{"id":139258,"date":"2023-12-24T17:48:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T00:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=139258"},"modified":"2023-12-24T17:48:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T00:48:42","slug":"the-houthis-have-biden-by-the-shorthairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2023\/12\/24\/the-houthis-have-biden-by-the-shorthairs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Houthis Have Biden By the Shorthairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em><a title=\"Articles, Columns, and Major Blog Posts by Mike Whitney\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/author\/mike-whitney\/\" rel=\"author\">MIKE WHITNEY<\/a><span class=\"datewords\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/mwhitney\/the-houthis-have-biden-by-the-shorthairs\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/YemenMW-1-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p id=\"p_1_1\">Yemen has said it would stop the blockade of Israel-bound ships as soon as sufficient food, water and medicine are allowed to enter Gaza. Guess that\u2019s asking too much.\u201d Elizabeth Murray@elizabethmurra<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"p_1_2\">Yemen\u2019s Houthi militia has shown how&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fahad_Heaven\/status\/1737925682855051710\">a small army can take on the American Empire<\/a>&nbsp;and win. They have shown how courage, resolve and commitment to principle can act as a force-multiplier allowing a much weaker military to \u2018punch above its weight\u2019. They\u2019ve also shown that a few well-placed missiles in key locations on the world\u2019s most critical shipping lanes, can send tremors across the global economy and shake the rules-based order\u201d to its foundations. In short, the Houthis have shown that David can bring down Goliath without breaking a sweat, provided that David maintains his perch along the Bab-al-Mandab Strait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"p_1_3\">Here\u2019s what\u2019s going on: The Houthis occupy an area along the narrowest part of the Red Sea that is the most important shipping corridor in the world. It is responsible for 12% of international trade and almost one-third of global container traffic.\u201d When the movement of ships is disrupted along this waterway, insurance premiums skyrocket, prices on retail merchandise rise, and oil prices go through the roof. That is why western powers are committed to keeping these shipping lanes open at all times whatever the cost. Here\u2019s some background from CNN:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/mwhitney\/the-houthis-have-biden-by-the-shorthairs\/\">The Houthis Have Biden By the Shorthairs, by Mike Whitney &#8211; The Unz Review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIKE WHITNEY\u00a0 Yemen has said it would stop the blockade of Israel-bound ships as soon as sufficient food, water and medicine are allowed to enter Gaza. Guess that\u2019s asking too much.\u201d Elizabeth Murray@elizabethmurra Yemen\u2019s Houthi militia has shown how&nbsp;a small army can take on the American Empire&nbsp;and win. They have shown how courage, resolve and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}