A post on the Responsible Statecraft website believes that Washington should immediately end its military activity against the Yemeni nation.
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Yemeni Armed Forces attacked the Greek ship SOUNION in the Red Sea after it violated a ban on entering ports in occupied Palestine.
The American site Responsible Statecraft He considered Washington’s approach to Yemen to be a reflection of strategic negligence that is unsuccessful, too costly and endangers the lives of Pentagon military personnel stationed in the region.
The publication highlighted that the ineffective US approach in Yemen risks destabilise both the country and the region.
He also pointed out that Washington’s refusal to recognize the Israeli war in Gaza as the real cause of the Yemeni attacks in the Red Sea prevents any hope of stopping these attacks.
According to the analysis, what Washington should do is to cease its military activity against Yemen immediatelypressuring European and Asian countries to take a greater role in protecting their own merchant ships, and stopping support for Israel’s offensive in Gaza, in the hope of contributing to calm rising tensions across the Middle East.
The article highlighted three main problems in Washington’s current strategy towards the Arab nation. The first is the lack of concrete and achievable political goals, which burdens American taxpayers with high costs.
Most of the attacks from Yemen occurred after the United States and its partners began their retaliatory campaign. This shows that American efforts failed to achieve deterrence.
The second problem is the continued exchange of military attacks between Washington and Sana’a forces threatens to further destabilize an already war-ravaged Yemen.
According to the site, the third setback is that the Pentagon’s attacks risk exacerbating growing tensions and pushes towards a large-scale regional war.
Meanwhile, if the White House’s goal is to convince Yemen to stop its attacks, it is absolutely not feasible to achieve this goal through the use of force, the article concluded. Responsible Statecraft.
