Where Are the Houthis?

[Luis Gonzalez]

Where Are the Houthis?
The War Isn’t Where You’re Looking.

The Last Wire

Everyone’s watching Iran and the Strait of Hormuz.

But down at the southern edge of the Red Sea sits Bab el-Mandeb... one of the most critical trade chokepoints on the planet.

And the Houthis control that neighborhood.

They haven’t acted. Not yet.

That’s not weakness. That’s positioning.

If they move, global shipping doesn’t just feel it — it chokes.

Read on at The Last Wire

Are they staying out of it… or waiting to hit at the worst possible moment?

[Cyber Liberty]

They're waiting.

[DefiantMassRINO]

They are waiting for the US to leave or for the Strait of Hormuz to be secured.

Once they Strait of Hormuz is secured, the Houthis will extend the havoc on world energy markets by closing another choke point for the transit of oil from the Mideast to Europe.

[Luis Gonzalez]

They are waiting for the US to leave or for the Strait of Hormuz to be secured.

Once they Strait of Hormuz is secured, the Houthis will extend the havoc on world energy markets by closing another choke point for the transit of oil from the Mideast to Europe.

… which will then choke the Malacca Strait and reroute all trade, and blow up shipping costs all to Hell.

There must be a plan in place for when they jump in.

[Cyber Liberty]

… which will then choke the Malacca Strait and reroute all trade, and blow up shipping costs all to Hell.

There must be a plan in place for when they jump in.

I'd say bomb the Houthis back to the stone age, but they are already there.  But their stock of missiles is probably smaller than Iran's. 

[Luis Gonzalez]

I'd say bomb the Houthis back to the stone age, but they are already there.  But their stock of missiles is probably smaller than Iran's.

They have to do very little to shut down and force reroutes from their position at Bab el-Mandeb.

[Luis Gonzalez]

I'd say bomb the Houthis back to the stone age, but they are already there.  But their stock of missiles is probably smaller than Iran's.

PS. Open a second front and wave whatever chance we thought the GOP had for midterms buh-bye.

[Cyber Liberty]

We'll see if the Houthis are as suicidal as the Iranians are.  That's not a "given."