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		flyinglizard on Oct 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Public health impacts of an imminent Red Sea oil s... Putting the considerations of the State Department aside, the Houthis are a proxy for Iran which US isn't too happy to capitulate to.

nradov on Oct 12, 2021 [–]

During the Obama administration, the US was happy to capitulate to Iraqi militias that were proxies for Iran. And I don't intend that as a criticism, it might have been the least bad option at the time.

https://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/islamic-state-obama-m...

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