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This is John Batchelor speaking with my good colleague Bill Rajo, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy,

about the attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and beyond.

Right now, major hauling companies, containers ships and oil companies are restricting or cutting

off their shipping through the Red Sea, through the Suez Canal, through the Arabian

Sea.

Why? Because the Huthis are effectively firing cruise missiles at

very expensive, heavily insured commercial shipping. And the US Navy, the French

Navy, the British Navy, are not adequate for the U.S. Navy, the French Navy, the British Navy are not adequate for the attacks.

Also now we learn that Somali pirates are joining in an alliance with the Houthis.

Where is this going?

It has to do with the fact that the U.S. is expected to respond?

Respond how, Bill asks.

And then Bill goes through the deployments that are already in place and he comments on how the US Navy is

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