Ok, we have a problem with the Houthis. Let’s see if we can get our heads wrapped around that.

The Houthis are resourcesful and well organized. Add to this, they have massive terrain advantages. Mountain people are almost always difficult to beat; the Scot’s, Switzerland, Taliban and so on.

The Scots are still Gaelic despite thousands of years of persecution.

Add to this, the Houthis are very innovative and have a technological edge. Having been tested by fire with the Saudis, they are veterans.

They seem to be aristocratic and thus have good morale.

What is their weak point? The rocket manufacturing.

The only reason they are a threat to anyone, is because they produce some impressive rockets.

So, one needs to attack that.

However, given the mountainous area they are living in, it’s very difficult. Just throwing in infantry in the region will not make much of a difference, because they will fight in difficult terrain. This is a potential Afghanistan scenario. That is, fighting a force dug in the mountains, except for the fact that the Houthis are much more technically advanced that the Taliban.

This means, we have no way no to use tanks, and it will be on foot in the mountains we do not know.

In other words, this calls for A LOT of intelligence gathering, before we enter.

We need to know where and what is going on, before we commit to specific strategies.

The rockets is the Achilles heal of the Houthis, if we disrupt this ability, which has to be pretty easy, because the plants that produce the rockets, the components and so on are targetable.

G-d bless the will to make peace in the Middle East.