Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison
“The decision to escalate against the Houthis is also more proof that the president prefers pointless hawkish policies most of the time. Intensifying the war in Yemen makes no sense for U.S. interests or regional stability. It will also guarantee that the Houthis resume attacks on commercial shipping after they had already stopped. The Houthis said that they would resume the Red Sea blockade in response to Israel’s ongoing starvation of Gaza, but they had not actually launched any attacks on commercial ships since the tenuous ceasefire took effect in January. The U.S. attacked them anyway, and now we can expect the attacks on shipping and U.S. vessels to begin again very soon. Trump has provided the Houthis with the perfect excuse to do the very thing that he demands that they must not do.” (03/16/25)
https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/trump-escalates-the-illegal-war-in