Attacks in the Red Sea: Is the Middle East conflict escalating? | To the Point

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Attacks in the Red Sea: Is the Middle East conflict escalating? | To the Point


The Houthis are attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea. This is in retaliation for the war in Gaza. Who are the Houthis? An armed political and religious rebel group from Yemen backed by Iran. The US and the UK have called these attacks “a direct threat to international commerce and maritime security”. …

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  1. If Iran can support all these groups then that obviously proves that sanctions on a country do not work. If anything it hurts the citizens more than the elites in the nation.

  2. Very knowledgeable resource people. One of aspect I've been waiting to be addressed is Geography where the Houthis are. Yes, they're in a very strategic postion to disrupt the shipping route. However, except for the tunnels they have and for the current arms they have stored, are they really in a very strategic place to wage war for long term? Where will they get the supply? Any enlightenment?

  3. Iran is the root of all the problems in the Middle East. Iran is the country that uses proxies to create chaos, instability and destruction in Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen, Pakistan and many other countries. Until and unless Iran is dealt with properly, tensions, chaos, and the threat of an expanded war continue to get worse.

  4. It is time that the West made a response that matches the source of the problem, Iran. China will not help, except insofar as it is able to save it's own skin. Egypt ought to be persuaded to break out the old Anthrax they used in Yemen in the 60s, after all, they need the income from the Suez Canal. If they won't do it, not literally Anthrax of course, the US should cut off its aid to Egypt forthwith. Finally if that doesn't work, no shipping should feel safe entering or leaving the Red Sea or the Gulf. As an aside, maybe the EU could reflect on it's policy of believing everything Hamas said to it over the last two decades and supplying it with the cash and materials to build its infrastructure, instead of civilian structures. A wee bit of governance, perhaps?