Those of you denying any vital interests here need to brush up on your geography.
“The Houthis are allied with the Iranians, and are obviously working to have the Iranians encircle the Saudis and deny access to the Red Sea.”
Even if this occurred, there would be NO US interest at stake.
And I’m quite well versed in geography.
Yes Yemen is essential as is Djibouti. And as everyone knows the road to Djibouti goes through Ethiopia and Somalia. If the Sudan falls it will put Ethiopia in jeapordy. Which leads us to the linchpin of Chad. We all know how important strategically placed Chad is. If Chad goes there goes Niger along with Mali. This is a crisis and I would be glad to provide pierrem15 with a weapon and a plane ticket so he can straighten this out. Good luck.