{"id":45274,"date":"2026-07-22T08:36:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=45274"},"modified":"2026-07-22T08:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:36:44","slug":"the-chess-game-continues-ctd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/07\/22\/the-chess-game-continues-ctd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chess Game Continues, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been meaning to mention this a couple of days ago, but life is busy and my attention is more on <strong>Campaign Updates<\/strong> &#8211; although I could argue that this action, <a href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/07\/18\/the-chess-game-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously threatened<\/a>, will impact the upcoming American midterms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"5NBKJIPPINBWLMSY2B735NSNIQ\" data-el=\"text\">A declared blockade of Saudi Arabia by Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels has the potential to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/iran\">widen the Iran war<\/a> and further disrupt global oil supplies and international trade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"5NBKJIPPINBWLMSY2B735NSNIQ\" data-el=\"text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/who-are-yemen-houthis-israel-hamas-war-1cd31b8f97dacf49cb5c4228208d419e\">The rebels<\/a>\u00a0say they have closed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to Saudi-linked shipping in retaliation for the kingdom\u2019s blockade on Yemen and a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/yemen-houthis-airport-saudi-strikes-7bddae3006304df8bf7f89e980006b33\">recent attack<\/a>\u00a0on the international airport in Yemen\u2019s rebel-held capital, Sanaa. The Houthis claim to have forced six ships to reroute on Tuesday, but there was no independent confirmation.<em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/07\/21\/yemen-saudi-houthis-attack-shipping-red-sea\/07803534-8537-11f1-9cec-0fb26676f07e_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WaPo<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"5NBKJIPPINBWLMSY2B735NSNIQ\" data-el=\"text\">Can the Houthis close that strait? I don&#8217;t know. I suspect a lot of goods will become more expensive as shipping risk estimates go up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been meaning to mention this a couple of days ago, but life is busy and my attention is more on Campaign Updates &#8211; although I could argue that this action, previously threatened, will impact the upcoming American midterms. A declared blockade of Saudi Arabia by Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels has \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/07\/22\/the-chess-game-continues-ctd\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45275,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45274\/revisions\/45275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}