Discussing the ongoing Yemen War, US Special Envoy Tim Lenderking said recent Houthi setbacks in Maarib should convince them that the war in unwinnable, and that their only choice is to join the peace process.
Lenderking’s comments may be accurate in that the war isn’t going to resolve itself, but sound incredibly tone deaf given how often the US has continued unwinnable wars, and that in recent weeks the US seems to be drifting back into Yemen.
Lenderking went on to blame the Houthis for the lack of peace process, saying that the Houthi’s offensive in Maarib was “the primary obstacle to peace.” That seems overstated, as the Saudi -backed government has time and again rejected power-sharing settlements, arguing that pre-war UN statements entitle them to continue ruling.
Every faction involved in this war could make some meaningful contributions to peace, but none could likely resolve the conflict on their own. This is doubly true of the Houthis, whose territory is the one being invaded.
The Houthis may not have a path to victory in the war, but over the last seven years they’ve avoided defeat, and surviving until the other side is willing to talk peace was clearly a big goal for them.
LOL Someone needs to tell the Saudis that the war is unwinnable. If I were Iran, I’d go into Yemen big time and support the hell out of the Houthis. Give them anything they need to screw the Saudis and the UAE. Make them feel the pain.
I recall that for Star Trek they decided that the only way they could make those silly lines sound credible was to get a British Shakespeare actor, and so they got Picard. They should draw a lesson from that. You know, replace Jen Psaki by Judi Dench and Ned Price by Kenneth Branagh maybe? Andrew Scott would be my choice.
It is the Houthi’s land. It is their homeland, and they are not the aggressors. The main obstacle to peace is the foreign aggression being waged, much like in Syria (and for just about the same reasons, and employing very similar tactics).
Libya…………..
in other words; the Houthis should just roll over and accept the corrupt puppet leader that uncle sam had foisted on them using the saudis as puppet muscle.
Yes. The wonderful UAE and their sawbones crew. Or is it the Saudis. I’m confused. They all appear to be the same.
That sounds like Nazi Germany bitching that Poles need to stop resisting because their war in unwinnable.
Will the U.S. take a victory lap if the Saudis manage, after spending billions on US weapons, to overwhelm the Houthis? What if the Houthis stop fighting but never surrender? This is what happens when one side has the totally immoral motive. It’s like the American Indians: they never surrendered.
We could end it at noon today. Yemen time.
“US: Taliban Must Accept Afghan War Is Unwinnable”
“US: Assad Must Accept Syrian War Is Unwinnable”
“US: North Vietnam Must Accept Vietnam War Is Unwinnable”
“US: Putin Must Accept Ukraine War Is Unwinnable”
etc, etc
Now dang it fellers, I think y’all need to be throwin in that towel, aw c’mon maaaaaannnnnnn. Or there is a Houthi leader running outside to flip the bird to the sky then running back in to check his investments in Raytheon, Boeing, General Atomics etc, “if I survive this I will make a killing!”
the taliban already proved to the world that the US is full of sh&t, super power my astrolabe!