Houthi advance in Yemen puts U.S. in a new bind - Reuters — SkimNews
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- Houthis (Iran-backed) made a lightning advance down Yemen's Red Sea coast, with CNN calling the fallout 'a f*-up of epic proportions' as a blame game erupted over how the U.S. was caught off guard.
- Houthis warned against foreign intervention and threatened to close the strait, a move The Atlantic framed as Trump losing 'the other strait' and leaving Washington in a new diplomatic bind.
Why it matters: A Houthi-closed strait would choke a vital global shipping lane, and every major outlet — from CNN's 'f***-up' to The Atlantic's 'loses the other strait' — frames this as a strategic and political loss for the U.S. with no clean response yet visible.
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