OPINION - The Houthi crisis shows extremist Islam is still a threat — and the war on terror is back
In his Commons statement yesterday, Rishi Sunak was right to characterise last Thursday’s strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen as “limited, not escalatory” and a necessary act of self-defence after the unconscionable attacks on civilian and military shipping in the Red Sea.
In addition to the human cost of these assaults, the Islamists’ campaign has threatened one of the world’s most important shipping lanes and forced many vessels to take detours of 5,000 miles. The moral, military and economic case for was irreproachable; and, given the it seems regrettably likely that further air strikes will be necessary to degrade the ’ military infrastructure.
