You attack international shipping, you're attacking everybody, so expect to get slapped.

Seems like the anchor is more interested in venting his own opinion than listening to the expert on the subject.

They don't understand how much restraint the US has been showing.They're going to wish they hadn't tried our patience.

This guy is really a poor interviewer. He can’t let people finish before he cuts them off. Very rude

This reporter is obnoxious

They should have listened to the warnings and stopped the attacks on civilian shipping in international shipping lanes

Such dim questions from the interviewer. Houthi missiles require a guidance system to hit their targets. Part of that guidance is provided for by ground-based radar. They also require missiles. And they require control systems. All three were targeted by US/UK air strikes. The result of these actions will mean an immediate de-escalation of hostilities by the Houthis.

Honestly the interviewer is way to aggressive to get what he only wants to hear from the man but is super sensitive to the Yemen woman. Very interesting that even the DW is allowing their employees to act in this way.

Cheers to the Brits from the US. Yes, developed countries want to maintain efficient global trade for a good reason, and no we don't need to be ashamed of it.

Because of fear of escalation do you expect the world to sit down and just watch the Houthis do what the want?

The difference the anchor showed between the two guests really shows that this is not a news program but his own political views

Attacking civilian shipping lanes is unacceptable. This is basically an act of war and they must bare the consequences.

Wow this host is rude and not a good interviewer. Makes DW look biased. He wasn’t receiving the answers he wanted to hear so he kept cutting off the guest, had a bad tone, and repeated the same question over and over again. Props to the guest for keeping his composure with his rudeness. Note how his tone changed completely with the second guest.

This host thinks fighting back against people who declared war on you is escalating. Up 'til now, the Houthis have been allowed to get away with just about anything and the moment the adults show up to suggest their piracy is not a good idea, this guy is offended. Firing back is not escalating, and if the Houthis and Iran didn't want escalation, they wouldn't be attacking shipping lanes in the first place.

Are these Yemenis educated enough to know why they where bombed??? They all started this war. Just like hamas started in Israel.

I love how these interviewers challenge the action taken by the US / UK, but don't offer any alternate course of action or solution. Should the world community just keep letting the Houthis attack international shipping in the Red Sea? This interviewer must be on loan from the BBC.

What a terrible interview! This interviewer obviously is fishing for a specific response.

This interviewer is VERY rude and should stop interrupting the guest and let him finish a sentence.

Gosh! DW gets an expert in, and then treats him like dirt. Shocking😮

The first guest was correct: what else were they supposed to do? Just allow one of the worlds most important trade routes become unusable?

She has no idea what she's talking about

why didn't dw interview the houthi boss when they began to attack to tell them 'you started this and are raising the temperature'?

"Are they really up against a determined international force?" 5:16 Bro they just bombed them so I think you have an answer.

We in the US are tired of inflation and the houthies are driving up inflation even more by closing shipping lanes. So to answer his question, YES we will def want more action to ensure our prices fall back to normal levels and the Red Sea lanes are back open again. If houthies don’t want their people to die, they shouldn’t launch missiles and drones at civilian and military ships. Simple as that.

This is probably the most biased news I've ever seen definitely not watching this garbage again

This interviewer is ridiculous.. too confrontational for no reason

Very unprofessional anchor.

Stone age mentality

Perhaps they shouldn't be targeting shipping and military vessel's. Always blaming others for their own faults.

The Anchor seems to be looking at these strikes as a method of damaging the Houthi willingness to continue their attacks, and not their ability to do so. I don't think the Houthi leadership will lose their will to continue so easily, but it's also not easy to launch missiles and drones when someone bombs all your radars, launch points /vehicles and ammunition depots every time you try.

You can’t just attack ships with missiles and drones, and expect no consequences!!

Wow that guest was amazing, very professionally informed - while the host asked professionals to come on and provide their expertise, all the host can do is try and throw his opinion and be biased, though he himself knows nothing about the situation.

Using palestine to excuse their piracy. 😂

The world is tired of dealing with Nazijihad

Terrible host. Great guest.

This host is a joke. You can tell he pushes his political opinion and the guest handled him perfectly. Just lives in fantasy land. Get him off the air if he’s going to be biased.

Of course they say they will retaliate but with repeatedly striking them, what ability will they have to continue to attack?

Houthis are the trouble maker

We can't just sit back and do nothing. What does Yemen expect when international shipping lanes are attacked? This isn't US and UK attacking , it's retaliation.

Stop interrupting your guest speaker!!!

It seems that the anchor wants the International Community not to do anything at all and just wish that Houthis will become good boys and stop attacking the ships on their own.

The news broadcaster is a bit of a bell end isn't he

He was hostile towards the male guest but turned friendly towards the female guest because she was saying what he wanted to hear. Very unprofessional.

Why do they always think its fine for them to go around attacking who ever they want and then cry when people have enough of it

Look when I read "bad interviewer" It's always because they didn't hear the narrative they wanted. But this time the anchor/interviewer was genuinely too hard to even listen to. I expect better from these guys.

5:15 “Except are they really?! ARE THEY REALLY?!?” , “…again”. I can rly sense the emotion here for the host.

"No stomach for protracted conflict"? The US has been in protracted conflict since September 2001 without relief. It's our European "allies" who have no stomach for these things. We are increasingly likely to decide to let Europe fend for themselves with every passing week. Good luck, because we're sick of it.

The Houthis won't be a protracted conflict because Iran doesn't necessarily want a war directly. The likely outcome is the Houthis foaming off at the mouth than have enough weapons to hold Red Sea hostage

Here you can learn the difference between wishful thinking and reality. That lady was full of the former.

In Australia commercials ask to give money to help feed the starving children in Yemen. How bout they start looking after their people and less on buying weapons that will only bring bad times for Yemen.

I don’t get the point of marketing the Houthi narrative! Host and the second guest, are aligned on validating/supporting the Houthis!

Drones can manage the threat to the Red Sea. Just need to prepare the area for them by clearing out air defenses first. No need for troops on the ground.

Come on don't butt in, be polite and know when to cut in, this guy the does not know his job! Terrible

i had to click off. what a horrible announcer. my god in heaven.

Poor interview. Lets get the quality under control.

They got money for wars but cant feed the poor

I don't the name of this host but this isn't the only time he's done this. If I see him hosting again I'm not going to watch that video. Simple as that.

To be fair the houthis didn’t give us many other options

Is the interviewer a Houthi representative, strange interaction 🤷🏼

The Hoots threatening the US is like a mouse threatening a cat. Too funny

Yemen with Hamas. South Africa with Hamas also. The conclusion?

I love how they say "aggression" when they're the aggressors. Humans are the worst species

Just a quick reminder of how we got here. (Updated) The Houthis declare they are going to strike Israel directly - and end up launching missiles into Jordan by mistake The Houthis start attacking cargo ships because they realized they couldn't hit a target as far away as Israel - And their boats got sunk by helicopters The Houthis tried to attack US & UK warships in the Red Sea and despite missing every shot hailed it as a great victory - until last night when they got the response by competent armed forces that can actually hit their target. The Houthis proclaim they will make the US & UK pay - by launching a single missile... that missed... again. The US also launches a single strike - which hits and destroys another radar installation

We in the west need to start showing some strength. Finally.... Chaos is spreading exavtly because we have been too soft

This is by far the most unprofessional interview that i ever saw on DW. The anchor should never be allowed to get close to anything that has to do with journalism. Just sad to see DW so low. The anchor and the so call Yemen expert just focused on telling us that US and UK were wrong in responding to Houthi aggression and it seems that both are of the opinion that the entire world would just give in and accept that Suez route is no longer available and just let their economies take the hit.

This reporter is a 🤡

You can't start something and expect no retaliation if you don't start something you won't be retaliated against very simple

It’s pretty poor when a host shouts over their guest and speaks in a hostile manner to them. Whatever your views on the issue, the guest didn’t cause any of this.

All they had to do was not mess with international ships, now they are going to be balls deep in attention.

The first sentence of this segment is factually wrong. "Yemen" wasn't hit by US air strikes, Houthis were. "Yemen" refers to the country of Yemen's legitimate government and the interests of that government, NOT terrorists trying to destroy that government.

“Either way the situation isn’t a lose for them”… 😂 umm I think losing military equipment they are using to close the Red Sea is certainly a big lose for them. How can they carry on without arms to do so? 🤦🏽‍♂️

Apparently the interviewer thinks that the Houthi's "stomach for war" represents a significant threat to Red Sea shipping in and of itself. Break their toys, and keep breaking their toys, and they will get the message. We are in the "Finding Out" phase, finally.

Do better DW.

US Aggression???But you struck defenceless ships carrying goods??

The Yemen researcher stated the obvious about how the Houthi will react and how the warnings and strikes are all but pointless. This is like insisting on driving right in the middle of a two-way steet.

Phil seems to have more moments recently, that undermines his credibility as a journalist on DW asking questions. It's not the first time it happens and I'm not sure, if that's good for DW to get him on the program for sensible subjects like these acts of aggression. The general problem seems to be, that Phil not only fails to ask the precise questions necessary to get the information he wants, but also can't keep the emotion under control. If at least the latter was fixed, less people would be upset of this behavior.

If you invite an expert allow them to speak and only interject if necessary. PERIOD.

What a disrespectful anchor. At least let the guest finish his argument... lol

To be realistic, the immediate result of the counter attack from the coalition will simply reduce the capabilities of the Houthis to lauch missiles,as simple as that!!!

Why was the host so hostile. He is usually so calm.

Just like Hamas, they brought it up on themselves

wow the anchor is unpleasantly combative

The interviewer is insufferable..

The host needs to renounce his British citizenship and go live in Yemen

I feel dumber listening to yamen rebels trying to justify their attacks on innocent merchant ships

Houthis wishing they never left blowfish ! 🤪

This anchor is really frustrating to watch.

Your host is off the wall jesus christ

What is with this interviewer? I haven't seen such a rude and unprofessional interview in a very long time.

This young girl does not know what she is talking about 😂😂😂

I disagree with the girl that says the strikes help the houthis. It may help them in their corner of the world but in the long run this will help pull Iran's focus and weapons stocks. Will also degrade their capabilities on the ground. I don't think the developed countries care much about the Houthi's' popularity, to include many countries in the mid east. I think she is a little over-confident and overly-pleased in the capabilities of an Iranian proxy.

A lot of bluster on their part, use all necessary force to send a serious message

Host is very unprofessional and doesn't understand the concept of journalistic integrity and the obligation to avoid bias as possible. The expert was very professional and calm. Credit on him. Fire the interviewer. I never comment on KZfaq videos but I did just to convey to DW to find a new anchor this guy is a joke.

The reporter's like "why aren't we just letting the Houthis attack"?

Ok DW, right. Just give in. Gimme a break. And how is the young woman so confident in the damage assessment? Also, they're only talking about half the political equation in the US. Biden would be savaged if he didn't respond. This is amateurish coverage.

Is this host slow? They have been launching missiles and drones at ships for months. Giving them a warning and time was a courtesy we did not have to give....

This news guy wants to push his agenda and doesn't seem interested in anything counter to it. Sad reporting.

Please stop interrupting your guest. Show some respect. Lower your voice be courteous.

All through this I couldn't get past the very different attitude towards the 1st and 2nd guest. Very unprofessional.

The coalition is not “ratcheting things up, rather than calming things down”. Pull your head out! The aggression was the attack on shipping, the hostage taking of which they hold 25 people today (why didn’t you mention the taking of innocent workers on the vessels they have been pirated?). I would also mention the theft of property in the shipping and contents, the Yemenis did not own either the vessels or contents and they certainly do not own the people own those ships that they have taken hostage, but by all means, blame the RESPONCE to terror. This is not normal or acceptable behavior and the way you fight piracy and terrorism is through a RESPONSE and this includes military attacks. Sometimes this channel can be so blinded in a “woke” effort to appear fair? But in the end you only expose yourself to be lacking reason or common sense.