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I thought about calling this Dire Straits but that would be too awful to contemplate. However in this asymmetric war ( what a civilised way of saying one sided ) Irans handling of the Strait of Hormuz and Houthi's protection of the Bab- al- Mandeb Strait has really evened up the conflict to counterbalance Irans and the Gulf States pain with the prospect of international economic hardship.
By RichardI thought about calling this Dire Straits but that would be too awful to contemplate. However in this asymmetric war ( what a civilised way of saying one sided ) Irans handling of the Strait of Hormuz and Houthi's protection of the Bab- al- Mandeb Strait has really evened up the conflict to counterbalance Irans and the Gulf States pain with the prospect of international economic hardship.