Over the past week, Washington has been moved by a prominent issue Reporter was invited to participate in a private signal chat In the context of senior Trump administration officials’ upcoming military operations and why the conversation took place on the signal.
But the actual topic these officials are discussing – a strike against Iran-backed armed groups that control the Yemeni capital and its majority of its territory has been lost.
There is little discussion about why the government that guarantees a reduction in U.S. military commitments are now conducting air strikes in a country in the Middle East almost daily and what these strikes may achieve.
That’s how we got here.
Husseth has always been Carry out missile and drone attacks It was transported via the Red Sea shortly after the Israel-Hamas war began. This has had a devastating impact on international transport, forcing container ships to travel long distances at the southern end of Africa rather than short voyages across the Suez Canal. However, the shipping industry has largely adapted to this change.
In response, the United States under the Biden administration and several European countries carried out a military operation to protect transportation, which began early last year Directly against Hussis In Yemen. This did not stop the attack.
After Israel – Hamas The ceasefire takes effect in January this yearbut shipping companies have been cautious about the return route. Husseus wasn’t completely quiet either: they’ve Launch an attack Aboard a U.S. Navy ship in the Red Sea Several UAVs.
In early March, Husses Threat to resume attacks Israel will help block Gaza by means of transportation between Israel and Israel. Husseth has been A series of missile attacks in Israel.
On March 15, the Trump administration Begin your own air strike Oppose Husses. Since then, almost daily air strikes have continued.
Except for the general More extensive and intensePresident Donald Trump’s strike is different from Joe Biden’s strike because they appear to target senior senior leaders, rather than weapons sites or command and control targets. ((Biden officials say Considering the “role strike” but not before they left the office). These strikes have been successful Kill many senior Huty leadersalthough the group has been accepting who to admit.
In a signal chat published by the Atlantic Ocean, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz refers to the “top missile guy” who killed Hoshis.
“We have his front ID card, he walked into his girlfriend’s building, and now it’s broken,” Walz wrote. I asked several experts in Yemen and no one knew who this “top missile guy” was, or what specific strike was. That night, the United States attacked many buildings, 30 people were killedAccording to local authorities.
Some commentators suggestion Waltz may describe war crimes here: calming the entire building with the civilians inside to kill a target. It is difficult to judge: the legitimacy of civilian casualties in war depends on the military value of the target and whether reasonable precautions have been taken to protect civilians. It’s hard to confirm here without more information. However, the Trump administration does have a higher tolerance for risks in terms of civilian casualties, which is the same as Policy actions have been made In the Pentagon, Secretary of State Pete Hegseth.
There is also a question of whether these strikes and whether Biden in front of him violated the 1973 War Powers resolution, which required the president to report to Congress on the causes of military operations and legal authorization, and imposed a 60-day time limit on hostilities without Congress authorization. It is generally believed that under Article 2 of the Constitution, the President does have laws that authorize military operations to drive out surprise attacks without action in Congress, but such continuous actions are a difficult action.
Apart from legitimacy, there is another question of whether these strikes can actually achieve their goals. Trump officials Have described it The reason for the strike is to ensure freedom of navigation in the Red Sea andRebuild deterrence. ”
“Hotis wants peace because they drove hell out,” Trump said in a speech at the White House on Wednesday, but vowed to continue the strike until the group stopped attacks on the transport. “They want us to stop so badly … they have to say, ‘No Maas’,” Trump said.
Trump also said he holds Hushis’s main international supporter Iran, responsible for the attack and Threat “Fear” The consequences of the Iranians. Threat Trump is The pressure of calling Tehran Hope to negotiate a new nuclear deal, but there is no exclusion of the use of military power.
Will this actually stop Houthis from attacking or hurting Iran? There is evidence that Hushis suffered severe injuries and many high-level casualties and Change their operations Respond to the strike.
However, the group also endured years of major air strikes from Saudi Arabia using U.S. weapons. Resistance to Western military forces is their main claim on legitimacy (the organization’s official motto is “God is great, to the death of the United States, to the death of the death of the death of the death of the death of the death of the death of the death of the Israelcursing the Jews, the victory of Islam. ”) Like Hamas in Gaza, they are willing to endure heavy casualties on themselves and civilians in the name of their cause.
All of this means they are unlikely to fasten it, just like other presidential administrations this century, Trump’s second term may involve military operations in the Middle East rather than his plans.
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