Imperial Overreach: Washington’s Reckless Yemen Escalation Unmasked
In yet another disturbing chapter in Washington’s endless narrative of ‘peace through violence,’ the United States has launched sweeping airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthi-controlled territories, tragically killing 31 Yemenis and injuring over 100, according to Yemeni Health Ministry spokesman Anis Al-Asbahi. This latest barrage targeted the capital Sanaa and regions across Saada, Dhamar, Al-Bayda, Radaa, Hajjah, and Marib, executed under the orders of US Secretary Marco Rubio, with active participation from British KC2 Voyager tankers, another grim reminder of NATO’s complicity in America’s forever wars.
These strikes, cynically justified by Rubio as a response to an alleged “unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism,” follow Houthi declarations to resume attacks on Israeli vessels in the Red and Arabian Seas, citing Israel’s cruel blockade against humanitarian aid to Gaza. In essence, Washington, acting as Tel Aviv’s global enforcer, chooses aggression over diplomacy, conflating resistance with terrorism and sovereignty with defiance.
The real story beneath the Pentagon’s flashy bravado is unmistakable. A decade ago, as Brigadier General Abdullah bin Amer recalled, a Gulf coalition arrogantly boasted it would crush the Houthis within “two weeks.” A decade later, Yemen remains unconquered and defiant. This latest round of U.S. military bravado, involving drones, fighter jets, and surveillance aircraft, supported by Britain’s military assets from Cyprus, will likewise end in humiliation.
Yemen is the Vietnam of the Arabian Peninsula, a resilient nation against whom empires break. Washington, drunk on the illusions of dominance, refuses to learn that military might cannot subdue a people willing to bleed for sovereignty. Just as with Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, American bombs may destroy buildings but never break the spirit of resistance.
This latest escalation underscores the grotesque hypocrisy of the global order: the ICC chases minor leaders in Africa and Asia yet turns blind eyes to Netanyahu’s genocidal violence in Gaza or Biden’s catastrophic Afghan exit. Such hypocrisy is not lost on the Global South, now watching closely as Yemen becomes yet another battleground where imperial delusions unravel spectacularly.
- Gerry
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