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David vs. Goliath — The Epic Role Reversal of the Third Millennium

Via State of the Nation

Editor’s Note: No one has ever seen anything like it in the modern era.  Nothing even close!  And it’s truly hysterical that this turn of events is even taking place in 2023 as the global Military-Industrial Complex boasts of so many newfangled high tech weapons that can supposedly zap a gnat on your ass. 😊

Houthi Rebels From Yemen Reveal Utter Failure Of The
US Navy & The Decline Of The US Empire!

In fact, the free-fall collapse of the US Empire is so friggin’ dramatic, they’re even singing songs about it—EXCELLENT SONGS!

“SONG FOR THE HOUTHI ARMY”

Really, who would have ever imagined that the now indomitable Houthi Drone Force would paralyze the most powerful navies on Earth?

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What Exactly Is So Bad about the Houthi Rebels?

Yemen’s Houthi rebels defy years of war and repression

By Tik RootSaada, Yemen
Hussein Badr al-Dine al-Houthi's funeral (05/06/13)
Al-Houthi was given a ceremonial funeral, nine years after he was killed

Holding up “Death to America” signs and pictures of their fallen leader, an eager throng of Houthi rebels and their supporters gathered in the war-torn northern Yemeni city of Saada earlier this month for a funeral nine years in the making.

Just hours before the ceremony was set to begin, no-one had been told precisely where it would be held.

Despite being forced to hang around in the whipping dust, fidgety funeral-goers seemed understanding of the extra security.

They had, after all, come to bury Hussein Badr al-Dine al-Houthi, the charismatic founder of a group that has variously been a target for al-Qaeda, neighbouring tribesmen, and the central government.

When word came at 08:00, Houthi forces sprang into action. In less than three hours they funnelled hundreds of thousands of citizens, politicians and media past security checkpoints to a barren plot of land on the outskirts of the provincial capital.

An atmosphere somewhere between state funeral and political rally pervaded the crowd, which was flanked by 6m (20ft) tall portraits of the “martyred leader”.

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