Hegsetth vows ‘relentless’ campaign against Houthis, declaring ‘peace through strength returns’
The American campaign of a big strike against the Houthi goals in Yemen will be “relentless” as long as Iranian intermediaries supported and Iranian advocates to give up on US property, Defense Minister Peta Hegsetth Sunday said.
“The moment Houthi say,” We’ll stop shooting your ships, we’ll stop shooting your drones, “this campaign will end, but by then it will be relentless,” said Maria Bartiromo “Sunday Morning Futures.”
The US Central Command announced on Saturday that “launched a number of operations that consisted of precise strikes against Houtho goals supported in Iran across the Yemen to defend American interests, distractions of enemies and restore the freedom of navigation.”
US Defense Minister Peta Hegsetth participates in a meeting of ministers NATO with the headquarters of the Alliance in Brussels, Belgium on February 13, 2025. (Reuters/Yves Herman)
President Donald Trump wrote on Saturday in the social place of truth that he “ordered the United States to launch a decisive and powerful military action against Houthi terrorists in Yemen. ”
On Sunday, Hegsetth tried to “very clearly” that the campaign that is ongoing speaks of “freedom of navigation” and “renewing the distraction.”
“The age of peace, through strength he returns …” he said.
Trump announces the “determined and powerful” air attacks against Houthhi terrorist in Yemen
“We’re sitting for four years Delayed maintenance from Joe BidenWhere, when you talk about Houthis, they were allowed more than 100 times to shoot US ships, shoot at commercial shipping. Four months ago, when we sent the ship, he was shot in 17 times. The ships failed to pass for more than a year without being shot. “
He called the freedom of navigation a “fundamental national interest”, repeating Trump’s vow that he would renew that freedom and be “relentless” about it.
Saturday surgery marked the first strike against Houthis supported Iran since the beginning of the second Trump administration.
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Fox News’ Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
