Operation Prosperity Guardian Falling Apart
Still a cool name, Bro.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced his plans to set up a multinational coalition to safeguard Red Sea shipping called Operation Prosperity Guardian.
During a trip to the Middle East, he said the operations would be joined by Britain, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain.
Except France Italy and Spain declined to participate. Greece and Great Britian are sending a ship apiece, and the Netherlands went all out by allotting two staff officers to the effort. I was unable to determine what support the Seychelles are providing.
Spain & Italy Join France in Withdrawing from US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian; Houthi Blockade of Israel Continues
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After France’s withdrawal, Spain and Italy have also decided to withdraw from the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian. This decision comes as the operation has de facto failed and the Houthis continue to maintain the blockade of Israel.
The announcement was made by Megatron, a prominent Twitter user, on December 23, 2023. Megatron tweeted, “BREAKING: After France, now Spain and Italy are withdrawing from the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian. The operation has de facto failed and the Houthis continue to maintain the blockade of Israel.” The tweet included an image depicting the withdrawal of Spain and Italy from the operation.
The failure of Operation Prosperity Guardian is a significant setback for the international coalition that aimed to restore stability and peace in the region. The operation was launched with the objective of countering the Houthi rebels who have been responsible for the blockade of Israel. However, despite the efforts of the coalition, the blockade has persisted, leading to the withdrawal of several countries.
Spain and Italy’s decision to withdraw from the operation highlights the challenges and complexities faced by the international community in resolving the conflict. The Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, have proven to be a formidable force, capable of maintaining their control and continuing the blockade despite the presence of a multinational coalition.
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Speaks volumes to the level of international confidence enjoyed by the current Administration. My expectations for the coalition were low but the speed of the collapse is pretty stunning.
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Wait a minute.. the French? Not willing to fight to defend themselves?? Say it isn’t so!!!
Let’s be honest, outside of the Legion, the French military (at least at the leadership level) is worthless.
Brings to mind a joke..
Q- Do you know why the streets in Paris are lined with trees?
A- The German army likes to march in the shade.
Here ya go.
Cool! Thank you.
ROFLOL!
All I remember of France is when we pulled into La Pallice in 1964 near the U-Boat pens and took a bus to La Rochelle and the guys took me into a place with a red light on top of the door. this was right after Op Steel Pike off of Seville Spain.
Did you leave a good tip?
Don’t bet me in the 5th at Belmont race track
Q- Why don’t the French like plastic?
A- You can make Soldiers out of plastic!
Omaha Beach Vet comes into the french airport for D-Day activities and he has a hard time locating his passport so the French customs guy tells the Vet that anyone entering France has to show a passport so the vet tells the customs guy that the last time he was in France, he didn’t need one so the customs guy asks when was that so the Vet says when I landed on Omaha Beach there wasn’t a Frenchman around to take a passport if I had one.
“……there
wasn’t a Frenchmanaround…..”“….there were only Germans around….”
There. Fixed it for ya.
Abwärmen die Panzer, Fritz– Wir urlauben in Paris!
P.S. “Warm up the Panzers, Fritz– we vacation in Paris!”
For Sale: WWII era Berthier rifle. Flawless condition, never fired, only dropped once.
“Operation Afghani/Saigon at Sea” has fallen apart.
Dammit!
Seychelles? Well, I did have an AIT classmate from there.
This is the most effective Administration in the history of our United States. Look no further than the diversity of our government and Armed Forces. We have Firsts in so many different areas that MAGA extremists would have never allowed, and we are a stronger nation due to that and El Presidente’s leadership abilities.
Not knocking their accomplishments, even if I come across as doing so, but while our military is suffering from abysmal recruitment numbers, it is increasing the number of Firsts in so many areas. I’ll pick on the Army: we have MAJ Jones, whose life was saved when she decided he was a woman. We have the First Active-Duty female Sniper. Biden’s boss Obama helped to ensure that we have women Rangers, broad spectrum trans-missions, 110-pound lesbian Tankers, and so much more, and now Biden is on the world stage demonstrating that we mean business.
Strong words, mean mugs, supporting “the” cause, and canceling the unworthy are the weapons of choice for our government. If they put 1/10th the effort into foreign diplomacy that they do in going after Trump, they might have maintained some sort of coalition.
Name it
ENDURING SINKEX.
And deliver.
This is some All-Points Logistics-level shit.
We need to spin up and send the not-so-real-deal fake ass Navy SEAL “Phony” Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics).
Let’s get him over there and let him whoop some Houthi ass!
Who dreams up these names?
What?? Europe wants us to do the heavy lifting for them?
As usual. 🙁
LT Stephen Decatur was unavailable for comment…Pity.
Make Privateers Great Again.
Instead of Prosperity Garden they should have named something more in line with the times like Tranny Tampax or the Love Boat that Dares not Speak it’s Name.
Albanian pitched in too – they supplied an old Lada with bald tires and no windshield as well as two used condoms.
Sounds like Dirty Mike and the boys had a European vacation!
Too bad the military can’t go privateer/mercenary.
“Pay us our going rates (cheaper than taking the long route around Africa), and we’ll protect you/clear your path through the Red Sea.”
In fairness to the French navy, they have decided to go with escorting their own flagged ships as opposed to participating in what will likely a picket operation with CTF 153 vessels placing themselves between Yemen and the sea lane. I am assuming Admiral Vaujour decided not to risk a leaky picket line.IMO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c2E2qIgqN4
I can’t really blame our allies in this situation. Having the Biden/Austin tag team in the lead would cause concern for anyone.
This.
Safer to have them lead than having them behind you.
So, three pussy countries of the EU declined to participate in protecting the sea lanes of the Persian Gulf from acts of war. Guess they could care less about the cost of gas and diesel fuel that impacts the prices of everything sold in their stores, including food.
Priorities. They, being good NATO members, are concentrating their “strength” to repel the Russian hordes who are about to descend on them–just as soon as they get by that little speed bump called Ukraine.
As usual, they let us do everything.
I’d say it’s very likely that our kind and gentle military style led to rules of engagement that made our potential allies reluctant. The conversation probably went something like “So they can shoot at us and we can defend against the incoming, but we can’t return fire and try to degrade their ability to shoot at us? No thanks.”
Predicted Joe Biden quote (probably in private): “In hindsight, giving money back to that feller in Iraq was a bad idea.”
I don’t have as much trust in FJB as they do!!!
Wait!!!
Maybe I do!!!