{"id":216415,"date":"2024-12-01T18:11:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T16:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=216415"},"modified":"2024-12-01T18:12:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T16:12:09","slug":"216415","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=216415","title":{"rendered":"Houthis Have Trapped American Superpower in Dangerous &#8216;Stalemate&#8217;, US Media Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__header\">\n<div class=\"article__announce-text\" dir=\"ltr\">The ragtag Yemeni militia\u2019s self-imposed partial blockade of Red Sea waters to Israeli, US and \u2018Israeli-linked\u2019 commercial shipping over the past year has humbled Israel\u2019s powerful American allies, with Western warship deployments and attempts to \u201cdegrade\u201d the militia\u2019s capabilities proving fruitless to date.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__body\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">The US military is \u201clocked in a dangerous stalemate\u201d in its campaign against the Houthis, proving \u201cunable to effectively stop the rebels from attacking ships,\u201d and at the same time \u201cunlikely\u201d to be given a free hand for all-out war against the group, a top mainstream US business publication has suggested.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">\u201cThe American military has led a Western naval coalition into battle against the Houthis to curb their relentless attacks, but a year of intense combat has brought the US no closer to ending the threat posed by the rebels \u2013 and, for now, a more aggressive approach doesn\u2019t appear to be the desired course,\u201d Business Insider\u00a0suggested, citing the sentiments of US officials and experts, including the Biden administration\u2019s top Yemen envoy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"quote\">\n<div class=\"article__quote\">\n<div class=\"article__quote-bg\">\n<div class=\"article__quote-bg-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__quote-text\">\u201cThe restrained approach to the ongoing Houthi crisis leaves the US military engaged in combat operations without a clear path to victory,\u201d BI said, pointing to the toll Houthi attacks have had on Red Sea shipping, which up until a year ago accounted for up to 15% of all maritime trade.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__quote-info\">\n<div class=\"elem-info\">\n<div class=\"elem-info__share\">\n<div class=\"share m-active\" data-id=\"1121053181\" data-url=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241130\/houthis-have-trapped-american-superpower-in-dangerous-stalemate-us-media-say-1121053181.html?share-block=1121053420\" data-title=\"\u201cThe restrained approach to the ongoing Houthi crisis leaves the US military engaged in combat operations without a clear path to victory,\u201d BI said, pointing to the toll Houthi attacks have had on Red Sea shipping, which up until a year ago accounted for up to 15% of all maritime trade.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Then there\u2019s the impact on the US military\u2019s much vaunted reputation \u2013 the limits to which have been made clear over the past year amid its inability to degrade the potential of a group armed with $20,000 drones, homemade ballistic missiles and Soviet-era air defense systems.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">\u201cThe threat still persists, and there doesn\u2019t seem to be much abating that,\u201d former US Central Command chief Gen. (ret.) Joseph Votel said. Instead, US operations \u201chave been clearly focused on trying to defend ourselves and going after launch sites, production sites, storage sites, maybe some command and control sites \u2013 but none of that seems to be deterring the Houthis at all,\u201d Votel complained.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"article\" data-article=\"main-photo\">\n<div class=\"article__article m-image\"><a class=\"article__article-image\" title=\"US, UK Aircraft Strike Houthi Targets Near Red Sea - Source\" href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241129\/us-uk-aircraft-strike-houthi-targets-near-red-sea---source-1121041174.html\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Oil tanks burn at the port in Hodeidah, Yemen, Saturday, July 20, 2024.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/07\/15\/1119449736_0:410:3071:1638_1920x0_80_0_0_d5355caa2242501a95361d3cadc07d00.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/07\/15\/1119449736_0:410:3071:1638_640x0_80_0_0_90566ec242dda63d6e77b2e63ef08fbb.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/07\/15\/1119449736_0:410:3071:1638_1280x0_80_0_0_6645c81d31c988d66552d8e63c8b3a01.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/07\/15\/1119449736_0:410:3071:1638_1920x0_80_0_0_d5355caa2242501a95361d3cadc07d00.jpg.webp 1920w\" alt=\"Oil tanks burn at the port in Hodeidah, Yemen, Saturday, July 20, 2024. - Sputnik International, 1920, 29.11.2024\" width=\"1920\" height=\"768\" data-source-sid=\"ap_photo\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/07\/15\/1119449736_0:410:3071:1638_640x0_80_0_0_90566ec242dda63d6e77b2e63ef08fbb.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/07\/15\/1119449736_0:410:3071:1638_1280x0_80_0_0_6645c81d31c988d66552d8e63c8b3a01.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/07\/15\/1119449736_0:410:3071:1638_1920x0_80_0_0_d5355caa2242501a95361d3cadc07d00.jpg.webp 1920w\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"quote\">\n<div class=\"article__quote\">\n<div class=\"article__quote-bg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__quote-text\">\n<p>\u201cAllowing the Houthis to protract their gradual escalation campaign is a much more dangerous policy choice for the US in the long run than a more decisive military effort would have been,\u201d Brian Carter, Middle East analyst at the DC-based American Enterprise Institute neocon think tank, argued, highlighting the impact Houthi persistence has had on the US\u2019s perceived strength and military reputation abroad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Gen. Votel added that the more assets the US deploys against the Houthis, the less there will be for the Pentagon\u2019s other global priorities, including challenging China in the Pacific.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">A recent report by Brown University\u2019s Costs of War Project estimated that the US has spent over\u00a0$2.5 billion\u00a0on the anti-Houthi campaign over the past year \u2013 which includes the cost of stationing multi-billion dollar carrier strike groups in the region, and the\u00a0$4 million+ apiece\u00a0missiles the US has fired to take down Houthi drones.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">US Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante\u00a0told\u00a0a defense forum earlier this month that as a missile expert, he was \u201cshocked\u201d by the Houthis\u2019 increasingly advanced missile capabilities, saying the militia has proven able to churn out new arms that \u201ccan do things that are just amazing.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"article\" data-article=\"main-photo\">\n<div class=\"article__article m-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"A Houthi drone on display released by the Houthi Media Office, July 2019.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/07\/13\/1119432324_0:71:871:419_1920x0_80_0_0_c98ab788f5f0b88a2d6364cb4724958e.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/07\/13\/1119432324_0:71:871:419_640x0_80_0_0_45134ad543ec44e8ba260854e45cf6f2.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/07\/13\/1119432324_0:71:871:419_1280x0_80_0_0_f145d505579b3ec6bffd03db8c251fe8.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/07\/13\/1119432324_0:71:871:419_1920x0_80_0_0_c98ab788f5f0b88a2d6364cb4724958e.jpg.webp 1920w\" alt=\"A Houthi drone on display released by the Houthi Media Office, July 2019. - Sputnik International, 1920, 15.11.2024\" width=\"1920\" height=\"768\" data-source-sid=\"not_sputnik_photo\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/07\/13\/1119432324_0:71:871:419_640x0_80_0_0_45134ad543ec44e8ba260854e45cf6f2.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/07\/13\/1119432324_0:71:871:419_1280x0_80_0_0_f145d505579b3ec6bffd03db8c251fe8.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/07\/13\/1119432324_0:71:871:419_1920x0_80_0_0_c98ab788f5f0b88a2d6364cb4724958e.jpg.webp 1920w\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Last month, an article in an issue of West Point military academy\u2019s Combating Terrorism Center Sentinel journal\u00a0revealed\u00a0that Houthi projectiles nearly landed hits against a US supercarrier and a missile destroyer over the course of Red Sea operations earlier this year.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Israel too has seen the growing power of Houthi missile and drone capabilities, facing attacks by large, airplane-style UAVs and a new hypersonic ballistic missile the Houthis have called the \u2018Palestine-2\u2019.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">The Houthis have linked the end of their Red Sea campaign to a halt in the year-plus long war in Gaza, and recently\u00a0urged\u00a0President-Elect Trump to \u201cfulfill his commitment to Arab voters and supporters of Gaza\u201d and pressure Israel to stop the fighting in the besieged enclave, and halt American aggression against Yemen itself, emphasizing that the US was \u201cpaying an economic and military price\u201d for its role as Israel\u2019s lackey.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"article\" data-article=\"main-photo\">\n<div class=\"article__article m-image\">\n<p><a class=\"article__article-image\" title=\"Houthi Forces Target USS Abraham Lincoln With Drones and Missiles\" href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241112\/houthi-forces-target-uss-abraham-lincoln-with-drones-and-missiles-1120869513.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, photo made available by U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defense destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz with the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/107796\/63\/1077966328_0:265:2000:1065_1920x0_80_0_0_bdeeda8bf1ac5d56f321bc261754eaeb.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/107796\/63\/1077966328_0:265:2000:1065_640x0_80_0_0_7a36850b516dbea04f156c310843910e.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/107796\/63\/1077966328_0:265:2000:1065_1280x0_80_0_0_9eb4624d2ac1236391c6c477d508a39f.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/107796\/63\/1077966328_0:265:2000:1065_1920x0_80_0_0_bdeeda8bf1ac5d56f321bc261754eaeb.jpg.webp 1920w\" alt=\"In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, photo made available by U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defense destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz with the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf. - Sputnik International, 1920, 12.11.2024\" width=\"1920\" height=\"768\" data-source-sid=\"ap_photo\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/107796\/63\/1077966328_0:265:2000:1065_640x0_80_0_0_7a36850b516dbea04f156c310843910e.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/107796\/63\/1077966328_0:265:2000:1065_1280x0_80_0_0_9eb4624d2ac1236391c6c477d508a39f.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/107796\/63\/1077966328_0:265:2000:1065_1920x0_80_0_0_bdeeda8bf1ac5d56f321bc261754eaeb.jpg.webp 1920w\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__article-desc\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">\u201cThe question remains: will Trump continue with the same policy and will the American aggression against Yemen continue? If it continues, the American economy will suffer more losses,\u201d a militia source told Newsweek earlier this month.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Despite being sanctioned and designated a terrorist organization by the Trump administration, the Houthis have been among the traditional international adversaries of the US to have expressed cautious optimism over the prospects of Trump\u2019s return to the White House.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Last week, Ali Larijani, a senior advisor to the Iranian Supreme Leader, echoed the Houthis\u2019 sentiments, suggesting \u201cthe question is whether the America of the Trump era sees its interests in continuing the behavior of the Democrats \u2013 who pulled America down in the region and destroyed its reputation\u2026or do they want to make a turn in accordance with America\u2019s national interests,\u201d including by putting an end to \u201cwarmongering in the region.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ragtag Yemeni militia\u2019s self-imposed partial blockade of Red Sea waters to Israeli, US and \u2018Israeli-linked\u2019 commercial shipping over the past year has humbled Israel\u2019s powerful American allies, with Western warship deployments and attempts to \u201cdegrade\u201d the militia\u2019s capabilities proving fruitless to date. 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