John Mearsheimer
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And precious munitions uh are something that you only want to use when it's absolutely necessary.
All this is to say we went one on one against the Houthis in the spring of twenty twenty five and we lost.
And what the Saudis were asking us to do is go back to war against the South against the Houthis when we now have less munitions than we had back in the spring of twenty twenty five.
And Trump understood that if he went to war against the Houthis, number one, he would not win.
And number two, we would use up more precious munitions.
And this is why he backed off.
And by the way, a number of the reports on why he backed off the third time.
Remember, the third time is September seventeenth.
That's when the Houthis excuse me, when the Saudis asked Trump to help against the Houthis, September seventeenth.
The first two times were September tenth.
The third time Trump indicates that he might go.
He might attack the Houthis.
But what happens between september seventeenth
And september twentieth, when he calls off the attack
according to the reports and all the major media outlets, is that his military advisors, principally his m uh principally his uh uh generals
uh tell him that we can't do this, that we can't defeat the Houthis and we will expend uh precious munitions which we can't afford to expend.
And that's why Trump does not attack on the twentieth, although he gave an indication to the Saudis on the seventeenth.
of September that we would do it.
So you see, we have no military option against the Houthis.
Uh and again, as I said, we have no military option against the Iranians as well.
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