London — The limits of talking softly with Yemen’s brutal Houthi rebels should now be abundantly clear to the Biden administration. The trouble is that the US has no big stick to wield instead.
Given Iran’s support for the insurgents, this bodes well for Tehran in its nuclear negotiations with the US — but ill for American allies in the Middle East...
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