Yemen is strategically important, not only for Saudi Arabia, but for the world, because it is the only country on the Arabian Peninsula from which oil can reach the open seas without passing through a narrow strait – either the Strait of Hormuz or the Suez Canal. To endanger this passage is to endanger the world economy’s energy lifeline.
在战略上，也门不只是对沙特阿拉伯很重要，它对全世界都很重要，因为它是阿拉伯半岛上唯一一个石油可以不通过狭窄的海峡——不管是霍尔木兹海峡还是苏伊士运河——直接到达公海的国家。对也门这个通道造成危害就是危害世界经济的能源生命线。