IRIS Independent Research President Rebecca Grant discusses how the U.S. should respond to Houthi drone and missile attacks in the Red Sea on 'Fox News Live.'

Biden’s next move in the Red Sea wars is critical. If we "go to war" in the Mideast, it could be over Houthi hits on Red Sea shipping. "Regarding the Houthis, these attacks are reckless, dangerous, and they violate international law," Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said at a press conference in Israel on December 18.

Austin later announced Operation Prosperity Guardian, calling it an important new multinational initiative to deal with the Houthi attacks. Warships from Britain, France, Japan and other nations were already in the Red Sea. It just takes American leadership to ramp up naval capabilities.

It’s a mess out there. The Houthis have been launching drones, missiles and hijackers against Red Sea ships for two months, and a notorious Iranian spy ship is helping them. No wonder major shippers Maersk, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd and other commercial cargo carriers paused their Red Sea traffic.

PENTAGON ANNOUNCES NEW RED SEA INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO COUNTER ESCALATING HOUTHI ATTACKS ON SHIPS

Now BP won’t send its oil tankers into the Red Sea. Oil prices have jumped up. That’s a sad tactical victory for the Houthi rebels of Yemen and their masterminds in Iran.

The USS Paul Ignatius ship (DDG 117) launched an SM-3 missile during an exercise in the Atlantic Ocean on May 26, 2021. The moment was captured by MC2 Nathan T. Beard. (U.S. Navy/SWNS)

Details are light. But one thing’s for certain. Led by the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, America and its allies now have enough firepower in and around the Red Sea to shut down Houthi attacks.

At the center of the action are the U.S. Navy’s Aegis guided-missile........

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