France Condemns Houthi Tanker Strikes as Major Escalation
🇫🇷 PARIS — France condemns, but who exactly is listening in Sanaa? 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Paris has no naval enforcement presence in the Red Sea after withdrawing from Operation Prosperity Guardian. A condemnation without a carrier is a press release. With two Saudi tankers already struck and Bab el-Mandeb closing as a bypass route, Europe's exposure to $95+ Brent is direct — but France's only lever is rhetorical, arriving after the damage is done.
