Your container is in danger from Houthis? SBF is not coming for help, neither the Chinese. The US navy comes.
You wanna operate you business in a failed state? Guess what, the CIA is there for you.
So yes, the value of US dollar is infinite.
With the benefit of hindsight it was a damned clear success. At the time it looked limited. But strikes have subsided [1]. And the Houthis’ situational awareness is so poor they’re potting the Russians [2].
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis
[2] https://maritime-executive.com/article/houthi-missile-damage...
The article says they struck one, the one carrying Russian oil, and targeted (but did not strike) two others. No strikes the U.S. would care about.
It looks like the U.S. is pursuing a counterbattery strategy in Yemen. Keep assets remote. Watch for enemy fire. Use their revealing their locations by firing to counterstrike. It's a safe, effective but slow strategy.
I was premature to call it a success--the Red Sea hasn't re-opened. But the risk to global trade has been sidelined to the extent that the entire debacle is a negigible sideshow.
You can check the status of the blockade here. [1] Scroll down to the bottom, and they have a regularly updated graph of traffic through the Suez. US airstrikes started January 12th.
[1] - https://portwatch.imf.org/pages/c57c79bf612b4372b08a9c6ea9c9... (be sure to change the date range. it defaults to 3 months which misses the impact of the blockade, given it began more than 3 months ago)
Blockade means blockade. This is a traffic rerouting. It's a bit nutty to say the U.S. vs Houthis is in any way a policy failure for the U.S. The threat was reduced and then it ceased to be pressing.
Contrast that with the oil markets before the U.S. intervened.
> the United States special envoy for Yemen, stated that he hoped to achieve a diplomatic solution with the Yemeni Houthis
Sure, this was never contested. Again, they're an irrelevant fighting group. What's desired is for the missiles to stop so they can go back to threatening the Saudis and we can reposition naval assets from playground patrol duty.
I am seeing statistically fewer strikes on friendly ships after the intervention versus before. And less oil-price volatility. The goal wasn’t to bail out the Suez, it was to calm markets—ships circumventing the Red Sea does that as cleanly for American purposes as the Houthis packing up.
Obviously there's been less strikes, because the blockade has been completely successful, meaning Israel linked ships aren't even trying. What was probably tens of billions dollars wasted trying to stop it has been a complete failure and waste of money, like usual.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Prosperity_Guardian
Some won’t be happy with anything short of America removing the Houthis from power entirely, but fortunately there are adults in the room who know when to call a win.
You are literally just making up random things to try to convince yourself of what you want to believe, to the point I can't even tell if you're being serious.
[1] - https://www.drewry.co.uk/supply-chain-advisors/supply-chain-...