Bab-al-Mandab handles way more than oil, a huge amount of sea cargo heading to Europe uses it to access the Mediterranean via Suez.
Oh yeah it's big for lots of other stuff. But since UAE is transporting oil to the other side of their land by pipeline, Bab el Mandeb would also block the backup oil transport route to Europe.
Iran has massive strategical cards to play to the point you really start wondering who thought attacking them without a backup energy plan would be a good idea.
The same people who thought it was a good idea to stop funding and demonize any forms of renewable
What about the Strait of "Release the Epstein Files"?
Today, I've learned of the second Strait I can name.
Though this name is a bit harder to remember the exact spelling.
Straits have never come up so much in conversation
Cant let the lgbtq+ hog all the conversation yknow
The Strait of Malacca is regularly in the news as it's another significant maritime choke point.
Now that I'm calling attention to it, you will probably start to notice it a lot more.
I believe you!
Strait of Gibraltar is an easy one.
That's the first I've heard of that
I agree, this is the year I learned about more than just the Bering Strait and Strait of Hormuz.
I think that's too far from their homeland. For now I have to assume they can't cost effectively blockade that one.
Even if they get manpower from the Houthis, how are all the rockets, mines, ships, radars, in short the materiel for a blockade supposed to get there?
Did you forget about the previous time the Houthi's blockaded the Red Sea in support of Palestine?
The way I remember they got bombed by the US and UK and their blockade was defeated. Well it officially ended in a ceasefire, but despite continuous new Israeli transgressions the Houthis seem to not have resumed attacking Israeli ships, so I assume they are substantially weakened.
They kept up the blockade until Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza. Houthi's bravery and solidarity is unmatched.
Thanks Don & Ben. Great job fellas. We had two open straits and now we’re about to have two closed ones.
Guess all the shit they pulled wasn’t enough. They really wanted to screw over the entire planet this time.
These fools be strait trippin y'all
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