Yemen – They Defeated The Saudis, Then Biden, Now Trump
In January 2024, the nine years long war Saudi Arabia waged against Yemen had just calmed down after the Saudis had been mostly defeated, the Houthi movement declared to shut down Israel related traffic through the Red Sea. The move was made in solidarity with the besieged people in Gaza.
To cover for Israel’s genocide in Gaza the U.S. and UK decided to fight down the Houthi and to reestablish marine traffic through the Red Sea. Their bombing campaign showed little results.
Eight month later a hawkish British commentator conceded defeat:
The Houthis have defeated the US Navy – Telegraph, Aug 24 2024
Soon thereafter the Biden administration recognized that the effort was useless and refrained from launching further strikes on Yemen.
In March 2025 the Trump administration repeated the error of the previous U.S. regime and engaged in a new bombing campaign against Yemen:
Announcing Saturday’s strikes, Trump said “we will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective”.
“Funded by Iran, the Houthi thugs have fired missiles at US aircraft, and targeted our Troops and Allies,” Trump said on social media, adding that their “piracy, violence, and terrorism” had cost “billions” and put lives at risk.
Addressing the Houthis directly, Trump wrote that if they did not stop, “HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE”.
But the Houthis have been unwavering in their response, saying the aggression would not diminish their support for Palestinians.
I made a short comment on the renewal of the U.S. bombing campaign:
- Bombing Yemen is stupid. The Saudis tried for years to get their way by doing that and were defeated.
- Yemen can and does shoot back.
- It is only a question of time until it hits a U.S. war ship and causes casualties.
- Then Trump will be hard pressed to escalate the war towards Iran.
- Iran can not be defeated.
The U.S. and UK military have since continued to bomb
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