Submission Statement: „The US administration’s private messages reveal impatience with Europe and its contribution to global security. It has good reason to complain.“ Michael DiCianna argues that European nations, particularly those with significant naval capabilities, must bear responsibility in responding to emerging threats like Houthi attacks on international shipping. As the US shifts its focus away from European defense, the continent must develop its own hard power.
-Sliced- on
I’d say it a little differently – the EU needs to be capable of fighting the Houthis.
What was mentioned in the signal thread is that the Europeans are unable to deal with the surface to ship missiles effectively. That is a real problem that could affect Europe in case of a war.
Whether to fight the Houthis now or not requires its own cost/benefit analysis.
But remind me again, why have the Houthis attacks intensified lately?
Bapistu-the-First on
Maybe they could’ve asked European states for cooperation instead of trying to misinform people like they do now.
Sinan_reis on
Suez profits fell 60%.
Sounds like it’s Egypt who should be fighting the houthis
Electronic_Main_2254 on
There’s a lot of hypocrisy involved with „fighting the houthis“ thing.
Looks like every other nation is just waiting for someone else to solve this issue, and when countries like Israel, the US and maybe the UK are actually trying, everyone goes „Meh“ while feeling realived that’s actually happened.
Same goes for every battle against every terror organization actually, and even if someone will eventually attack Iran.
The real question is, why having a multi billions worth of armies while you can’t even keep the international trading routes open? It’s a question for nations like Egypt, EU, some Arabia peninsula counties and even a few asian powers.
Suitable_Grocery1774 on
Aren’t the houthis attacking the ships because of what Israel is doing in gaza?
Would it not be possible for Europe to solve this by talking with israel?
Why go immediately to the violent option? This seems solvable through dialogue and peace talks.
coffeewalnut05 on
No we don’t, we need to stop remaining silent on Israel’s slaughter of Gaza and Palestine. We need to sanction Israel and suspend arms sales if they don’t comply with a ceasefire.
And we also need to stop selling weapons to Saudi Arabia which enable them to fund their war in Yemen which then leads to terrorism development in Yemen.
Shipping routes don’t matter more than human lives. And I’m fed up of enabling corporations that rely on endless war for profit.
Total_Essay4238 on
Europe should indeed build an independent defense force, but firstly and foremost it should stop supporting the genocide on the Palestinians. Then Jemen will stop attacking ships.
yourmomwasmyfirst on
America is the only one on the planet who can do it. Nobody else is even close.
I’ll say a prayer.
/s
Happy_Comfortable on
Wasn’t there a coalition force led by saudi for fighting with houthis? What happened to that?
MadOwlGuru on
Europe needs to stop supporting Israel’s right to land in the Middle East. Neither the Arabs, the Turks, nor the Persians like the idea of Jewish colonial adverturism. If the whole region detests the existence of a Jewish state then the West must start heeding the consensus of the Middle east!
The holocaust may have been a tragic historical event but zionism shouldn’t be supported at the expense of disenfranchisement of the Middle East since that only leads more security problems …
Europeans wanted to kick the Jewish can towards someone else’s backyard but the Middle East wants to do the same as well so it’s only fair for them to reciprocate a similar solution!
Mysterious-Fix2896 on
Isn’t Europe full of freeloaders? That’s what JD vance said. Then why do they suddenly need Europeans to come to their rescue? Americans, as the greatest nation on earth, can get it done themselves. And if they can’t even take care of the Huthis, why should anyone take them seriously?
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Submission Statement: „The US administration’s private messages reveal impatience with Europe and its contribution to global security. It has good reason to complain.“ Michael DiCianna argues that European nations, particularly those with significant naval capabilities, must bear responsibility in responding to emerging threats like Houthi attacks on international shipping. As the US shifts its focus away from European defense, the continent must develop its own hard power.
I’d say it a little differently – the EU needs to be capable of fighting the Houthis.
What was mentioned in the signal thread is that the Europeans are unable to deal with the surface to ship missiles effectively. That is a real problem that could affect Europe in case of a war.
Whether to fight the Houthis now or not requires its own cost/benefit analysis.
Europe already defends their own trade ships, as indicated by Italy’s foreign minister (https://www.ansa.it/english/news/world/2025/03/25/we-protect-our-merchant-ships-ourselves-tajani-on-vance_940af446-f367-4d57-91a1-9f92d49b94c2.html) .
But remind me again, why have the Houthis attacks intensified lately?
Maybe they could’ve asked European states for cooperation instead of trying to misinform people like they do now.
Suez profits fell 60%.
Sounds like it’s Egypt who should be fighting the houthis
There’s a lot of hypocrisy involved with „fighting the houthis“ thing.
Looks like every other nation is just waiting for someone else to solve this issue, and when countries like Israel, the US and maybe the UK are actually trying, everyone goes „Meh“ while feeling realived that’s actually happened.
Same goes for every battle against every terror organization actually, and even if someone will eventually attack Iran.
The real question is, why having a multi billions worth of armies while you can’t even keep the international trading routes open? It’s a question for nations like Egypt, EU, some Arabia peninsula counties and even a few asian powers.
Aren’t the houthis attacking the ships because of what Israel is doing in gaza?
Would it not be possible for Europe to solve this by talking with israel?
Why go immediately to the violent option? This seems solvable through dialogue and peace talks.
No we don’t, we need to stop remaining silent on Israel’s slaughter of Gaza and Palestine. We need to sanction Israel and suspend arms sales if they don’t comply with a ceasefire.
And we also need to stop selling weapons to Saudi Arabia which enable them to fund their war in Yemen which then leads to terrorism development in Yemen.
Shipping routes don’t matter more than human lives. And I’m fed up of enabling corporations that rely on endless war for profit.
Europe should indeed build an independent defense force, but firstly and foremost it should stop supporting the genocide on the Palestinians. Then Jemen will stop attacking ships.
America is the only one on the planet who can do it. Nobody else is even close.
I’ll say a prayer.
/s
Wasn’t there a coalition force led by saudi for fighting with houthis? What happened to that?
Europe needs to stop supporting Israel’s right to land in the Middle East. Neither the Arabs, the Turks, nor the Persians like the idea of Jewish colonial adverturism. If the whole region detests the existence of a Jewish state then the West must start heeding the consensus of the Middle east!
The holocaust may have been a tragic historical event but zionism shouldn’t be supported at the expense of disenfranchisement of the Middle East since that only leads more security problems …
Europeans wanted to kick the Jewish can towards someone else’s backyard but the Middle East wants to do the same as well so it’s only fair for them to reciprocate a similar solution!
Isn’t Europe full of freeloaders? That’s what JD vance said. Then why do they suddenly need Europeans to come to their rescue? Americans, as the greatest nation on earth, can get it done themselves. And if they can’t even take care of the Huthis, why should anyone take them seriously?