How the Biden Administration Won Tactically but Failed Strategically in the Red Sea

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1. I found this article to be an interesting read. Despite the high success rate of allied interceptions of Houthi missiles and drones, including battle-proving the SM-3 missile, this failed to lift the blockade of the Red Sea, as major shipping companies still refuse to go through the Suez for fear of attack. This has significant implications for a potential Chinese blockade of Taiwan or the Philippines.

   I think this is a reminder that, strategy and operations drive tactics, not the other way around. Tactical victories can not generate strategic success by themselves. In this case I wonder if there was even a significant strategy around countering the Houthi threat, outside of parking ships off the coast to intercept missiles.

2. The expired biden regime was more focused on appeasing the rogue regime of iran than doing actual work.

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