Yet another reason to stop appeasing and emboldening Iran

The Iranian mullahs doing business through yet another terrorist front – the so-called Houthi rebels in Yemen – are dangerously expanding their violent aggression. 

Jihadists used a helicopter-borne assault yesterday to seize a large cargo ship in the Red Sea and take its crew hostage on the pretext that, while it is Bahamas-flagged, owned by a UK company, operated by a Japanese one and manned by an international crew, a wealthy Israeli is “associated with” its owners. 

In other words, Iran’s proxy attack in a strategic waterway is a menace to international shipping more generally. It underscores the vulnerability of the vital, but fragile, lifeline of commerce that relies on safe passage throughout the world’s waterways. If insurers respond by declining to provide coverage, the economic knock-on effects could be devastating.

The Biden administration must stop appeasing, enriching and emboldening Iran, now.

This is Frank Gaffney.