Gary Anderson
After the imbroglio over the leaked conversation about airstrikes on Houthis in Yemen dies down, there will be one issue unresolved. The United States will have found that the Houthis are still firing missiles into the Bab al Mandeb against international shipping at the southern approach to the Suez canal. Airstrikes alone against a determined foe using mobile missile launchers and hiding key facilities among civilians have never worked. That is why the Israelis were forced to invade Gaza.
Once he becomes frustrated with the fact that Houthi missiles and drones are still flying. President Trump will likely ask why. Eventually, someone will have to tell him that it will likely take a ground incursion to eliminate them. They will also probably tell him that it will take a ground incursion to root out the launchers and command and control installations. Given the geography of the region, this will mean a massive amphibious raid from the sea. When the president says “make it happen,” someone will have to tell him that the United States no longer has the capability to do that. I would not like to be in the room when the President asks, “Why the hell not?”
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