The Houthis seized Mokha, the port city coffee is named after, and now sit on two of the world's four oil chokepoints. A militia in sandals outmaneuvered three navies. Your $7 latte has a security council briefing.
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The Houthis hold Mokha, the port coffee is named after, plus an island in the strait. Your $7 latte now has a geopolitical briefing and a security council seat.
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The Houthis fired a missile at Riyadh and hit an oil facility at Yanbu. Saudi Arabia asked for U.S. strikes and got turned down because the Houthis "promised not to fight Americans." A militia in sandals gave its word and the superpower took it. That's not diplomacy, that's a handshake at a used-car lot.
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The Houthis run a blockade of Saudi Arabia and now hold a Red Sea port. A militia the size of a county has outmaneuvered three navies and a $75 billion defense budget. The flip-flops are undefeated.
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The Houthis hold a port city and an island in the Bab el-Mandeb, and Saudi Arabia shut a pipeline "as a precaution." A militia in sandals controls two of the four places oil can leave the planet. Your gas station heard before you did.
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Trump is weighing direct strikes on the Houthis. The Houthis have been bombed by every president since Obama and they're still going. They're basically the Rolling Stones of getting bombed.
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The Houthis captured an island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and Saudi Arabia shut a major pipeline. A militia in sandals now controls two of the four places oil can leave the planet. Goldman Sachs has a new analyst on it and he's crying into a map.
by Anonymous · 40% say too soon (94 votes)
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