President Donald Trump’s order for airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthis sets the stage for a renewed program to establish the Abraham Accords with the Arab countries and sends a message to Russia, retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer told Newsmax. 

“First, before the attack, [Secretary of State] Marco Rubio reached out to the Russians and said Hey, we’re doing this,” Shaffer said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend” Sunday. “The Russians were notified, and this was to demonstrate that we are going to go back on the offensive and do those things necessary.”

Meanwhile, the strikes also reestablished the dominance for the Southern Pacific, said Shaffer. 

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