Attack on Norwegian Tanker Underscores Houthi Threat to Red Sea Shipping — as Biden Administration Bides Its Time

"...As the Houthi threats grow to freedom of navigation through one the world’s busiest shipping passages, America is gathering a 'maritime coalition to provide reassurance and security for commercial sea lanes,' the deputy national security adviser, Jon Finer, said last week. Yet, such defensive moves may not suffice. 'We’ve had similar task forces before. What we need is kinetic attacks against Houthi targets in Yemen and IRGC targets in Iran,' the policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran, Jason Brodsky, tells the Sun. The Houthis hit the Norwegian-owned Strinda near the Red Sea’s Bab al-Mandeb strait because it was delivering oil to Israel, the group’s spokesman, Yehia Sarea, said in a statement Tuesday."