The US and UK up the ante with strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. This, after the group’s militants – who run most of western Yemen and are backed by Iran – continue to attack commercial vessels in the Red Sea in support of the Palestinians. To help us make sense of this complicated geopolitical web, we turn to retired Colonel Peter Mansoor, who is a professor of military history at Ohio State University. 

Also on today's show: political analyst Dahlia Scheindlin; World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain; composer Karl Jenkins 

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