Peloni: Trump has now linked the activity of Houthi aggression to the culpability of their masters in Tehran. The implications of this course correction in American foreign policy are enormous, making Iran directly responsible for their proxy attacks on Israel and the surrounding area should this policy be correctly extended to Iran’s other proxies as it should be.
By Andrea Widburg | Am Thinker | Mar 17, 2025
Things may be about to get interesting in the Middle East, and this time, it has nothing to do with Israel. Just a few hours ago, Trump published a warning to the Iranian mullahs that, unless they restrain the Houthis from firing on international shipping in the Red Sea and on American ships, they will pay a price.
It’s long been known that the Houthis, like Hezbollah and Hamas, are Iranian proxies. They allow Iran to control events in Lebanon, Israel, and Yemen, and by extension, in the nations and waterways surrounding those countries. The most colorful example of this lately was when the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon suffered serious injuries following Israel’s masterful pager attack against Hezbollah.
But what about the Houthis?
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