Hello everybody and thank you for tuning in to the weekly report.

We spent a billion dollars fighting the hoothes and lost.

Why does it seem the Pentagon is far better at spending money than actually putting

together a successful operation?

The failed Operation Prosperity Guardian and the disasters floating goss appear

are but two recent examples of enormously expensive initiatives

that though they no doubt enriched military contractors were incapable

of meeting their stated goals. To Great Fanfare, last December the Pentagon announced the launch of Operation Prosperity

Guardian, a joint US- UK military operation to halt the Yemeni-Huthi disruption of Israel-linked commercial shipping

through the Red Sea.

The Huthis announced their policy in response to civilian deaths in Israel's war on Gaza.

But when the U.S. and UK military became involved, they announced they would target U.S. and UK shipping as well.

The operation was supposed to be quick and easy.

After all, the ragtag hooty militia was no match for the mighty U.S. and UK navies.

But it didn't work out that way at all.

Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal published a devastating article

revealing that after spending more than $1 billion on munitions alone alone the operation had failed to deter the

huthies and failed to reopen commercial shipping in the Red Sea. The journal reported that Avril Haynes,

the director of national intelligence,

recently told Congress

that the US-led effort has been insufficient to deter the militant groups targeting of ships

and that the threat will remain active for some time.

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