Russia didn't outsmart anyone but Donald J. Trump. There are Russian jets with nuclear capacity in Venezuela. In order to avoid a war of any kind, Trump sells out to the communists.
Trump has abandoned democracy in Venezuela.
Trump is allowing expansionism in the Pacific by China.
This is about as stupid as it gets. A wealthy Israeli businessman purchased spy planes for Saudi Arabia. No sooner than the Saudis have all this intelligence capacity (which they have no clue as to how to operate and use the data) the Houthis launch a surprise attack. In response to the attack by the Houthis, the USA sends a multi-million dollar drone into Yemen to spy on the Houthis. Well, the USA drone was shot down over Yemen and now the Houthis have sophisticated drone technology and no longer need Iran. Yep, Trump is a brilliant strategist.
August 19, 2019
A drone attack (click here) by the Yemeni Houthis caused fire at an oil and gas field in Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom’s Energy Minister said as quoted by the Saudi Press Agency.
Khalid al-Falih also said the damage caused by the explosive-laden drones was limited to a processing unit of the natural gas processing plant at the Shaybah field.
The Yemeni rebel group had earlier said it was using 10 drones to attack the Shaybah field in what they said was the “biggest attack in the depths” of Saudi Arabia yet, as per a Reuters report on the event. The Shaybah field lies about 600 miles from the Houthi-controlled parts of Yemen.
The Saudi Press Agency quoted Al-Falih as referring to the event as a “terroristic attack” and noting it had resulted in no casualties and had had no effect on Saudi oil and gas production or exports.
The minister also said, as quoted by the SPA, that “these attacks not only target Saudi Arabia, but also the global energy security of supply and through that the global economy, demonstrating once again the imperative for the global community to confront all terrorist entities that carry out such acts of sabotage, including the Houthi militias in Yemen.”...
