Trump Holds Iran Responsible for Houthi Attacks, Threatens ‘Dire Consequences’ If They Continue

In a drastic statement, U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to attack Iran if the Houthi terror group in Yemen resumed its attacks. “Bravo Mr. President,” responded Jason Brodsky, Policy Director United Against Nuclear Iran. “It's long overdue to pierce the veil of Iranian plausible deniability to restore deterrence.” In several more posts on X, Brodsky praised Trump’s focus on Iran as the responsible party for the actions of its proxies, which he said corrects “a failing across presidential administrations of both parties in Iran policy.” “Khamenei sits comfortably in Tehran while he sets the region on fire and the U.S., instead of going after the source of the problem, either doesn't respond or when it does, it aims at Khamenei's disposable proxies,” Brodsky lamented.“ And he banks on voices in the West with hysterical warnings about triggering WWIII to weaken U.S. resolve, which in the process protects the regime and does the work for him.” The only exceptions to this rule, Brodsky said, were Operation Praying Mantis in 1988, when the U.S. struck Iranian naval targets in retaliation for the mining of a U.S. warship, and President Trump’s killing of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani. “The Israelis have shown it's possible to restore deterrence by hitting IRGC terrorists on Iranian soil without triggering a wide scale war. The U.S. should learn lessons from this experience,” Brodsky wrote.