Something the belligerent warmongers who populate DC really don't understand is that peace is a delicate equilibrium, too easily shattered
Known as the Gate of Tears, this narrow passage is a critical artery for crude oil and fuel travelling from the Gulf to the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal, as well as for Asian commodities and Russian oil.
Al Jazeera’s Yousef Mawry explained that controlling Mocha could give the Houthis a “stranglehold along the Bab is a “stranglehold along the Bab al-Mandeb”.
And many existing arrangements, such as Hormuz being free-to-travel, exist because of some lingering recognition of the common good and not due to pure unenlightened self-interest.
...and more than Mocha.After seizing the crucial city of Mocha, the Houthis have taken control of Yemen’s entire Red Sea coastline, expanding their grip over the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, one of the world’s most important trade routes.I won't claim to have any real idea what the implications are.
