Houthi Rebels is not an insult. It is a misname used to make us sympathetic towards them. We were the rebels in the Revolutionary War. Luke Skywalker was a rebel against The Empire. Rebels are the underdogs and we love underdogs.
This is spot-on. It's why das Propagandaministerium made sure that our opponents in Iraq got tagged as "insurgents", and not, "rebels" (or worse, "the Resistance").