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Another angle for the very deep divers, also xD-chess-adjacent: was the whole thing phony? IOW, was it a psyop on those we're usually psyopped by? If so, it would indicate the Yemeni military also cooperated, and all this would have to take place silently at the highest levels.
Everyone can decide what they wish to believe by examining all the evidence for signs of a hoax, but you should also check out this story from The Western Journal (which is in the mainstream of alternative media, if that makes any sense):
Trump Posts Video: 'Houthis' Gather for 'Instructions,' Seconds Later There's Just a Crater Where They Stood (4/5/2025)
The thing is, it appears that the author--either consciously or unconsciously--is not quite buying that this whole story is legit. Words and phrases indicating that are scattered liberally throughout, and it's quite obvious when your radar is on for them:
So what would be the chess angle? Zillions of people, including many MAGA types, are absolutely convinced that Iran is the big nuclear boogeyman and the Houthis are their terrorist puppets. They're beaten over the mind relentlessly with this. The big dumb US military also feels bad about getting their asses kicked in the Red Sea for reasons beyond their comprehension.
If Trump doesn't say and do something about this, They will give him the old "soft on crime" and "exposing the nation to danger" lines in just the manner Goering told us. So Trump "does something".
It was a judo move, basically: just add too much of what your opponent is trying to do. The countermoves are not attractive. They can defend those that they daily condemn as terrorists. They can plead for pacifism and dialogue. They can recommend that the US pull out of the Red Sea and the entire Middle East. IOW, They can curbstomp Their entire program. They most assuredly will not give us the truth and call it out as fake.
I predict "They" will now just let this all go until everyone forgets what happened and--most vitally--stops trying to figure out why.
I wouldn't put it past the US/CIA to make this into a psyop. The strike video does look like the same area in the photos (tree, nearby structures, etc.) But ... where are the photos of the aftermath? Someone took that photo from a distance. If they were killed, who recovered the camera? Why didn't they take more photos of the aftermath then?
I don't think it matters if the official story is true. Even if this is fake, if this is what the Orange Man administration is claiming, it's fucking idiotic. It's so much more likely they kill a bunch of civilians than any militant group, just looking at a surface level.
Go the full Ron Paul route: why the fuck are we bombing anyone in this region extra judicially? Any way you possibly look at this makes things worse for America. The hardcore MAGAs will double down and say that some more war for enemies of Israel is totally a-okey-dokie.
I'm a fan of Ron Paul, but a thought occurred to me the other day: in his long career as a truther (of a sort) he has never said something like,
"Hey everyone, you know you simply cannot take at face value what you see in the news and the history books. Stories, photos, and even videos can all be faked, and it gets easier every day. It's not that everything is phony==far from it-- but you should always be allowing for that possibility. You need to be willing to examine it for yourself, or at least be acutely aware that you're taking someone else's word that it's real."
Personally, I conclude that Ron himself does not actually think this way. And I further conclude that that, in itself, is a weakness and a failure of a sort.
I remember RP almost a decade ago saying something along those lines. Said something like; media is owned by a few people and should not be taken as 'the truth'.
There's a finer but vital point.
I was just recalling how controversial the whole "grab 'em by the pussy" incident was. Only one person I'm aware of, Jim Stone, suggested it was faked. Given that it came from a member of the Bush family, was recorded by a "hot mic" then saved and only released many years after the fact, not making sense as a phrase in common use or practical application, required only the alteration of one word, and seeing the phenomenal technological progress in A/V fakery since then, it is as close to a "conspiracy" slam dunk as you can get.
Although I'm sure there are a few somewhere, no conspiracy theorist I ever saw accepted that thesis. The story has since then become more bedrock a "fact" than the Moon landings. So what precisely is going on?
It's one thing for Ron Paul to suggest that the media is biased. People may agree or disagree, but at least they get what's being claimed. Trump hits far closer to the mark when he calls something "fake news". No public figures come out and say, "You aren't living in the Matrix with a cable in the back of your head, but your Reality is--in many respects--just as artificial. Here are some examples...."
To be frank, I don't think Ron Paul is actually aware of the things I've just said, but I think Trump is.
Further, as we can see, it has been easier to convince many conspiracy theorists that they are, in fact, living in the Matrix with a cable in the back of their heads.