Your claim was the Houthi's can hit the Cape of Good Hope. Guess how far that is from Yemen. More than 3,000 miles away, so yes, your did effectively claim that. If they can't hit ships 3,000 miles away then they can't hit anything near the Cape of Good Hope.
They also aren't threatening vast parts of the Indian Ocean. Go look at how much trade goes around the horn of Africa to Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, etc. Their anti-ship missiles don't reach those routes either. Go take a look at how much ship traffic that actually is:
I'm not underestimating Yemen. I advocate non-intervention. Had we never gotten involved with the Shah, invaded Iraq, armed Afghanistan against the Russians, then invaded it too, and not put troops there maybe the region wouldn't be as messed up and hostile.
That last conclusion is something we can very much agree upon. I have personally witnessed a poor family living in a carboard hut (literally held togehter by bottle capped nails) on the outskirts of Doha, they were refugees, desperately selling their polished brass dowry/family heirlooms to survive (which my mum bought, bless her soul). The family was there because they were refugees from Iran. The man was effusive about how much he loved the Shah, and had a photo of him hanging in the hut. His wife was kind and handed me (a blonde child) a shot-glass of warm, sweet, minty tea ("Nana?", she said). She had soft hands.
Your claim was the Houthi's can hit the Cape of Good Hope. Guess how far that is from Yemen. More than 3,000 miles away, so yes, your did effectively claim that. If they can't hit ships 3,000 miles away then they can't hit anything near the Cape of Good Hope.
They also aren't threatening vast parts of the Indian Ocean. Go look at how much trade goes around the horn of Africa to Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, etc. Their anti-ship missiles don't reach those routes either. Go take a look at how much ship traffic that actually is:
https://www.vox.com/2016/4/25/11503152/shipping-routes-map
I'm not underestimating Yemen. I advocate non-intervention. Had we never gotten involved with the Shah, invaded Iraq, armed Afghanistan against the Russians, then invaded it too, and not put troops there maybe the region wouldn't be as messed up and hostile.
That last conclusion is something we can very much agree upon. I have personally witnessed a poor family living in a carboard hut (literally held togehter by bottle capped nails) on the outskirts of Doha, they were refugees, desperately selling their polished brass dowry/family heirlooms to survive (which my mum bought, bless her soul). The family was there because they were refugees from Iran. The man was effusive about how much he loved the Shah, and had a photo of him hanging in the hut. His wife was kind and handed me (a blonde child) a shot-glass of warm, sweet, minty tea ("Nana?", she said). She had soft hands.