The Barbary Pirates that terrorized commercial shipping
under sail in the Mediterranean Sea
Have today thanks to the Rogue Nation of Iran have been
reincarnated as the Houthi
hose primary weapons are missiles and rocket
attacks launched from Yemen
Attacking cargo ships in the Red Sea again and again
Changing transit times from 8 days if the Suez Canal is
employed
To 38 days if the Cape of Good Hope is used to escape being damaged
or destroyed
The U.S. and its allies have significant naval presence in
the Red Sea to intercept
Houthi Rebels missiles but shipping hss shrunk as ship
owners and insurers the risk of damage are unwilling to accept
Like a stuck record the news today was another missile
attack
One cargo ship hit but not destroyed and the other escaped
when an ABM blew it off track
When will the civilized world treat this rogue nation like South
Africa when its majority had to suffer under apartheid
And take whatever steps are necessary to insure its oil
exports are denied?
God help us if Iran with billions of frozen assets by Biden returned
Is enabled the status of a nuclear armed nation to have
earned
© 6/9/2024 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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