#Houthis: #Iran: Deterrence works & What is to be done? John Bolton, Washington Post.
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🗓️ 21 December 2023
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#Houthis: #Iran: Deterrence works & What is to be done? John Bolton, Washington Post.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-20/yemen-s-houthis-vow-more-attacks-on-ships-in-red-sea-despite-us-naval-force?srnd=premium-asia&sref=5g4GmFHor
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| 0:29.0 | com pricing shown. This is to be done with the attack on the world. I'm John Bachelor. What is to be done with the attacks on |
| 0:40.3 | on American forces in Syria, American forces in Iraq, American forces |
| 0:45.2 | escorting commercial containerships and oil ships through the Red Sea, |
| 0:49.8 | American forces in and around the Middle East, attacks authored by, I welcome John Bolton, |
| 0:57.0 | former National Security Advisor to the President of the United States, |
| 1:01.0 | former Ambassador of the United Nations, writing most recently |
| 1:04.0 | at the Washington Post. John, you name Iran. Iran is the center of the storm here. Right now, your |
| 1:10.8 | measure is that Iran is paying no cost. What would a cost be for Iran? What works for the mullahs, John, given their predation? Good evening to you. |
| 1:20.0 | Good evening. Well, I think Iran is the mastermind behind a whole lot of belligerent activity in the region. |
| 1:26.7 | Obviously the Hamas attack on Israel, the most barbaric and brutal of all. But in coordination with Hamas's efforts against Israel, |
| 1:36.6 | you have the Hutis of Yemen armed and trained |
| 1:40.5 | and equipped by Tehran. Effectively, right now. trained and |
| 1:43.2 | effectively right now coming very close to closing the Red Sea and the |
| 1:47.6 | Suez Canal to commercial traffic. |
| 1:49.8 | 12% of the world's commerce goes through the Suez Canal and if it can't exit or enter at the southern end of the Red Sea, |
| 1:56.8 | the Bob El-Mandets Strait, which is right where Yemen is, then it's closed. |
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