So last night, sent com as well as a bunch of other foreign countries, part of an American

alliance, struck at targets in Yemen.

They struck the Houthis.

The Houthies are a rag-tag group of terrorists who have taken over a large swath of

Yemen after a massive civil war between the Houthis and the Saudis over control of the

country.

The Iranians have been funding the Houthis for years and

years and years. And we'll get into the history of what exactly happened with the Houthis. Suffice it to say,

the reason that all of this is happening right now is because the Houthis decided that they were

going to try to act as an Iranian proxy arm and generate support for Iran by attacking Israel

and then by more largely attacking shipping in the

Red Sea.

Now, shooting off a few rockets or missiles at Israel to get down by American ships or by the Saudis,

that really didn't have much of an impact on world opinion or on the world at large.

But attacking ships in the Red Sea absolutely does.

According to Sentcom, the Houthies have carried out at least 27

attacks on commercial ships since mid-November between December 16th and January 4th, according

to the Wall Street Journal. The U.S. Navy said it had shot down 61 missiles and drones.

1,500 commercial vessels had safely crossed the Red Sea, but the biggest problem with the

hubbub in the Red Sea and in the Bab elmandib straight, which is where

a huge percentage of the world's oil supplies travel through and a huge percentage of shipping

generally travels through that straight. Shipping is down dramatically. According to CNBC just a couple

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