]

Kings Jewish Legion Actually. No,not Charlie current,his Grandad.@@richardscathouse

[@bandit5875]

Thanks for being a reputable news source with an emphasis on minimizing bias, and maintaining realistic expectations.