Robert O’Brien on John Kirby Asking the Houthis to Stop Firing Missiles at U.S. Navy: ‘I Feel Sorry’ for Him

[Clip starts KIRBY We ░░░░░░░░ aren t looking for ░░░░░░░░ with the Houthis Now ░░░░░░░░ best outcome would be ░░░░░░░░ the Houthis to stop ░░░░░░░░ attacks We have an ░░░░░░░░ with our allies and ░░░░░░░░ to keep the flow ░░░░░░░░ commerce moving there The ░░░░░░░░ should stop these attacks ░░░░░░░░ ends CHAFFETZ They should ░░░░░░░░ these attacks How about ░░░░░░░░ with overwhelming force and ░░░░░░░░ out every capability that ░░░░░░░░ have to ever do ░░░░░░░░ again The Houthis O ░░░░░░░░ Yeah I feel sorry ░░░░░░░░ John Kirby He s ░░░░░░░░ Navy admiral he knows ░░░░░░░░ better than what he ░░░░░░░░ saying but he s ░░░░░░░░ to be the out ░░░░░░░░ sort of like Baghdad ░░░░░░░░ in a situation like ░░░░░░░░ The Houthis aren t ░░░░░░░░ to stop because the ░░░░░░░░ aren t going to ░░░░░░░░ And here s the ░░░░░░░░ of it We re ░░░░░░░░ million dollar missiles to ░░░░░░░░ down drones that cost ░░░░░░░░ couple thousand dollars That ░░░░░░░░ to the Chinese benefit ░░░░░░░░ re protecting Chinese shipping ░░░░░░░░ lot of the shipping ░░░░░░░░ going to China and ░░░░░░░░ we re protecting Chinese ░░░░░░░░ from the Houthis and ░░░░░░░░ s to China s ░░░░░░░░ We re pulling our ░░░░░░░░ as Congressman Waltz said ░░░░░░░░ of the Indo Pacific ░░░░░░░░ putting them in the ░░░░░░░░ East on the Chinese ░░░░░░░░ behalf and we re ░░░░░░░░ doing anything to stop ░░░░░░░░ Houthis We ought to ░░░░░░░░ that marine expeditionary unit ░░░░░░░░ I don t want ░░░░░░░░ start another war in ░░░░░░░░ Middle East but what ░░░░░░░░ ought to do is ░░░░░░░░ the marines ashore just ░░░░░░░░ we did when we ░░░░░░░░ the Marine Corps in ░░░░░░░░ when the Tripoli pirates ░░░░░░░░ you know taking our ░░░░░░░░ We ought to send ░░░░░░░░ ashore take out the ░░░░░░░░ leadership take out the ░░░░░░░░ tribesmen with their AK ░░░░░░░░ have them come back ░░░░░░░░ their ship don t ░░░░░░░░ to build a democracy ░░░░░░░░ Yemen and destroy the ░░░░░░░░ leadership and the Houthi ░░░░░░░░ to fire at our ░░░░░░░░ and be done with ░░░░░░░░ Put our ships back ░░░░░░░░ the Pacific to deter ░░░░░░░░ Chinese from invading Taiwan ░░░░░░░░ menacing the Philippines which ░░░░░░░░ ve been doing This ░░░░░░░░ thing is ridiculous at ░░░░░░░░ point.”