They say this right as the conflict in the Red Sea escalates. What unfortunate timing.
You can't keep lobbing missiles at the Houthis forever. Eventually you'll need boots on the ground to quell the rebels, and that means an amphibious assault. But that won't happen, because it's an election year, and having Marines coming back home as dog food is Bad Optics™.
Well, that, and we've essentially cut and run everywhere else, too. Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine, Israel, Iraq... we can't meet our current obligations, and the world realizes this. The Yemen situation is so bad that the Saudis have begun crash construction of a rail line to the Suez, so that their oil can get out without touching the Red Sea.
They say this right as the conflict in the Red Sea escalates. What unfortunate timing.
You can't keep lobbing missiles at the Houthis forever. Eventually you'll need boots on the ground to quell the rebels, and that means an amphibious assault. But that won't happen, because it's an election year, and having Marines coming back home as dog food is Bad Optics™.
Well, that, and we've essentially cut and run everywhere else, too. Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine, Israel, Iraq... we can't meet our current obligations, and the world realizes this. The Yemen situation is so bad that the Saudis have begun crash construction of a rail line to the Suez, so that their oil can get out without touching the Red Sea.