On Wednesday the US Navy attempted to escort two US owned and flagged container carriers through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait into the Red Sea, but they turned around after coming under Houthi ballistic missile fire.
A we detailed earlier, two contradictory narratives soon emerged: namely the Houthis said they scored a direct hit on one of the US ships, while the Pentagon flatly rejected the claim as nonsense. US CENTCOM said the missiles were intercepted, with one falling into the sea. But this has given rise to many more questions than answers, and some analysts are calling the hostile encounter a clear “loss” for the US Navy and the no less than three well-armed warships attempting to keep the commercial vessels safe.
The seriousness of the new US war in the Red Sea and with Yemen has been vastly understated and under-covered.
The Houthi are doing far more damage than the US and its media acknowledges, all over Israel/Gaza. Read this great analysis on the last episode: https://t.co/f03mYDrXe7
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 25, 2024
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/united-states-navy-essentially-lost-battle-sea-yesterday