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PREVIEW: From a longer conversation, Captain Jim Fanell, US Navy retired, observes the Houthi threat to global commerce and the US Navy and erecommends an immediate response not limited by what the adversary might do in return. More tonight with colleagu

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Books, News, Society & Culture, Arts

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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PREVIEW: From a longer conversation, Captain Jim Fanell, US Navy retired, observes the Houthi threat to global commerce and the US Navy and erecommends an immediate response not limited by what the adversary might do in return. More tonight with colleague Gordon Chang as co-host.

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0:30.2

conversation with my colleague Gordon Chang and our colleague Jim Finel,

0:35.0

US Navy retired Captain Information and Intelligence Officer for the Pacific Fleet

0:40.6

once upon a time.

0:42.0

Jim comments on what is to be done with the Who Thine Pacific Fleet once upon a time.

0:42.6

Jim comments on what is to be done with the Huthies firing missiles at commercial shipping

0:49.5

in the Babyl-Mondeb Strait passing out of the Red Sea into the Arabian Sea.

0:56.3

What is achieved by those few firings, to my knowledge only one or two struck a commercial ship. What has achieved is the insurance rates

1:06.2

climbed and the diversion of container ships and we presume tankers to the Cape of Good Hope costing, meaning, changing all the environment

1:18.6

for global shipping.

1:20.6

Jim recommends straightforwardly a metaphor that works.

1:25.0

Do you shoot the arrows or do you shoot the archers?

1:28.0

Here's Captain Jim Finel, US Navy retired,

1:32.0

commenting on what comes next and why, not to let the enemy define the

1:38.0

limits of the U.S. reaction.

1:41.0

Demonstrated to many many major shipping companies that it's not worth it.

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