Written by Michael Thervil
Video by AFP
There’s a lot of things people around the world can say about the people of Yemen, such as their poor, underdeveloped, or even illiterate. All of these things may be possibly true, but it's not our job to make any kind of judgment calls about the people of Yemen (or any other group of people). However, the one thing no one can say about the people of Yemen is that they are a group of scared people living in fear of America. The reason why we’re able to say this is because of what's currently happening in Yemen today after the airstrikes that were conducted by the United States over the weekend that resulted in the killing of roughly 53 people and the wounding of 98. The number of people adversely affected has significantly jumped since we reported the preliminary numbers on Saturday.
Geopolitical pundits are looking towards the White House and asking: “Is America ready to put boots on the ground in Yemen?” Currently there hasn't been an official answer for the white house as of yet, but it is speculated that the White House will more than likely continue with airstrikes. For the people of Yemen, airstrikes on a civilian population in the manner that America executed are considered to be a cowardly way to fight. Cowardly or not, the Yemeni military, not the Ansuallah (Houthis) militia has not only vowed to “meet escalation with escalation”. But they have actually carried out several counter-attacks on the U.S.S. Harry Trumann (aircraft carrier) and other vessels in the area within the last 24 hours. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency:
“The Yemeni Armed Forces successfully thwarted a hostile attack that the enemy was preparing to launch against our country,” the statement read. “Enemy warplanes were forced to return to their launch points after a series of missile and drone strikes targeted the aircraft carrier and several of its accompanying warships.”
The actions of the Yemeni military came after it “targeted the U.S. aircraft carrier, USS Harry S. Truman, in the northern Red Sea for the second time in 24 hours”. In light of this American President Donald Trump stated today that:
“Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of Iran, and Iran will be held responsible, and suffer the consequences, and those consequences will be dire!”
His words come directly after he stated:
“Any further attack or retaliation by the ‘Houthis’ will be met with great force, and there is no guarantee that that force will stop there.”
For many people the words spoken by President Trump seem harsh, but to both the Yemeni military and Ansuallah, these words are simple words that will be met with the same exact force from their end. The only difference is that instead of Iran being held liable, Israel and any other American and Israeli vessels will be subjected to Yemeni escalation on all fronts.
Since Saturday and into Sunday, The American military has executed 47 plus airstrikes in Yemen in provinces such as Sana’a, Sa’ada (Ansuallah base of operations), Al-Bayda, Hajjah, Dhamar, Ma’rib, and Al-Jawf. When it comes to American President Trump, there is a significant growing number of people around the world that believe that President Trump’s position on how he is engaging not only Ansuallah, but the entire country of Yemen as a whole is “counterproductive”. People that fall into this growing minority feel that the Trump Administration, like past American presidential administrations, have failed to understand that the people of Yemen are different in the fact they do not fear death; and they will fight you to the end using whatever means at their disposal.
Therefore, since the people of Yemen appear not to fear death but embrace it, it may be wise for President Trump to radically change his approach. Geopolitical analysts are increasingly taking the position that President Trump should cease giving aid, weapons, and military assistance to Israel. However, with the American Israeli lobby grabbing not only President Trump but all presidential administrations in modern history by the balls, President Trump reversing decades of American policy towards Israel seems futile.
This position held by the growing minority across the world gains strength because of President Trump’s campaign talking points regarding America completely withdrawing itself from West Asia (Middle East) during his run for president in 2024. Regardless of that fact, anyone that has studied Ansuallah or the people of Yemen for any length of time can easily see that they are not the type of people that will back down to threats from the Collective West, especially threats that come from the likes of America.
But given the visuals in the video presented above, there's no way in hell the Trump administration will put boots on the ground in Yemen; why? Because America simply doesn’t have the ability to stomach the toe-tagging and body bagging of their own. Which means that America as a whole doesn’t have the conviction needed to directly engage the people, nor Ansuallah, or the Yemeni military head-to-head in an all-out war. But the creation of chaos on America's part is always on the menu.
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