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A Burning Oil Tanker in the Red Sea
(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - Last week Iran's Houthi proxies in Yemen attacked a Greek tanker heading from Iraq to Greece. Does Mr. Biden or either of the candidates running to replace him have a plan to revive order in a global shipping lane now controlled by Houthi terrorists? The Pentagon said Tuesday the ship is now "immobilized in the Red Sea where it is currently on fire and appears to be leaking oil, presenting both a navigational hazard and a potential environmental catastrophe." The ship contains a million barrels of crude, and the State Department has warned the mess could end with an oil spill four times the size of Exxon Valdez in 1989. The Houthis continue to hold global shipping hostage because the U.S. is tolerating it, instead of obliterating the group's radar and missile stores with military strikes. The consequences of failing to deter the Houthis will radiate to other parts of the region and the world.