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The Houthis don’t need better missiles. They have Western hesitation

By Pedro Ordein
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The Houthis may be discovering something more valuable than another missile or drone: hesitation.

Is the current combination of U.S. restraint, an untested Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defense pact, and delayed European military involvement leading the Houthis to believe they can keep escalating without paying a sufficiently high price?

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