Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta 20240604 01

CNN CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta June 4, 2024 01:51:00

And a specter of iran is hanging over this. I have to think some of this was a message directed at tehran. And i cant imagine that they want to see the houthis just sort of wiped out, their military capabilities wiped out. How about all that . Yeah, i think youre absolutely correct, jim. You know, there were some u. K. Analysts who said, no, no, no it was not a signal to iran, it was simply a strike against the houthis. Im with you, jim. I disagree with that. I think it was certainly a strike against iran. Even though the houthis have been independent actors, theyve been supported by iran, and they are connected to iran. So as much as this was damaging to the houthi military capability, it was also a signal to iran of saying, hey, stop your proxies from doing the kinds of things theyre doing. Whether that happens, remains to be seen because there are other proxy groups throughout the Middle East that can continue to conduct strikes against the u. S

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