Alright so this is ok to justify (I agree)
but when I say we should negotiate with the Houthis to be a thorn in Saudia Arabia side and not ours Im told its cucked and we will bomb them into submission
I think to alot of people in the US who claim to have some level of political acumen really just have a "might makes right" philosophy under a thick cloak of nationalism and overconfidence in US armed forces, specifically our air force, due to a posting a back to back, undefeated World War record.
Always said that if you remove the ideological aspect from both partys its one nation (or portion of a nation, Yemens politics are complicated, there is an ongoing 4 way civil war that the Houthis are only 1 faction of but for simplicity sake lets give the the attribute of "nation state" for arguments sake) telling another nation or group of nations
"Listen, my territorial waters are valuable and as such Im going to use restriction of navigation to get political concessions, the way the nation owning the Panama canal or Suez might also close off traffic to nations they feel they have active hostilities towards or would aid the nations in said hostilities. if you ignore our demands to cease navigation in our territorial waters then we will use force to support our policy"
I guess it boils down to, IMO, if we were at war with Germany again for some reason, we wouldnt let Japan send aid via the Panama canal right? you get how that makes sense even if some UN charter says something about "international waterway freedom of movement?"