Middle East
Gunboat or showboat: Can the Navy truly sustain a long war with Iran?
Trump has reimposed a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, but to do so, the US will have to concentrate all its deployable ships in one place
July 17, 2026
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Middle East
Why Trump’s Hormuz blockade is headed for a bust
First of all, if Washington establishmentarians like the idea, there must be something seriously wrong with it
April 13, 2026
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Huckabee justifies food blockade to people he once said don’t exist
Someone should tell the former governor that starving civilians is a war crime under US and international law
April 22, 2025
Middle East
The Saudi blockade on Yemen is a war crime, and only civilians suffer from it
Members of Congress are pressing President Biden to put the squeeze on Riyadh, and to use weapons sales as leverage.
May 24, 2021
Middle East
Are we pressing Saudi Arabia enough on the Yemen blockade?
The US envoy says the situation is 'complex.' Meanwhile people are in crisis because food and medicine cannot get through.
April 07, 2021
Middle East
What about the Saudi blockade strangling Yemen?
Riyadh has delayed and prevented food, medicine, and fuel from getting into the war-torn country since 2015.
March 12, 2021
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