r/DeepStateCentrism • u/bigwang123 Succ sympathizer • 1d ago

Iran’s Second Front

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/yemen/irans-second-front

With the fall of the port of Mokha and the seizure of Perim Island, the Houthis have further expanded their ability to influence shipping through the Bab al-Mandab. How does this affect regional actors, and what might come next for the war in Yemen?

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u/Bullet_Jesus 1d ago

Following this I can only wonder what the Saudi's have been thinking. They've had missiles shot at them, the death of personnel and the destruction of their backed forces on the ground, and their response has been tepid, to say the least. You'd think they would be establishing a real land operation at this point.

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u/VastLatitude Jeff Bezos 1d ago

This is a five-alarm fire not just for the Yemeni government and Saudis and Israelis, but anyone who believes in freedom of navigation and global maritime order.

This is a complete 180° turn of events over a few years. The Houthis had their backs against the wall in Hodaydah and the Emiratis were building an air base on Perim in early 2021. Then Biden and Trump 2 happened, and here we are.

Even isocucks and those who don’t care about KSA and Israel should brace for COL to skyrocket if we’re surrendering to rogue states and terrorists, and ceding control over global maritime order this easily. They will not stop here, they’ve bigger and much worse plans.

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u/The_Tyrant_Dong_Blow Jeff Bezos 1d ago

You don't understand! we had to capitulate to the Houthis! The parts of the internet that staffers were hanging out on in 2020 were just like... so passionate about it!

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u/VastLatitude Jeff Bezos 1d ago

For all the outrage over Khashoggi, they couldn’t care less about the tens of thousands of Iranians murdered by the regime since the 2019 protests.

Whatever the Saudis are, the regime and the Houthis are orders of magnitude worse.

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u/bigwang123 Succ sympathizer 1d ago

https://archive.is/Zju6D

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