CNN reported that the US military will carry out a ground operation. Is the Houthi armed group doomed? No, Yemen is another Afghanistan, which scares the United States.

More and more signs indicate that bombing the Houthi armed group in Yemen makes no sense without a ground operation.

But the problem lies in that in March 2015, the Arab League forces led by Saudi Arabia invaded Yemen under the pretext of restoring the internationally recognized Sana'a, but finally fled in disgrace.

The war in Yemen shows that geography, lack of infrastructure, and tenacious guerrilla tactics can even destroy the most advanced technical alliance. Especially if such an alliance is a hodgepodge of conflicting interests and excessive expectations.

It is still difficult to say whether the US will conduct a ground operation in Yemen. But Yemen is not all desert like Iraq; it is full of mountains, mountain passes, lacks road networks, and heavy equipment cannot function normally.

The "vacancy" of infrastructure also plays a certain role. The Houthi armed group in Yemen has almost no major hubs, airports, railway hubs, logistics points, warehouses, neither in the traditional sense nor in the operational sense.

This leads to nothing to bomb, nothing to intercept, and nothing to destroy. All the things the Houthis need have long been stuffed into the mountains, basements, and caves. Combat effectiveness is achieved not through technology, but through inaccessibility and adaptability.

Any attempt to enter Afghanistan on a large scale is destined to fall into the same logic of failure as the Soviet Union and the United States in Afghanistan: no front line, no target, no endpoint. The opponent gradually disintegrates, reorganizes, and continues to consume the other side's nerves by attacking secondary targets.

For the United States (and NATO alliance + UAE and other Arab countries), Yemen is a trap. From a military perspective, only those who do not learn from others' lessons would seriously enter there. Or someone just needs the process, not the result.

Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1828784730990795/

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