Critics of Barack Obama’s administration say the president’s weak foreign policy emboldens America’s international rivals like Iran.
Is there any better example than this?
Two missiles were fired from territory in Yemen held by Iranian-supported terrorists at an American destroyer in the Red Sea, the U.S. Navy said Monday, the second such launch targeting ships in the crucial international waterway in recent days.
The Iranian-backed Shiite terror groups, known as Houthis and their allies, offered no reason for the launches, though they came after a Saudi-led airstrike targeting a funeral in Yemen’s capital killed over 140 people and wounded 525 on Saturday.
In a statement, the Navy said no American sailors were injured and no damage was done to the USS Mason, an Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyer whose home port is Norfolk, Virginia. Lt. Ian McConnaughey, a spokesman for U.S. Navy Forces Central Command, said that it’s unclear if the USS Mason was specifically targeted, though the missiles were fired in its direction over an hour’s time period, starting at around 7 p.m.
An American defense official said the USS Mason used onboard defensive measures after the first missile was fired, but it wasn’t clear if that caused the missile to splash harmlessly into the sea. The destroyer at the time of the missile fire was north of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which serves as a gateway for oil tankers headed to Europe through the Suez Canal, the official said.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details of the incident that haven’t been made public.
Analysts with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy suggested in a report that the Houthis may have targeted the Emirati ship with an Iranian anti-shipping cruise missile, based on purported video of the attack.
Shiite power Iran has been accused of supported the Houthis with weapons and money for years.
Meanwhile, Saudi state television aired a brief clip of what appeared to be a projectile that was said to have landed in Taif in the ballistic missile attack. The video shows the flash of an explosion, followed by images of emergency vehicles. Taif is home to Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd Air Base, which hosts U.S. military personnel training the kingdom’s armed forces.
The Saudi military said the missile fired late Saturday night was intercepted and caused no damage. The U.S. military’s Central Command, which oversees troops in the Middle East, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Al-Masirah, a satellite news channel run by Yemen’s Shiite rebels known as the Houthis, identified the missile as a local variant of a Soviet-era Scud missile. It said the Volcano-1 missile targeted the air base.
The Houthis have fired a series of ballistic missiles in Saudi Arabia since a kingdom-led coalition of Arab countries has launched an offensive against them in Yemen in March 2015. Most of those ballistic missiles have hit areas far closer to Saudi Arabia’s border with Yemen, like an attack Friday night that targeted the southwestern city of Khamis Mushait.
In the Taif attack, however, the missile struck a target more than 325 miles from the border. Taif also is just outside of Mecca, which is home to the cube-shaped Kaaba that all of the world’s Muslims pray toward.
The Saudi military also said it earlier intercepted another ballistic missile fired Sunday on the Yemeni city of Marib.
The Houthis gave no reason for their targeting of Taif, but it comes after a Saudi-led airstrike Saturday targeting a funeral in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. On Sunday, thousands marched through the streets of Sanaa to protest the strike, one of the deadliest single attacks in the impoverished Arab country’s relentless civil war.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry said its U.N. mission sent a letter on Sunday to the Security Council, expressing the kingdom’s “deep regret of the reported attack” on the funeral. Saudi officials have promised to investigate the bombing.
Yemen’s war is largely overshadowed by the conflict against the Islamic State group elsewhere in the Middle East, though rights groups have mounted increased criticism of the Saudi-led airstrikes in recent months for killing civilians. The U.N. and rights groups estimate the conflict has killed at least 9,000 people and displaced nearly 3 million more.
Is it time for Barack Obama to respond to this Iranian aggression with force? Comment below.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
Obama will say we should not provoke them
Obama does not want go down in history that he fired back at them.
Osama has always been a coward and is a Muslim himself should not have ever been president of this great country he has literally put this country in the toilet and hellery would flush it he is on their side that’s why the SOB won’t do anything to protect this country
Both of b. Hussein Obama’s birth certificates – short-form and long-form – were rather badly and inexpertly forged. He was born in Mombasa, in what was then – in 1961 – called the British East African Protectorate and not Kenya, therefore ineligible for Presidency. And he is not an African-American; he is a mongrel – a product of a drunken Black Kenyan communist and an American White drugged-up hippie mother.
I agree with you. I found this link and video. You can see Obama admits to not being a United States Citizen, being born in Africa/Kenya and his Birth Certificate was forged. His mouth is seen speaking every word heard on the video. The people he spoke to departed and went home after hearing him speak. This was real, but he never figured the video would ever be seen and he wants it banned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQcd41RO25k
You are right, so right all they had to do was go to Great Britian they would have found it , I have already read this a few weeks ago !!! Hell ODUMBA WAS NOT BORN IN AMERICA, NO ONE REALLY TRIED !!!
PLEASE, CHARLES MASTERSON!!! DO NOT INSULT THE MONGRELS, THIS SONOFABITCH IS NO WHERE NEAR THAT CATEGORY – MAY AN AMEBA?
Love it.
“… he wont do anything to protect this country.” Tell that to Osama bin Laden. As well as numerous terrorist suspects killed by drone missiles.
Re; he has already gone down as the worst president ever even worst than carter and that’s saying something he is a foreign born Muslim has no business being president of this great country
We should get rid of all muslims in the USA PERIOD.
Hey Chris–I wish ALL Americans would think like you! They hate us “infidels” so why do they want to be around us?
Yeah and the bias media says he has an almost 60% favorable popularity , I say BULLSH*T !!!!
Obama will go down as our worst president ever. People should have known better then to elect a Muslim that hates our country n
Will just send more money, What has he EVER done for our Military or the American people? NOTHING!!
We should attack no one who has not attacked us.
I thought “hate speech” was disallowed. The last couple of insane comments sounded like racist hate speech to me. Some children just can’ t get over the fact that the majority of the people in this country elected Barack Obama – he wasn’t forced on us by our Politburo like the previous non elected one was.
Martha Thomsen-
Apparently, you’re completely ignorant of the fact that in hundreds of districts, more than one hundred percent of registered voters “voted” for D’OweBama.
He was NOT elected a second time; he STOLE the election by cheating, just like The Liar is planning to do as i write.
The really sad part is that the weasel, Mittens Robme, didn’t raise a stink about it and demand both investigations and prosecutions. He just rolled over like a good lap dog for the NWO/OWG satanists.
i have NO fear that Trump will certainly go after cheats, loudly and publicly, and has probably already prepared his legal team to go after any and all cases of even SUSPECTED voter fraud.
Drop a Nuke on Mecca and wake the Mu-slimes up…..should shut them up for the next 100 years……
did it with US money buckwheat gave em
That is the best one I have ever heard, “Buckwheat”
obama is not going to do anything except bow down to these FANATICAL MUSLUMS like he always does. And then turn around and award them with guns or bombs to us against our own people. I wish our Military would throw his ass out.
the SOFCD ARAB WHO LIVES IN OUR WHITE HOUSE WILL NOT DO A THING. heb is afraid of the radical islamic terrorists called idis , who with killerys help, he founded,funded and armed.. now we have a nrewvthreat calledvHOUTHIS. they are so ULTRA RADICAL THAT THEYVARE FIRING MISSELS A T KAABA, WHICH IS THE HOLIEST OF HOLIEST IN ALL ISLAMIC MUSLEUM RELIGIOUS SITES..
I agree with you throw the trailer out of office.
If Hillary is elected, she will give more money to the terrorist countries, which will enable more terrorist acts globally and in America. She helped co-ordinate the strategy for the Iranian treaty, and look how they are flaunting America and laughing at us. She also will rush in more illegals, before vetting can be made safe for America. Hillary is more interested in her own wealth and power, as demonstrated by her actions as Secretary of State and their Foundation, concealing the motive for her private server, deleting and destroying government documents and devices, and the entire coverup by the Democrats. Her bad judgments with Benghazi are enough to prove that Hillary is unfit to be President.
You forgot to mention the missing millions of dollars from her budget while she was Sec. of State
Your right Carolyn. I can not believe the American people are stupid enough to elect a person that is probably worst then Obama if you can imagine that. I firmly believe if Hillary is elected America will become a third world nation in within 4 years. Our kids and grandkids will never live the kind of life that Americans have became used too. I also believe half of the people even then will be to stupid to realize what caused it. We have let our women kill their babies by the millions and have let fags marry each other but are more worried about what Trump said 11 years ago as opposed to what Hillary has done for the last 30 years.
Amen Daniel.
If Obama responds to Iranian aggression his landmark nuclear deal with Iran to postpone their nuclear arsenal literally blows up in his face. He will do nothing and they know it.
How long do we have to put up with Iran and a dumb President who knows nothing about war and supports these people with our tax dollars we should have impeached him at the get go. Now we may have another dumd ass as President who says she will follow in this crap for brains Presidents foot steps this is insanity. I will not leave this country if Hilary is elected like so many celebrities said if Donald wins but will fight to impeach the nut case and put her in prison where traitors belong.
These instances are the result of the fleckless polices of O’bozo the “Big Eared” Clown, John the “Hachet Hillary the “Hun” Clinton.
We need to face down these bullies now before it escalates into something much more serious.
I agree when you start firing missles at us it’s war we should send out our best fleet and destroy their puny navy so we are not bothered by them again Trump Pence 2016
Charles – absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agree,but won,t see any action by the fake President that you have in the white house.
I agree! ????
No question about that! Where did those question marks come from?
Erase…
Why did we not shoot back teach them a life long lesson. Is this Obamas war plan . Or do we have to get our boys Killed first.
OVAMIT – U ARMED THE IRANIANS! U GAVE THE IRANIANS BILLIONS! U OWN THIS!
SO DO SOMETHING!!!!!!
U AND U ALONE R RESPONSIBLE UF ONE AMERICAN GETS KILLED!
Obama hates our military, so why would they be “allowed” to fire back…Hillary is NO different, but her supporters love her…It couldn’t get more IRONIC than this….Just give them more MONEY, I guess, that is the reason why Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize…..
Isn’t that always the libs answer to everything? Give them more or OUR money – whether it be the terrorists, the “rebels”, who as Trump pointed out last night, she doesn’t even know who the rebels are, and right here at home keep handing out the freebies to buy votes – yep – more money is always the answer – and there are not enough voters smart enough to see exactly what she and Zero have/are doing. Don’t think I’d brag about having “college educated” in my corner- shows exactly how stupid some of the college educated are and just how much they have been educated (brain washed is a better word)
Did you all read the whole article the navy was instructed to say that we’re not sure if they where actually fireing at the navy’s ship or Saudi Arabia’s ship, Remember what happened to the Cole they hate us wanting to cut our heads off rape our women enslave our children,torture anyone who doesn’t believe Islam is the only religion, a religion of peace, beauty, and seventy virgins if you blow yourself up while killing as many men,women,children that they can all in the name of Allah——BullShit their are just murdous lyeing theifes who think they are justified all in the name of a religion—-mass Extinction is the only way to stop deadly rats
The question of whether the United States should take military action is a question which can be answered by referring to the US Constitution.
It goes without saying, that the United States military can be used to DEFEND the United States. Otherwise, a declaration of war is required by Article 1, Section 8. It is solely within the purview of CONGRESS to declare war.
Therefore, the decision to use our military in this case is a resounding NO! Certainly, the President cannot unilaterally declare war, nor engage our military unless there is specific authority granted by Congress, as in the War Powers Act. In such case, the President is required to obtain authority from Congress.
since whendid he ever follow our constitution??? LMAO
Another Obama / Clinton foreign policy victory?
I get concerned whenever something happens we immediately blame Iran or Russia or China without having proof. This reminds me of blaming Saudi Arabia or bin Laden for the attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11 which has been proven that the three high rise buildings in New York were not destroyed by airplanes and fires. With the corruption of our government and media I now ask myself when any event occurs “who benefits”. Our government is not above committing False Flags.
Richard Browning
Why do you socialist left wing looser’s refuse to use common sense and allow yourselves to be brain washed to believe all these lies about 911 and any unrealistic conspiracy crap. Why do you hate America, why not move to Pakistan and enjoy your life there you socialist retard and let the rest of us love America.
I watched as the second plane hit the second tower!!!!!!! Seems as though when the proof is right in front of them, these nut jobs still try to say it didn’t happen that way!! Are you blind or just plain STUPID???????
No one fears President Obama. Iran sees him as the spineless leader he is.
OBOOOOOOMA – the magnificent – is as they say – to spineless to do anything aobut these missle firings at aMERICAN MAN OF WAR SHIPS . //////////////////// Wonder HE – OBOOOOOMA – is tlaking with his MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD BUDDIES aboutthis. ???? Wonder if the laughter is so loud they can be heard around the world . ??????????????
Just the beginning of the end, If Hillary gets elected, she will finish off the end of America as we knew it and that will full fill Obama’s legacy to finish our country off. thank God I am old as I am, or I would be trying to figure out where to go. There will be real trouble in America if she wins. It does not matter to me, but it surely will impact my kids and grand children. Shame on the Americans who voted the 2nd time to elect this inept individual, who was nothing put a pot smoking, community organizer. Jim
Remember how President Reagan took care of the same problem. You need to have these people think twice about attacking, or molesting people from, the United States. You need to have them think ” NO, don’t harass the USA, they will kill us all !”. IMMEDIATELY STOP all foreign aid to Islamic held countries. Let the rsgheads starve.
As the coach and manager of the JV Team, he (the President) has done and is doing everything he can to even the playing field or get his team to succeed…..financial support, gun power, shared information, man power and practice facilities, which includes, the United States of America….PATHETIC!
Obama being the coward that he is will do nothing.
Remember those missiles that were lost in Benghazi? Well there they are.
I remember when the Evil Ayatollahs Khomeini cowardly attacked our Embassy and all those stinking rag headed Muslim coward were ranting and raiving and burning our flag i hate those bastards we should nuke them.
Obama has seen to it that they will nuke us first.
A couple of Cruise Missiles on their noses will probably do the trick! Can I watch? Please!
Obama is the most insidious terrorist sleeper in the history of this country. The Iranians are laughing at us. The fallout from the damage he inflicted on America will be felt for decades. Friends don’t let friends vote democrat.
Why won’t Mr. Trump just ask Mrs. Clinton to tell The American people the truth about IFOR 21? When enough of US know about that MURDER it will be the end of her. GO look it up on the web, and then tell everyone you know that the crash was CAUSED ——– we lost 2 Air Force pilots and an Air Force aircraft and 34 inocent lives. Look up Sgt. Shelly Kelly
I agree that Obama will go down as the worst president ever. As Mrs. Obama said, 4 years ago, “Hillary cannot run her house, so how can she run the white house”? Also, Bill Clinton called Obama Care the craziest thing in the world. People are busting it 60 hours a week wind up with premiums doubled and coverage cut in half. It’s the craziest thing in the world. There’s no coming back from that”. Small business people are getting killed and it’s the craziest thing in the world.”. I guess this makes me one of Hillarys basket of deplorables. This means she hates half of America. She does the craziest things and should not get near the white house.We love our great leader, Donald Trump He will make America Great again. God bless us all.
We need to have all American Corporations and personnel pull up stakes, destroy equipment they cannot remove or take, then leave the middle east and let it crumble into nothing but sand again. We do not need them, and they sure as heck don’t want us there. Then divert all the Syrian Refugees to the middle east and let the rich shieks take care of them.
thats what happens when you are in a war zone=we do not need to get involved in yemens civil war!
But we are leading from behind lol