When Doubling Down Looks Like Strength But Functions Like Entrapment
The Houthis announced a blockade on Saudi ports using the Red Sea on July 20, closing off Saudi Arabia's last major alternative to the Iran-blockaded Strait of Hormuz and deepening a US-Iran war that has already spread to Kuwait and Jordan since a June 17 memorandum of understanding was abandoned. An editorial analyzes the severe escalation in the Middle East conflict, highlighted by the Houthi blockade on Saudi Arabia's Red…