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FBaggins

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8. He's probably right

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 14, 2019, 09:27 PM

Sep 2019

The Houthis are surrogates of Iran and Iran definitely has the requisite drone capacity

They’ll directly benefit from the rising prices... plus it will pressure the administration to cut a deal

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