Why US Airstrikes Aren’t Stopping Attacks by Iran-Backed Houthi Militia

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Why US Airstrikes Aren’t Stopping Attacks by Iran-Backed Houthi Militia

The attacks on drone and ballistic missile launch sites damaged only 20% to 30% of the group's offensive capabilities, according to one estimate

Published 01/17/24 06:15 AM ET|Updated 2 hr ago
Nikhil Kumar and James LaPorta

After the U.S. and U.K. launched a salvo of airstrikes on Houthi militants in Yemen last week, officials said the goal was to reduce Iran-backed group’s capabilities to launch missiles at ships in the Red Sea.

And yet, the attacks continue — with one missile being aimed at a American warship over the weekend.

That missile was shot down. But another struck a U.S.-owned cargo vessel Monday. The latest attack came Tuesday morning, when a Greek-owned ship was hit by the Houthis.

The attacks came amid fresh U.S. airstrikes on Houthi positions in Yemen Tuesday, the third such move in less than a week.

The developments have had a chilling effect on shipping in the waterway, a key route to the Suez Canal, the transit point for around 12 percent of global trade.

And with Houthi attacks persisting, the U.S. and U.K. strikes haven't quelled concerns: On Tuesday, news came that the British-Dutch oil giant Shell was suspending all shipments through the Red Sea.

Problems along this route could potentially drive up prices for all manner of goods internationally, threatening the stability of the world economy.

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[DefiantMassRINO]

For the past 30 years, the preferred American method of dealing with trouble in the Middle East has been airstrikes.

That's why Hamas built hundreds of miles of tunnels underneath Gaza.  That's why Iran moved it's nuclear program underground.  Dollars-to-doughnuts, the Houthis have networks of tunnels and underground structures to hide their military assets from US reconnaisance satellites and drones, and from air strikes / missile strikes / drone strikes.

If the past 30 years have taught America's enemies anything, it's been:

1.) America does not invade nor impose regime change on nations with nuclear weapons.
2.) America and Americans lack the resolve to withstand significant casualties.
3.) America's political system makes it adverse to prolonged, protracted foreign conflicts.
4.) America has air superiority; therefore, build infrastructure that is resilient or impervious to reconnaisance and attack from the air.
5.) America may be undefeatable; but, they can be bled and backrupted into withdrawal.

America's enemies in the Middle East know to dig in like ticks on a dog.

[Timber Rattler]

For the past 30 years, the preferred American method of dealing with trouble in the Middle East has been airstrikes.

That's why Hamas built hundreds of miles of tunnels underneath Gaza.  That's why Iran moved it's nuclear program underground.  Dollars-to-doughnuts, the Houthis have networks of tunnels and underground structures to hide their military assets from US reconnaisance satellites and drones, and from air strikes / missile strikes / drone strikes.

If the past 30 years have taught America's enemies anything, it's been:

1.) America does not invade nor impose regime change on nations with nuclear weapons.
2.) America and Americans lack the resolve to withstand significant casualties.
3.) America's political system makes it adverse to prolonged, protracted foreign conflicts.
4.) America has air superiority; therefore, build infrastructure that is resilient or impervious to reconnaisance and attack from the air.
5.) America may be undefeatable; but, they can be bled and backrupted into withdrawal.

America's enemies in the Middle East know to dig in like ticks on a dog.

Add 6.) America tends to abandon its allies when things get tough and is an unreliable partner due to its political system, with administrations conceivably changing every four years.