[Alberta's Child]

I think the guy’s got it all backwards. If the protection of sea lanes is the top priority of the powers-that-be in the U.S. and elsewhere (and I believe it is), then the most likely scenario is for the U.S. to push Israel to quietly capitulate in Gaza.

It’s happened before, so it’s not an outlandish scenario I’ve presented here. This is exactly what motivated the U.S. to force Israel to give the Sinai Peninsula back to Egypt after the 1973 Yom Kippur War. It’s also what was behind the establishment of a strange collection of bedfellows when the U.S. joined Egypt and the Soviet Union to oppose the coalition of Israel, Great Britain and France during the Suez Canal crisis in 1956.

[Red Badger]

Israel will not back down.

The Houthis could be destroyed in 15 minutes with one bomb.

Cleanup might be a bit messy...................

[marktwain]

most likely scenario is for the U.S. to push Israel to quietly capitulate in Gaza.

The chances of that scenario resulting in open sea lanes seems quite small.

Giving extortionists what they want results in more extortion.

If Iran and the Houthis succeed with these demands, they will push for more. They are no respecters of the current world order. They openly conspire to destroy it.