The '2023 Reagan National Defense Survey' highlights China as the greatest national security threat to the U.S. and finds strong support for arming Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
Images: Zuma Press/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyThe press is reporting that Thursday’s U.S.-British strikes against the Houthis in Yemen risk escalating the current conflict in the Middle East.
The conflict was already escalating.
The question has been whether the U.S. and its allies would respond to Houthi efforts, backed by Iran, to hijack commercial shipping and shoot at the U.S. Navy.
The Houthis have been using these weapons depots, radars and launch sites to “endanger freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most vital waterways,” as the White House said in a statement.
Persons:
Mark Kelly, Biden’s
Organizations:
Reagan National Defense Survey, Zuma Press, Getty, U.S . Navy, White
Locations:
China, Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, U.S, Yemen, Iran, ”