For the record, the Houthis have engaged in gross human rights violations and committed war crimes. The Saudi-UAE coalition has also engaged in gross human rights violations and committed war crimes. The difference? The latter never lost US support and continue to be US "allies".
Here are some complexifiers:
- Houthis are part of Yemeni society. They cannot be "exterminated". Yemenis of all groups are destined to live together
- Houthis are steeped in historical grievance. The war has deepend these grievances. Yemen is now full of grievance, on all sides
- Houthis are part of Yemeni society. They cannot be "exterminated". Yemenis of all groups are destined to live together
- Houthis are steeped in historical grievance. The war has deepend these grievances. Yemen is now full of grievance, on all sides
- While things were already bad before the war, the war has made everything and everyone worse. Stopping the war is already difficult, but even if the war stops, it'll take generations to heal
- Yemen will always be next to Saudi Arabia (and near the UAE). Its population is nearly 30 million (Saudi citizens 27m, UAE citizens ~1m). It's never smart to create a failed state full of grievance in your own backyard
- Reminder that the decision to go to war in Yemen was pretty much a personal initiative of Mohammad bin Salman. He called it "the storm of decisiveness" and called himself "the prince of decisiveness". He won't unilaterally stop the war, it's his first project.
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