It Is Time to Rethink Red Sea Convoys! | The Houthis Have Diverted 2 Out Of 3 Ships Around Africa
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- Red Sea Convoys
What's Going on With Shipping?
June 14, 2024
In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the latest Houthi attack against MV Tutor using an Unmanned Surface Vessel and killing a merchant mariner onboard (the fourth mariner killed since the start of the attacks in November 2023). Should the world navies adopt a new strategy and utilize convoys to run ships through the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb, and the Gulf of Aden?
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00:00 Introduction
02:21 Shipping Situation
15:23 New Convoy Operation
Bulk Carrier Flooding After Surface Drone Attack in Red Sea
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UPDATED: Seafarer killed in Houthi attack
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
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Drewry's Container Index
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Marine Traffic
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Thanks Yemen 🇾🇪 for upholding our Universal Declaration of Human Rights 🇺🇸🌎🇵🇸
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Yeah if people didn't ignore what was very recently done to them by the Saudis on our dime, they'd probably appreciate the moral fiber of these fine folks.
Sounds like the Houthi’s are winning.
They certainly have the best strategy.
Time to blockade Yemen. They get NOTHING by sea, except ~inspected~ humanitarian aid. Zero electronics, etc.
It's much easier to attack ships from land than to defend the ships with ultra expensive long range AD missiles.
actually the big shipping companies are winning. Freight rates up, ships making more money than without the houthi problem.
They are. The paper tiger US has been exposed
Let the people of the region decide there fate along with there geopolitical advantages. The Houthis have exposed the murderous paper tigers and the world is watching and learning.
They have done something incredible
Sounds like the real money is not in shipping, but in insuring shipping.
That’s kinda the same with everything we have to get insurance for…
It's amazing how money can be a reason or an excuse to let stupid stuff persist.
like everything else, the insurance companies always profit.
@@kenbrown2808 The House always wins
@@breft3416 Not so amazing! The Bible says, “the LOVE of money is the root of all evil.”
A few things to note:
the attacks on the ship bound for India make sense within the context of India being a large weapons purchaser/seller to Israel, and the current tensions between the BJP and the Muslim population in India.
The houthis are largely recognized internationally as the governing body of Yemen, and even if they weren't they're still controlling the most populated areas in Yemen and clearly have the decree to rule from the population there. 😮
If the UN rules of the sea should be followed then by that same logic international law at large should be too, yeah? I'm curious how many intl laws Israel has broken in the past 2 decades. Not even mentioning the current ICJ warrants aimed at israeli cabinet members for war crimes.
Its interesting how intl rule of law is hyped up when a small country starts causing a scene for a genuinley important cause, but bigger, richer countries can blatantly break it to get what they want...
Well said.
Thank You ❤
Might makes it right plain and simple..... the most important & basic law of nature. It has been this way and it will be this way....rest is B.S.
Sal you pointed out the Houthi are a non state actor, doesn't that make what treaties Yemen signed irrelevant?
Yup pretty much
Yemen has been in civil war for ages.
Though the official Yemeni government still in control of about half the country notably the area that borders Oman.
@@davidty2006 Yep as mentioned before I was in the South of Arabia around 45 years ago.
South Yemenis were the border guards for Saudi Arabia against the North Yemenis.
There was a conflict in Yemen I can confirm.
Military vehicles (1/2 track American trucks) had bullet holes in them from the south Yemen soldiers.
Den
What's kind of being ignored here is the political usefulness and the very serious power that the Houthis have. The Houthis govern something like 10 million people, have managed to fight off many of the incursions of a multi-national coalition, and any attempt to dislodge them from their seat of power would have to involve a massive land operation (Saudis/UAE/others tried bombing and blockading them into submission since 2015 with US support, didnt work). Such a land operation would be horrifically bloody for everyone involved, and the US has no stomach for another Middle East forever war, and Yemen would be another forever war. Lets not forget the numerous "international laws" that were violated in depriving huge amounts of the Yemeni population of food/water/medicine since 2015.
The Houthis are the legitimate gov't of Yemen.
No matter how you slice it, our interests are financial.
It used to be more about oil and other business.
Now it's more about cash for chaos.
Thanks for being a sensible person with a memory longer than 6 months.
The Houthi situation is fascinating. For anyone desiring a deep dive they should watch RealLifeLores recent video about the history of Yemen.
Well said. I'm reposting my other comment here so you may ponder it:
It took a while, but Dr. Sal finally figured out that ya can't stop them Houthis, PERIOD.
Now the good Dr. Sal does NOT want to talk about "politics", but there is NO WAY you can address the RISING COST of shipping insurance without pointing the CAUSE finger at Blinken - Netanyahu et al, period, full stop.
And by the way, when you bemoan FOUR mariner deaths, while studiously ignoring about FORTY THOUSAND DEATHS AND over 70,000 INJURED in Gaza by US bombs, thanks to Netanyahu - Blinken et al, you are guilty of faulty, reasoning (i.e. world class cherry picking), to put it mildly.
And YEAH, you ARE deliberately ignoring the horrors WE AMERICANS are supporting, so do not pretend you can claim an ethical position.
As to who's PROSPERITY is ACTUALLY being guarded, YEAH, I certainly agree with you that it sure ain't the shippers! The fact that you cannot bring yourself to point the finger at NETANYAHU et al smacks of hypocrisy.
All that said, your suggestion that maybe we should just pull the (sitting ducks) US Navy out of there is the proper one.
However, your desire for convoys is so WWII yesterday (i.e. obsolete). WHY? Ships are ALL sitting ducks now, no matter how well armed they are, ever since drone missile robots made blue water navies OBSOLETE. Talk to former CIA Larry Johnson and/or retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (Colin Powell State Department). They will explain to you why PEACE, not your idea, is the only cost effective rational answer to the Red Sea Houthi problem.
You like to talk about costs. WHY don't you talk about he COST of missiles on a U.S. warship versus the relatively INSIGNIFICANT costs of drone missles that can be shot at them by the hundreds!
Do you know what it COSTS (millions of DOLLARS!) every time a warship has to rearm with missiles after they have used those onboard to interdict cheap drone cruise missiles?
Remember that, unlike during WWII, when tender ships sailed to warships to rearm them with munitions at sea, there are NO tenders to bring replacement missiles to them at sea now and warships have to go to some secure port, never mind the COST of gettng the missiles to the port.
Hey brother American taxpayer, isn't the MASSIVE Pentagon swag now impoverisihng we-the-taxpayers enough for you? You want to spend BILLIONS of ADDITIONAL dollars of our tax money to build convoy warships? WHY do you ignore THAT COST while claiming you "just want to lower shipping costs"?
Dr. Sal, you love shipping, but the U.S. Blue Ocean Navy power projection is NOT WORKING because Blue Ocean Navy warships, whether they be ours, Russia's or China's, constantly exposed to the danger of being sunk by CHEAP, NUMEROUS multiple drone attacks, are all now sitting ducks.
And please spare us the lecture about the Houthi's "not having any right to attack shipping", while ignoring the FACT that WE HAVE NO RIGHT to support the Gaza (see: et al, etc. above).
PEACE is the only rational alternative. Our massive military budget is at least 4 times the size it should be, and even at 25% of the present size, it would STILL be MUCH greater than China's or Russia's military spending COMBINED! I am not asking you to give the Houthis the Nobel Prize for Peace, but they certainly deserve one if their prinicpled actions convince the U.S. to bring PEACE to the Palestinians.
Proverbs 24:24-24
"He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them."
100% valid information. We are all dependent on shipping, but less than 1% are aware of it.
Thanks to Sal I am becoming aware.
It is the goverment of Yemen that is doing the blockade.
For the states. It shouldn't have to be this way. We could and should be self-sufficient.
But our governmental regulations has destroyed any chance of that happening anymore
@@2dogsf-ing No, all of history shows the advantages of trade. Even Trump is not anti-trade: He just insists on a fair playing field.
@SpringIsBACK I understand that.
Yet, with issues around the world. It would be better off to where we could go self-sufficient in a minute notice.
Side note, I don't know where my last comment went. It's not on here and I had to think for a minute to what I wrote. Lol
You're great, Sal. A breath of fresh air and sanity.
A genocide-supporter?
We've got a big old convoy, ain't it a beautiful sight? CONVOY!!! 🌊
[convoyyyyy]
Was thinking the same way.....
Breaker break good buddy
I did Two NATO convoys in my Navy career and brother what a sight to behold at the Marshaling Point !! The night before barely a ship in sight , by morning over 40 were at anchor in Halifax Harbor !! And the trip ? Straight out of Any North Atlantic War film minus the shooting .
Impressive when it works .
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way
You should have mentioned that the US dissuaded food aid ships docking in houthie controlled areas during a famine the United States helped to cause by preventing insecticide purchases to kill locusts.
Oh no we didn't supply aid to our enemies. Anyway...
Thankyou for educating me Professor Sal! Really. I'm in Wyoming at almost 65 & my brain is a sponge that wants to know what's going on outside of my safe, cozy log cabin.
Good go read the Protocols of Zion
Wiley Coyote's are afoot..
Wiley Coyote's are afoot..
What's going on is a genocide supported by the US, UK, GERMANY, Italy, India, etc. Shame on them, hypocrites!
You’re so good natured to keep pointing out the same suggestions but the administration doesn’t listen. I will vote for you any day. Thank you for the information.
This is a great channel. The world is a completed place and this channel gives me a chance to learn for myself.
I love your rants, don’t stop.
Uncle Sal wearing an Uncle Carl shirt.
I need that shirt, Sal!!
USS Nimitz vet 76-77 VMFA-333 😁
Navy Brat here, pop was on the nimitz from 83-88
Love the strategy being put forward here, thank you for sharing your time and work Sal, peace
I am curious, how much is all this costing Egypt? That's a LOT of lost revenue, for each ship NOT thru the Suez.
half a million a ship...
or something like that.
the video mention estimation of 7b per year. Alot of money for egypt but egypt wouldn't oppose it because it does support Palestian and the Houthi are one of the entities actively doing something about it
@@karimchaffai5922 the issue for Egypt is, they (and other nations in the area) are actively opposed to Iran... and the Houthi are nothing but a puppet for Iran. The bottom line, at some point, losing money from Suez is more than supporting Palestine.
And remember, Egypt currently has borders with Gaza closed. They support Palestine, but not Hamas as closely.
Putting an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate with a singe arm launcher in the thumbnail was genius. Those ships were designed for convoy and escort duty. Say what you want, they were tough ships designed for a purpose that the US still has a need for but has seemingly dismissed in their current fleets.
Any day now the Houthi will get hyposonics and those cute “tough” frigates will be obsolete 🤷♂️
@@jacobjorgenson9285I am sure they do have. But sinking American war ships now distracts from Gaza. The Houthis are taking it slow with the Americans.
But Dr Sal, the Houthi control 90% of the population and the 3 largest cities. The “ legitimate government of Yemen“ is just Saudis in hotel rooms.
@jacobjorgenson9285 they are obsolete, the single arm launchers for standard missiles are no longer supported in favor of VLS. I probably shoild have qualified that by saying in their day they were tough little ships. If you don't believe me look up the USS Stark, Roberts and USS Thatch. All were hit by missiles, mines, torpedoes or a combination for Thatch. They coukd take a good bit if damage and still come home. Thatch was part of a SINKEX exercise, she took multiple hits from missiles and a torpedo before she went down...
Egypt, who suffers greatly from reduced Suez traffic, has been strangely silent....
Egypt fears Iran's proxies.
@@SpringIsBACKNow you understand middle easterners. They will be dealing with jihadists for decades if they get involved. Most Europeans don't see that not everybody is attached to money.
Also, years ago Egypt sent in their soldiers to fight Yemen and were returned in body bags
Egypt needs to man up and take in the Arabs from Gaza, it was their territory they started the 1948 war, they need to take responsibility and take their people Back 😢🎉😢🎉
@@jameshodgetts5594 Tell Israel and its sugardaddy the US to give Gaza back to Egypt then. Heck, give West Bank back to Jordania and Golan Heights back to Syria while you're at it.
Imagine 110 years ago, how First Sea Lord John Arbuthnot Fisher would've reacted to the news that some pirates were bombing shipping through the Red Sea:
"- Well then, just simply sail around all of Africa instead!"
Yeah. Sure...
Jackie Fisher during WW1 (google his photos):
"- I never tell any politician anything about the war. Because they'll only tell their wives who'll tell their German spy friends. Except for PM Asquith. Because he'd tell someone else's wife who'll tell her German spy friends."
The pirates are the Americans and Saudis who subjected Yemen to a terror-famine for over a decade. Now that the yemenis are using the exact same tactics we used to starve them to death, against international corporations, all of a sudden those tactics are unacceptable
The yemeni government is not allowing certain ships to pass through their water to benefit a nation they are at war with. This is no different from the US intercepting ships headed to Venezuela or Cuba. It's pure racism to try to exoticize Arabs exercising their national sovereignty
Jackie "Battlecruiser" Fisher would just build a few more battlecruisers to send to the Red Sea.
@@SennaAugustus Exactly! And he would've fired a whole bunch of naval officers pretend-to-be in a great canonade salute.
He had MOST of the ships in the Royal Navy scrapped. He wasn't sentimental. He pushed for the construction of HMS Dreadnaught, the modern battleship (well, until the missile era of the 1950s). Which in a fell swoop made ALL warships obsolete! (Big mistake, please uninvent that thing!) Royal Navy to great dismay, and spurring the German Kaiser to try to build as many Dreadnaughts as Britain could. You see how problems pop up from just trying to do good?
this is not just about protecting shipping... it's also about protecting Suez revenue and keeping Egypt in the fight
Well, why are the Egyptians doing something about the Houthis? Why should the USA defend Egyptian interests?
@@mikedx2706The Egyptians are a key ally regarding our interests in the Middle East. The topic is far too complex for me to summarize here but if you’re genuinely curious then I’d suggest watching videos from RealLifeLore that have the Middle East in the title. There are several of them that total to many hours of watch time. I’ve watched all of them, almost every video on the channel actually and it’s worth it if your are curious about the world and history.
@@mikedx2706Sisi seized power in a coup, so the US will back him in order to keep the Muslim Brotherhood from being in charge again.
@@mikedx2706
No government in the region can do anything because the people are horrified from the ge*** cide in gaza and demand retaliation
Egypt support America but not publicly
If any country start a military action it will be against Israel or no action at all
fighting against the only power that fight for the Palestinian can leed to the collapse of any government that attempts to fight against the houthis
@@mikedx2706 not solving the Palestinian issue make any alliance between America and the arab world impossible or it will be maintained by American-backed dictators
You diidn't drink at 15:41 and 20:50 😮 The trust is broken, my respect for you in downwarrd spiral 😢 Have a nice day 😊
Sorry. This was a bit of serious topic with the death of a mariner and I did not want to break up the video. But just know...I made good after the video.
@@wgowshipping Understood. Is nice of you to show your respect. 🫡
@@wgowshipping Why does the EU stop all air traffic to Russia? Talking about how state actors illegaly "sanction" whomever they fancy to dislike. Instead of legally abide by the UN charter when it comes to santions. Houties are only copy cats, imitating US/EU "rules baseed order".
Sal said International Law 😂😂 I guess he wasn't invited to it's funeral at the 2007 Munich conference after it got killed in Iraq in 2003
One could argue it never saw the day of light. We only saw some heartbeats of it on certain ultrasounds, but it probably never was meant to be carried out. It's sad and depressing if you take in all of the story, including the real events of WW1+2 and the atrocities we called the "Cold" War.
You mean when the US and allies invaded Iraq under the guise of a UN resolution after Iraq breached it's obligations under the previous 16 UN resolutions that had been intended to restrict it after Iraq tried to invade and annex a neighbor in breach of the charter of the UN and fundamental principles of international law?
How many UN resolutions do you have that might conceivably be construed to authorize invading and annexing Urkaine? Oh right - 0. Because the invasion of Ukraine is the most blatant violation of basic UN principles since the invasion of Kuwait.
@@that.schamp you're unabashedly lying, some of us have google you know...
@@EternalKhann I agree, it was an illusion to prop up the UN, similar to how the American dream was an illusion to prop up America
@@EverydayThing-mr5rd You could use google, but you are unabashedly and deliberately lying about me lying. A quick search comes up with UNSCR 660, 686, 687, 688, 707, 715, 949, 1051, 1060, 1115, 1134, 1137, 1154 1194, 1205, and 1284.
How will convoys be sustained? How is that going to diminish the threat of Houthi strikes?
love the content sal :) you constantly put out great pieces on these incredibly complex issues !
Ah shit we taking drinks right of the bat with this one
Alcohol joke was good once. If you keep repeating a joke it becomes boring.
Thanks!
Where is the SalMerch shirt store?
I just read an article that the Houthi have claimed to sink the old carrier in the area. Claimed 4 times and the captain called today was Tacho Monday. USS Ike
Thank You Sir ! ! ! ! All of us that invest globally should watch what you say !
a fresh point of view, thank you
Wait I have to grab a Bob El Mandeb drink game beer. I was thinking the Houthis are feeling left out of the news loop so was wondering when they would fire off a few again to get everyone's attention. Sad to hear the loss of a sailor.
Excellent summary Sal. I love to watch you dance around on the head of a pin as you did in your introductory summary. Having been stung by many sides you have crafted a finely honed intro to a very hair trigger subject.
Keep up the good work.
Whereas the depredations committed by the Algerine corsairs on the commerce of the United States render it necessary that a naval force should be provided for its protection:
And it led to the massive increase in British Royal Navy power to protect their merchant assets. Today it is China which is the economic coloniser with most to lose. They should be protecting Indian Ocean and Red Sea trade, not messing around with Russia and it's anti anything Western approach. One has to wonder how long the Cape of Good Hope route is going to remain safe for shipping given that South Africa has become overtly anti-western and conducts naval drills with Russia.
You mean Israel not America Theres a difference.
@@ruger8412 No, we mean America.
The corsairs attacked US flagged vessels. Not a US vessel? Not our problem. Companies which flag their vessels with joke third world nations to avoid paying taxes deserve to
lose their ships. The US is the US business, not parasitic foreign flagged shipping companies.
@@Comm0ut very little shipping is US flagged. But ignoring that most of the world's business comes to the United States; is narrow-minded 1920s isolationism. It affects our banks. It affects our customers. It affects our companies. It affects our economy.
Great video! I always learn a lot when I watch your videos! Keep up the great work!
Helo from Belgium, thankyou for yours vidéos !
Mister, es Belgiun , our ship is un old one who most retired of service in 2.025 ! And it was un chip of second hend buy in Holland !
Or rethink the supply chain … like support local ?
To answer your rhetorical question we're keeping the battlegroup in the red sea for the same reason boots are on the ground manning the aid pier. The people in charge in the US would rather put our men and women in danger than put any pressure on Israel.
The strike group is there mainly to remind Iran to keep cool. Iran has succeeded for the first time in firing missiles from its own territory and is rapidly gaining the ability to enrich uranium enough to make nuclear weapons (Trump having trashed the agreement Iran signed with Obama restricting its enrichment activities). At the same time, the U.S. wants Israel to be uncharacteristically moderate in how it responds to Iranian provocations, also in an effort to deter war.
@@Everywhere2 Iran fired at Israel in retaliation for striking their consulate in Damascus.
Why should we pressure our ally to protect a mutual enemy? All that will do is restart the cycle of (violet ice) again and bring us right back here again in 10 or 20 years. We must be brave enough to actually allow a natural outcome occur instead of muddling about again.
Considering that the situation has not improved in the current or past several administrations, I can understand the mood that the goal was never to resolve it. Should the US even be involved?
@@darwinjina The question to ask is: Should the US (or any western power) get involved again? We have repeatedly tried to force peace in the manner we traditionally seek it by diplomacy.
Only that is not how matters are settled in the Middle East. They are settled by force. We have disrupted the settling of this disagreement and have only drawn out something that should have been sorted out decades ago no matter how bloody it would be.
Great information and professionally delivered as always. Sal you always have nice shirts.
Camera/lighting/sound upgrade is spot on.
Is anyone looking after the interests of the crew of, Galaxy Leader?
No one seems prepare to pay a ransom. Nor does anyone seem prepared to rescue them?
Why aren't the Indians and Philippines going after the Houthis? Most crews on the ships being attacked are from India and the Phillippines.
To my knowledge the Houthis have never even asked for a ransom. Nor have they announced anything about when or if they may EVER release the ship and crew.
@@mikedx2706 there are political and economic realities to consider. The ability to project power for both of those Nations is limited.
@@willythemailboy2 which is why I asked the question. These men face a very Grim future. There's no one putting their faces on telephone poles. No one's protesting in the streets for them. And no one's going to be doing any hostage Rescue Mission it seems?
@@willythemailboy2they actually allowed a UN/ Red Cross delegation to check up on the crew of the galaxy leader about 1 month ago, and they were doing fine physically, and said they were treated well, but they miss their families and want to go home of course.
I can attest to the effectiveness of convoys. In june 1952 I travelled with my family through the Suez Canal on the MV *_New Australia_* escorted by the Royal Navy and arrived safe and sound in Perth Western Australia.
Fabulous. This Western man from NZ really enjoys your effort-and this subject in particular.
Convoy's would make sense. So of course we don't do that. Instead we used the navy to try and sink the unsinkable air craft carrier. Land.
Convoys have been obsolete since cheap, numerous multiple drones made them all sitting ducks. See my other comment.
@@soberthinking2102 there are something called jammers on those destroyers that can bring down drones.
@@niweshlekhak9646not really
Personally if I owned a shipping line I wouldn't send my ships (and crews!) into the red sea without an escort.
Nice shirt.
I agree 100% Sal. Great vids today, thanks.
Been watching since the beginning, one of your best Sal....:)
Wow, thanks!
Wish you were in charge of such decisions Sal!
You said the Yemeni government signed the sea passage treaty.
But the houthis aren't the Yemeni government according to you, and as far as I'm aware, the houthis didn't sign that treaty.
In either case, it is unclear that the houthis have committed even a single act in contravention of international law. And we should definitely wait for them to investigate any alleged acts that may or may not be in contravention of international law before we jump to conclusions.
The houthis have indicated with great concern that they are looking into these incidents--especially the tragic accidents where civilian lives were lost. It is such a tragedy when even a single civilian loses his life, but war is ugly and stuff like that happens.
Anyways, the houthis said they're looking into it, so we should wait until they conclude their investigations, and then let their legal processes run their course.
And we should respect the integrity of any judicial outcomes that result from their investigations.
oh yeah, that feels good.
On a different note, the houthis do have a right to defend themselves, not only a right but a duty to go after anyone that has imposed illegal blockades on them--which directly lead to massive famine and death in Yemen.
I definitely think we should continue leaning on them behind closed doors, but I don't think it's very productive to jump to conclusions about any alleged actions undertaken by the houthis that may or may not be in contravention of international law.
I could run through this 5 more times if you disagree or think you have any evidence of any kind--even video evidemce--that contradicts my conclusions.
I fact, if anyone disagrees with these conclusions, just start reading from the beginning again.
The houthis said they'd keep us posted about any new information they come across regarding any alleged crimes pertaining to the incidents in the Red Sea.
I remmber when Yemen was the greatest humanitarian crisis on the planet thanks to blockades, Saudi Arabia and the arms the US sold them. I don't know why that is no longer on the news.
Thank you Sal.
Really cool shirt! Ships and Hawaiian all put together! Awesome find! But yes, listening to your voice so clearly explain all this is a boon to my day!
The captain of the Eisenhower hands out cookies?? You never told us that before, awesome 🇺🇸👍🇺🇸🍥👍🇺🇸👍
That's an awesome shirt Sal! I need one in large when I go tour the Blue Ghost in Corpus.
Hi Sal❤🎉
Great proposal Saul, what makes you think that the US commander-in-chief will order the Navy to do their commerce duty. There again how do we get the other nations navies to follow suit, the public is not demanding their governments to take action.
Yeah too bad you don't have a say in the situation. I always love your insight. 21 minutes and 36 seconds to sum up how inept the current administration is. Thank you Sal and Crew.
At least the current administration significantly dialed back US militarism support of Saudi Arabia decimating Yemen. The Houthis know what it's like to have their homeland destroyed by US militarism. That's one reason why they support Palestine, who have had their homeland destroyed by US militarism for much longer. This video pretends that international shipping is the victim in this situation and wants US militarism to do more to help. US militarism is the biggest existential threat on Earth by far.
What do you suggest?
Send US Navy assets to the region?
Task those naval assets with defense of US ships transiting the danger zone? Target Houthi sites with US bombs and missiles?
Coordinate defensive and offensive actions with other nation navies?
To be fair, plenty of governments have been ignoring growing problems for decades. Not just whoever is in office currently
Sounds like leaders are funnelling funds to insurance companies intentionally. Wonder, who owns the insurance companies...
Good vid, thanks.
Guerrilla warfare is something very difficult to deal with ....
Always informative ty
In my sixty-three years of life as a born American citizen, the anti-American DC regime has never once guarded my prosperity, rather seeking to plunder it by means of taxing my personal income, and expecting me to consent to lifelong surveillance of my personal affairs by means of expecting me to do all the paperwork the plundering of my livelihood requires. I have said NO to both conditions of enslavement for the entire 21st century, and see to the guarding of my own prosperity, on whatever terms I find suitable. So far so good.
Maybe the shipping companies should rent a Army for a few months. They should be able to afford it
Sadly we have all but made that illegal outside of glorified security guards.
Guns are illegal in the vaste swath of tyrannies their ships have to port into like arabia
Bring back the East India company Army ?
@@josephpadula2283 Me thinking of starting a security company. How does DarkWater sound?
@@josephpadula2283Ah East India, the company that failed to deal with so many revolts it had to ask Daddy Britain for a bailout and the national army to get involved
Equipment shortages worsened from the longer transits. Great channel.
The best point was the last one, thanks Sal
I was waiting for a clip of the old C.W. McCall song.... And then CSN, "Nobody's right, if everybody's wrong."
While that analysis of marine law sounds proper, the region has a 75 year ongoing genocide with a right of use of any available opposing force, and that's not constrained to micro-issues of Admiralty jurisdictions. One option we don't have, is roll back the clock and undo UK parlor games with France, Turks, et al, led by Lord Balfour and Theodor Herzl, with a side of Rothschilds.
The other side of that coin is the immigration crisis. That rarely makes mainstream news in detail, as some of the human scenes are gruesome enough, that Navy crew including a friend's son on a Nato lead battle group got sent home early with PTSD translated to addictions driven out of control. Presumably what they encountered to trigger that, was far worse. Accurate news feeds get censored.
As to that depiction of US politicians being irrational idiots, lest we forget, "rational basis" is the lowest entry level test for validity of US laws or policies. If our Democrats and Republicans won't play by those rules, perhaps we should ship them to war zones?
Sal we are now in midst of elections in the UK and France and of course then the US. The UK government will certainly change. I have been wondering how changes of administration will affect the current policies.
Spot on Sal.
Seems to me that Egypt would be screaming bloody murder. Losing 2 out of 3 fees for transit. Guess it's no big deal!
The is an interesting topic on its own. Say like are the rates per ship, a package deal, etc. And, what is the loss of revenue affecting those countries.
It always surprises me that Egypt does not take the lead on this whole issue and tell the other nations to basically GTFO. The Egyptian military is not exactly small, so why does it take a back seat to other nations that intrude there?
@@wyldhowl2821Because dealing with jihadist is more expensive than losing two ships out of three ships in suez canal.
…pretty serious conversation Sal… great to see someone else, besides me, who gets passionate and a little worked up … keep it up thanks
100% agree. And the ships in the convoys should also pay a fee to cover the cost.
Well said, Sal. 👍 The inaction of our government is frustrating. We seem to have a lengthening track record of problems all across the government departments.
Bah. Let the Houthis have the Red Sea. Close Suez. If the Egyptians don't like it, then they know who to blame, and can muster a coalition of Arab states to deal with the Houthi pirates. Yeah, I'm funny.
Yes, as soon as the mentally ill, bankrupt, demilitarized, deindustrialized, unshipped West stops trying to interfer in the Middle East, all conflicts there will immediately disappear. Will become as peaceful and united as it was during the centuries before Western involvement over there.
No leadership that has come out to address who will pay for this.
Send the bill to the US government.
🇺🇲 citizens 🤣🤣
U.S. tax payers are already paying for Israel’s genocide, so they pay for this too. AIPAC has got the country by the balls 🤷♂️
Sorry Sal it's the rest of the World that doesn’t have the right to sail through other countries territorial waters. Can you imagine what America would say if Russian or Iranian ships demanded to sail through the great lakes? Just because it hits financially to have to go the long way around it doesn’t mean you have the rights to just take the short route.
The question isn't prosperity. It's about profitability.
800 billion dollar per year military defeated by a bunch of rebels… it’s like Star Wars 😂
Just not a long time ago in a galaxy far away :p
Lucas was inspired by the Vietnamese resistance to the American Empire
@@johnn.175 The Afghans did the same with the Soviets
@@MrSigmaticoand again with the Americans 😂
@@suboptical2732 And the world really, I mean the world seems a bit of a pushover lately.
Back in the earlier 2000s I worked on car ships and we transited the Red Sea many times. Eventually we started doing convoys with coalition forces. I don't recall seeing any US Navy ships. Mostly it was the Chinese navy that was present. That does make a certain amount of sense. If you want to haul Chinese products to Europe you want to go thru the Red Sea on the way to the Med via the Suez Canal. On those trips we were coming from the US East Coast and hauling US military tanks, helicopters, and other stuff to support the military in Kuwait. At the beginning the pirates were somewhat of a threat but after the convoys started the threat was no longer significant. I was sending a report to the British in Dubai every four hours while in the area. That made it a bit harder to sleep for a few days but I would rather do that than be hijacked.
This gets to the central issue with all international law, which is that we will not create alternative mechanisms beyond that of the nation state.
In cases of civil war, this gives factions the ability to say they're non-signatory. In cases of human rights law, it gives the ability to nation-states to redefine law. UNCLOS and others are normative documents at the end of the day if major players fail to play along, which leaves the entire system a house of cards.
You're missing part of the point that's important.
Yes, no major damage, but successful attacks don't tell the whole story!
*They send $20k Drones at us and we spend $3M to stop ONE of them! That's a big time losing operation!*
Hey with the arms manufacturing lobbying the government we always take the most expensive way to deal with an issue.
An administration that is skillful with maritime trade is so critical
Lesson for me this cycle
Seems like Liberia’s navy should be there protecting all those ships of theirs
Does Liberia’s navy have the capacity to protect their ships? Does Liberia even have a blue water navy?
LOL, and mighty Panama too !
Kind of like millions of people have to take their shoes off every time they fly instead of holding a few hundred people accountable
This is a unique and delicate geopolitical situation that doesn't need to be inflamed, it's temporary and will resolve by itself once there is a lasting ceasefire in effect in Gaza - no one really wants this trouble - Egypt are not worried about Hamas (their rockets aren't a threat to the suez) it's their domestic population who are sympathetic to the Houthi blockade which Sisi needs to be wary of - keep in mind these Houthis are unhinged, they're not playing, they ARE targeting US warships with all sorts of new and dangerous toys (for the first time in a long time US sailors are in direct danger) they train for this but you also have to pick your battles to, there's no need to put sailors in harms way if you're not really committed to the operation and the admin hasn't been committed to this for a long time now already. The Chinese have supposedly reached an understanding with the Houthis that their ships are not going to stop at Israeli ports and seemingly the arrangement is working for them
War crimes are being committed in Palestine and all Sal cares about is the Suez sea trade. The Houthi are the only ones to effectively protest and make sanctions against these crimes.
This is what happens when the US undermines international law by running cover for Israel, the rest of the world got sick of the hypocrisy and are taking their own actions to respond against this percieved injustice (rightly or wrongly it no longer matters).
I have little sympathy for the trouble caused to merchant shipping when the United States had the power to stop the war in Gaza months ago. The matter of the US not ratifying UNCLOS only further highlights American hypocrisy.
Very sick and immoral person.. He would have cheered the German painter if he lived in that country during ghat time
So we are protecting Egyptian income and Chinese ships? Uh… no….
Thanks Sal
UNCLOS is not for the hegemon, its for lesser beings. We are not all equal.
What's your take on the Saudi's going over to BRIC and how it will affect shipping?
Sal the major difference between the Houthi's and a nation state is that the nation state have a lot of important public infrastructure that is extremely vulnerable too American sea and airpower that they don't want damaged or destroyed. The Houthi's on the other hand could care less if Yemen's infrastructure is destroyed which means they are willing to take whatever damage is inflicted.
And that explains why neither the British, nor the French, managed to occupy any non-European territory 150 years ago.
Or does it, hmm? How did you try to think there? Destroy our own infrastructure so that we become immune to any invasion?!?
The westerner of today is severly mentally ill, imagines ghosts everywhere, completely uneducated, has no knowledge about anything, is unable to even talk to anyone. The Chinese is a million times, the Russian is a thousand times and the Arab is a hundred times superior to the Westerner.
Same issue that Israel is facing in Gaza, or the US has with the drug war... non-state actors are not bothered by you killing their people or destroying their stuff. They are not elected. They could not care less.
They have people which serves as their infrastructure and thus is vulnerable. The obstacle then is getting the American people to understand that fact and to stop crying over the bodies of their enemies.
@@Hybris51129 Was the Saudi invasion and bombing of Yemen just a figment of the imagination? Yemenis are not my enemy, don't come crying about any civilian suffering after spewing shit like this
I haven’t heard an argument for taking any action at all. I agree with withdrawing from the area. “Surrendering” sounds bad, but what really is the point of expending tax dollars on this, other than following what appears to be an empty principle?
Kind of like the issue with tarrifs or the Jones act, we are faced with "what we should do" vs "what we can afford to do".
I agree, the best course of action would be the egyptians saying "we cannot opperate in these conditions" and close the channel.
@@leechowning2712 Well, you can kiss Egypt goodbye then, as anything but maybe similar to Libya less oil.
The treaty to protect shipping on the high seas isn't worth the paper it is written on. And, why would any shipping company flag their vessels in the USA... Obviously there's no benefit. This is a shameful situation.
Well, no US ship has been hit, FWIW.
Ansarallah's (referred to by yourself as "the Houthis") declared aim is to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza which will bring an end to their actions in the Red Sea & Gulf of Aden. That is the quickest and simplest way to bring their actions to a conclusion. It's important to note that 60-70% of the bombs shells and missiles (75,000 tons of HE) used by Israel to devastate Gaza has been supplied by the US. The British/UK too are involved in supplying military shipments to Israel as well as carrying out intelligence gathering overflights of Gaza by the RAF using their Akrotiri base in Cyprus. The intelligence is passed directly to the Israeli miltary for use in targeting operations. The British & US are bombing Ansarallah. Both are allies of Israel & complicit in the genocide. Maritime trade cannot simply be divorced from the context.
Ernest Will Veteran here.
The Shipping Traffic are mostly diverted to alternative Routes.
NATO+€URoGarten will or hold off on escalating until:
A) Israel are pretty much finished with the suppression of the Hamas and the Gutting Out of their Tunnels;
and/or
B) Houthi escalate to reach beyond the Red Sea.
We'll probably read more about Freight making it btwn the €URoGarten and CHN via Rail...
Funny you say that about Hamas on one of the bloodiest days for the Zionists in Gaza lmao
@@gazan-blitzkreig , Grow Up.
Hamas and Israel have engaged themselves heavily since October 2023.
It is a warzone and those naval ships are doing a lot because imagine how bad it would be if they weren't there.
Power to the Houthies. No to Genocide.
US and allied ships working together should provide convoy protection their flagged ships.
It’s questionable how a convoy would perform against multiple sea borne suicide drones. These things have not been effectively countered outside of harbor and are currently under rapid development.
Well, they haven't been effectively countered by vodka deteriorated Russians, anyway...