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🗓️ 19 April 2025
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Let's talk about Trump's campaign in Yemen, B-2s, and coverage....
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0:00.0 | Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Bell again. So today, we're going to talk about Trump |
0:07.2 | using the B-2s. A few weeks ago, we talked about how B-2 spirits had been forward-deployed to an island |
0:14.4 | called Diego Garcia. And we went over the speculation, conventional wisdom, and then an item that was being mostly |
0:22.0 | overlooked as a possibility. When the B-2s were moved forward, most of the speculation suggested |
0:28.6 | Trump had moved them there to hit Iran. We brought up how the most recent prior use of the |
0:34.2 | stealth aircraft might hold a clue. Biden used the B-2s to hit Yemen during his |
0:39.8 | administration. It turns out, yeah, that's what Trump has been doing as well. The exact extent of |
0:46.8 | the campaign isn't really known, but it hasn't been a one-off operation. It appears the United States |
0:53.7 | is running a relatively sustained air |
0:55.8 | campaign targeting Houthis. It looks like there have been hundreds of strikes over the last |
1:01.5 | month or so. One of the more substantial strikes occurred Thursday when the U.S. hit a fuel terminal |
1:07.7 | used by the Houthis. At time of recording, it's not yet known whether B2s were |
1:13.5 | involved in this particular strike. The strike was significant because the terminal is at a port |
1:19.7 | that is critical to Houthi operations. And while the Sinkcom release didn't acknowledge any casualties, |
1:26.3 | reports from the ground indicate there were |
1:28.7 | almost 60. The strike was telegraphed in a State Department release on April 9th that said, |
1:35.5 | quote, the United States will not tolerate any country or commercial entity providing support |
1:42.3 | to foreign terrorist organizations, such as the Houthis, |
1:46.3 | including offloading ships and provisioning oil at Houthi-controlled ports. |
1:52.3 | There have been three main questions that have come in. The first is whether these strikes |
1:58.2 | differ from the strikes that were occurring under Biden. Yes, |
2:02.4 | they differ in frequency, intensity, and targeting. The Biden administration was primarily |
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