Florida Conservative

The most important feature of the Venezuela agreement may not be the number of barrels underground. It may be the range of choices those barrels could give the United States. They could provide domestic price insurance, military fuel, refinery feedstock, diplomatic barter, sanctions resilience, investment income and leverage against both China and OPEC.

The U.S. should take a more aggressive stance in dismantling the Houthis’ financial lifelines, particularly those originating from Iran