The U.S. military has been spending $1-4 million a clip thwarting some 100 Houthi attacks in the Red Sea since Oct. 7. So Sec.Def Austin pulled together a task force -- "Operation Prosperity Guardian" -- to spread the burden and try to stanch the bleeding of global shipping. But the Pentagon might have just brought us one step closer to an actual war there. My take, with help from military friends, here: