Sauds murder up to 50 children in ' legitimate ' strike on a bus.

[Jack]

Yes. Of course, Princess kudzu. (When the IPO of ARAMCO is announced, will you be a Buyer?)

The Saudis have never hampered shipping thru the Bab al Mandab... Too many countries on the Red Sea would be affected.

[kudzu]

Yes. Of course, Princess kudzu. (When the IPO of ARAMCO is announced, will you be a Buyer?)

Nah.. I have enough oil stock.

FYI .. Bab al Mandab means gate of tears.. named for an ancient Arab legend for the souls that died when the Arabian Peninsula was ripped away from Africa by an earth quake.

Its 12 miles wide and 600 feet deep.

[Jack]

Nah.. I have enough oil stock.

FYI .. Bab al Mandab means gate of tears.. named for an ancient Arab legend for the souls that died when the Arabian Peninsula was ripped away from Africa by an earth quake.

Its 12 miles wide and 600 feet deep.

Yeah, I figured you did.

[Jack]

You made me look it up:

"The distance across is about 20 miles (30 km) from Ras Menheli in Yemen to Ras Siyan in Djibouti. The island of Perim divides the strait into two channels. The eastern channel, known as the Bab Iskender (Alexander's Strait), is 2 miles (3 km) wide and 16 fathoms (30 m) deep. The western channel, or Dact-el-Mayun, has a width of about 16 miles (25 km) and a depth of 170 fathoms (310 m). Near the coast of Djibouti is a group of smaller islands known as the "Seven Brothers"."
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab-el-Mandeb

[kudzu]

You made me look it up:

"The distance across is about 20 miles (30 km) from Ras Menheli in Yemen to Ras Siyan in Djibouti. The island of Perim divides the strait into two channels. The eastern channel, known as the Bab Iskender (Alexander's Strait), is 2 miles (3 km) wide and 16 fathoms (30 m) deep. The western channel, or Dact-el-Mayun, has a width of about 16 miles (25 km) and a depth of 170 fathoms (310 m). Near the coast of Djibouti is a group of smaller islands known as the "Seven Brothers"."
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab-el-Mandeb

It has to be pretty deep because of the supertankers that have to navigate it.

[Jack]

It has to be pretty deep because of the supertankers that have to navigate it.

At a thousand feet (310 meters), I would assume depth is not a problem?

[kudzu]

At a thousand feet (310 meters), I would assume depth is not a problem?

I didn't know it was that deep.. Thanks.

[Jack]

I didn't know it was that deep.. Thanks.

Whether it was 600 or a thousand, that's pretty deep. Thank YOU for bringing it up.

[moon]

End U.S. support for this misbegotten and unwinnable war



ON AUG. 9, an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen struck a bus packed with young boys in the northern village of Dahyan, killing at least 51 people, including 40 children, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross. As Saudi spokesmen defend this horrific massacre — one called the bus a “legitimate military target” — Trump administration officials are being pressed by members of Congress and reporters to say whether the bomb that was dropped was supplied by the United States, and whether the plane that dropped it was refueled by the U.S. military under an ongoing support operation.

The administration’s response has amounted to a shrug. When journalists questioned a senior U.S. official this week, he responded: “Well, what difference does that make?”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...=.8da665c884ff

The guy must be a JPP moron.

[Gotcha68]

Those poor children. Always caught up in adult violence.

[moon]

Those poor children. Always caught up in adult violence.

I don't classify violence as being ' adult ' behavior.

US supplied bomb that killed 40 children on Yemen school bus


Eleven adults also died and 79 people were wounded
Bomb sold to Saudi Arabia was made by Lockheed Martin

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...hool-bus-yemen


The bomb dropped on a school bus in Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition warplane was sold to Riyadh by the US, according to reports based on analysis of the debris.


'The sound of children screaming keeps replaying': a Red Cross nurse in Yemen

The 9 August attack killed 40 boys aged from six to 11 who were being taken on a school trip. Eleven adults also died and local authorities said 79 people were wounded, 56 of them children. CNN reported that the weapon used was a 227kg laser-guided bomb made by Lockheed Martin, one of many thousands sold to Saudi Arabia as part of billions of dollars of weapons exports.

The Gulf monarchy is the biggest single customer for both the US and UK arms industries. The US also supports the coalition with refueling and intelligence.