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The #USA should embrace #Somaliland to BREAK #Iran's and the #Houthi's #trade CHOKEHOLDS. HARGEISA, #Somalia — The desire to embrace cause-and-effect rationality to blame President #Trump for #Iran’s ongoing aggression gets two things wrong. First, the notion that the Islamic Republic would remain cautious and restrained had the United States and Israel not killed supreme leader Ali Khamenei on the first day of Operation Epic Fury ignores Khamenei’s age. The ayatollah was 86 years old and faced multiple health crises. Trump’s critics ignore that the eventual succession to his son Mojtaba Khamenei would likely have remained the same. Second, Trump’s critics say the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ closure of the Strait of #Hormuz is a direct result of U.S. action, but, before the Iran war erupted and Tehran began seeking to impose TOLLS to pass through the Strait, the Islamic Republic and its proxy #Houthi militia were already TESTING the strategy in the Bab el-Mandeb, the narrow passage that connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. As #Yemen’s southern forces pointed out during a visit to Aden a year ago, the #Houthis maintained an invisible line in the Gulf of Aden. With the help of #Iranian spy ships and #Russian satellites, the #Houthis would DEMAND PAYMENT for any ship that traversed the line on its way to the #Red Sea. If they FAILED to PAY up, they could expect ##drones, #missiles, or #mines to interrupt their passage. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4664780/us-somaliland-embrace-trade-chokeholds-iran/