1) American weapons cost a great deal more than weapons made by anyone else, and quality or capability of the weapons is not involved in this. Salary levels are.
2) The Houthis do not need a huge amount of Iranian funding to build these weapons themselves. The weapons need not have come from Iran or Russia or anywhere. They are cheap. They are effective. They can be built locally.
3) Why is Europe not providing all, repeat, all the forces for the Red Sea and Suez Canal? Not just token forces. All of them. The US has no reason to be there to be a target and create some sort of Gulf of Tonkin excuse to be involved.
4) Iran has the #2 natural gas reserves in the world. Almost 3X the US reserves, and at current production the US will go through its total in about 12 years. Yes, more will be found, but the VAST majority of what can be found has already been found. If the intention is to attack and conquer Iran in order to steal their nat gas, say so. Walk in front of a microphone and announce the situation and what is to be done.
5) If you can’t get the votes to support stealing their nat gas, then why in hell are you making an enemy of them, when you will need their nat gas that soon?
freedom of the seas - the right of merchant ships to move freely on the seas in peace or war without interference except in territorial zones.
If we can't stop the Houthis from interfering with Suez Canal commerce, it might be the end of the U.S. hegemony, thanks to Joe Biden.
So the Houthi's have a sub micron wafer fab out in the desert?
None of the long range guided weapons can be built without modern western semiconductors. The Houthis definitely aren't building GPS receivers, microprocessors, or any other electronic components in Yemen.