So, Red Sea Pirates It Is

Just like the Iranian-backed Hamas’s barbaric use of wholesale rape, child murder and kidnapping on October 7th seemed specifically designed to force Israel to invade Gaza, so do the Iranian proxy attacks on Americans in Syria, Iraq, and the Red Sea seemed designed to bring the US into the fight. If they can’t do that, they will at least try to get Israel to divert attention and resources away from the main effort – opening a variety of ways to humiliate either the Great Satan or the Little Satan.

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Don’t take the bait. …

The Houthis are not a nation. They are unlawful combatants engaged in a civil war attacking other nations’ merchant ships. We have a few thousand years of precedent of how to deal with such pirates. …

Peace was tried, and it only brought more dangerous war. Release the Saudis and their Gulf allies. We don’t have to put a boot on the ground to make the Houthis become more concerned with their own survival than getting involved in a conflict with Israel and anyone else. Our allies will support on the margins with tons of “national caveats” and other restrictive ROE, but if done correctly, it would be primarily a USN show.

[Read it all. Salamander has some lengthy discussion about the options and the drawbacks involved, but he’s right about the conclusion, which includes ending the appeasement of Iran. Let the Saudis take care of business in Yemen. — Ed]

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