Why is Joe Biden dragging the US into another potential war? | Mohamad Bazzi

The Houthis are eager to show that they can stand up to the world's most powerful country, all for the Palestinian cause

As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden made a forceful case for restraining US military intervention and ending the wars that America had unleashed after the September 11 attacks. The use of force should be our last resort, not our first," he said in a July 2019 speech, adding that military power should be used only to defend our vital interests, when the objective is clear and achievable ... It's past time to end the forever wars, which have cost us untold blood and treasure."

Yet Biden is now dragging the US into another potential war, one which doesn't meet many of the standards he set out as a candidate. The Biden administration is risking a wider conflict with the Houthis in Yemen, amid reports that the Pentagon is preparing a sustained military campaign", after nearly two weeks of air and missile strikes failed to stop the Houthis from attacking shipping vessels in the Red Sea.