“In underlining their claim to be battling Israel and its US backers in defense of Gaza, the airstrikes may actually be welcomed by Houthi leaders,” and as they double down, invite further US escalation, the think tank’s policy director Benjamin H. Friedman said in a statement Friday morning. Moreover, the actual threat being responded to was not that crippling to world trade. “The fact is that the Houthi attacks on shipping have not been particularly effective, nor are they a major economic issue.”
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