“The strikes on the Houthis will not work,” said Benjamin H. Friedman, the policy director at Defense Priorities. “That is, they are very unlikely to stop Houthi attacks on shipping.”
Friedman said the “strikes’ probable failure will invite escalation to more violent means that may also fail.”
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