Yes, well, the Houthis are very much at the “find out” phase of what interrupting global trade looks like. Since the end of colonialism, great power wars have mostly been about preventing bigger headaches. Folks in Yemen decided to expand their civil war to cause headaches for capitalists and consumers in Europe, India, and China, and US-owned companies of course. There are now a distinct lack of great powers contesting intervention in Yemen — light ’em up, boys!
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