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The US would love that, as it can counterstrike in those places with far less risk/complications
US navy certainly doesn't sound pleased with the having its ass kicked by Yemen https://apnews.com/article/us-navy-yemen-houthis-israel-war-7a9997f9d84ac669fae69ecf819913fb
Ass kicked?, considering they have to act in a limited way currently, but if Russia ramps up it's involvement you get this:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/world/middleeast/american-commandos-russian-mercenaries-syria.html
Or
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/you-ought-go-home-f-22-raptor-flew-under-irans-f-4-phantom-undetected-207455
Edit: to be clear here, I'm not stanning for the us military, I'm suggesting the US mic would LOVE to openly contest Russian interests and are certainly itching for the opportunity. Ukraine is not that place, but Syria can be.
Edit edit the linked article doesn't show an ass kicking, it shows a contested navel space, which it sounds like is going "just fine", but is risky. And obviously insanely expensive.
Yes, ass kicked because US navy failed to accomplish its primary mission which was to keep the waterway open for the empire.
https://www.worldwideerc.org/news/mobility/turmoil-in-the-middle-east-and-its-impact-on-shipping
A contested naval space between US navy and a country that doesn't have a navy. 😂
US also spent over a billion dollars trying to attack Yemen with nothing to show for it https://en.royanews.tv/news/52092/2024-06-15
Ass kicked implies lost lives, lost vessels, lost territory of operation. The ships are still there, they are just busy.
It's nothing new and nothing about the houthis or the us navy that makes mobile land launched missiles and drones a competent challenge to ships at sea.
The normal follow up would be to fuck off or start blasting the whole coast. The fact that we are seeing a third option is interesting.