The Houthis knows that Joe won’t strike back in Yemen. So they’re attacking all the ships in Yemen with impunity. Why not?
Don’t sell the idiots in DC short. I think they are waiting for more attacks to justify their overreaction. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group is just sitting there off the Yemen coast with 2400 marines ready to go after the Houthis. I think they’ll be committed.
I think they’ll probably order some some ineffectual but well filmed bombings in order to make Weekend at Bernie’s look good. Trump would have ordered the whole coast, every boat and missile/drone launch point, brought to a nice days long glow weeks ago.