[DIRTYSECRET]

Yemen is crazier than Iran I’ve been told. It’s the Saudis that have been keeping the lid on them. Using weapons we sold them. Now the Libertarians are blaming us for the carnage there. They’re all crazy.

[CatHerd]

Yemenis are like Honey Badger. Better not to mess with them.

In the line asking whether there was any country I would not agree to work in, I wrote “Yemen”. And that was back in the ‘90s.

[OldGoatCPO]

That is obvious; they hit an apartment building in Tel Aviv, but that's not a civilian target, right? Hitting their infrastructure was a smart move. They have very little infrastructure, which is also a warning to Iran. Iran has some economic issues, which would be worse if not for Biden. I always said the most significant damage to Iran would be to take out its ports, oil storage, wells, power grid, and communications systems. Kuwait recovered because of the many professional oil fire companies in the USA. Some were from other Muslim States, but the USA had the most significant footprint. Iran will have to rely on Russia for assistance. Their priorities may shift from nuclear armament to getting out of the Stone Age. I doubt the Iranian people would understand that nuclear capability comes first when there is no electricity and food has to be shipped overland with limited supplies.

[Texan4Life]

Israeli fighter jets strike Yemen’s Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah, military says

Israel’s military confirmed Saturday that its fighter jets had hit Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah with air strikes earlier that evening, alleging that the port had been used by the Houthis to receive weapons shipments from Iran.

https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240720-israeli-fighter-jets-strike-yemen-s-houthi-held-port-city-of-hodeidah-military-says

[Netz]

Yemen has always been an unstable, civil war prone, failed nation state. If there was ever a poorer, ignorant, fourth world and primitive nation with it’s finger up it’s own bung hole, it is Yemen. They are living in very backward and screwed up society.

So the Iranians helped the Houtis overthrow the previous Yemenite government and the Saudis blasted the Houtis but not enough. So now they reign, like the Taliban in Afghanistan.

This backward and feudal nation launched attacks on Red Sea shipping and against Israel for a very long time.
Finally the Israelis (along with the British and Americans) have hit back but this is still not enough.
This stone age land must be bombed back into the stone age but Iran must suffer the same fate.