Not halted; The Houthi movement has been firing missiles and sending drones at civilian vessels. They were given fair warning to stop by the coalition members of Operation Prosperity Guardian, and continued to attack anyway.
I mean… disrupting international trade is just asking for trouble.
That’s not even a “capitalism bad” thing; it’s just a matter of fact that safe international trade needs to be a thing in order to have a global economy
I may be biased since I live in the city, but being able to get damn near anywhere (that’s not Staten Island, but fuck Staten Island) for the price of a bag of chips is pretty cool.
As for your second question, I don’t think any “last number” could exist unless we explicitly declared one. And even then… I’m not sure what utility there would be in declaring a “last number”.