America's Resistance To Reality, Chapter 12987: Houthis
You might not be interested in the Middle East, but the Middle East is interested in you.
Let me go through the facts quickly:
The Houthis overtook most of Yemen in 2014 with the backing of the Islamic Republic of Iran. President Barack Obama’s administration said have at it. The Saudis and Emiratis were not too comfortable with a satellite of Iran which is have cult and half a terrorist group across the border, so they went to war to remove them. They asked for precision-guided munitions. U.S. Senate, led by Chris Murphy and Rand Paul, one Democrat and one Republican, both representing Tehran in the U.S. Senate, blocked the sale. So the Saudis and Emiratis had to use dumb bombs. Then Americans got upset that the Saudis and Emiratis were killing too many civilians and had imposed a blockade on Yemen, calling their war strategy cruel, even though Americans refused to give them the tools to fight that war in a way that spared more civilians. So when Joe Biden became president, he finally pulled the plug on the war, and China entered to end the war in favorable terms to Iran and the Houthis.
Since Obama brilliantly decided, as he has publicly acknowledged, to enrich Iran to create a balance of power between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Iran has multiplied its satellites and proxies, both in size and nominality, increasing its influence throughout the region. But the ridiculous thing is that that strategy might have worked if you let them balance each other (and I still doubt that it would have worked), but what ended up happening is that the Democrats mostly try to leash the Saudis and leave Iran free to maneuver, as seen in the Yemen War. If you look at the Middle East map and the change in political control, since 2011, Iran has become much more powerful. It is now present in Iraq and Syria directly, its satellites control Lebanon and Yemen, and its proxies now attack U.S. forces without any meaningful pushback.
Which brings us to the current problem. I love the Houthis. I really do. Islamist governments for nearly a century have said that they hate the Zionists, not Jews. One of Houthis’ official slogans is “Damnation upon the Jew.” Finally an honest one! Gotta admire the transparency. Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, take notes!