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flyinglizard
on Oct 12, 2021
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Public health impacts of an imminent Red Sea oil s...
Putting the considerations of the State Department aside, the Houthis are a proxy for Iran which US isn't too happy to capitulate to.
nradov
on Oct 12, 2021
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During the Obama administration, the US was happy to capitulate to Iraqi militias that were proxies for Iran. And I don't intend that as a criticism, it might have been the least bad option at the time.
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/islamic-state-obama-m...
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