Last Axis Hope: Houthis Now Ready to Hit US, Israel 'At Any Moment'

This wasn't exactly unexpected; as Operation Epic Fury continues the systemic destruction of Iran's theocratic regime, one of Iran's proxy terror groups has entered the chat. In Yemen, the Shiite, Iran-backed Houthis are now putting out the same kind of gaseous emissions we're accustomed to hearing from groups like this.

Iran is apparently trying to talk them back a little. We'll see how that works out.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorist movement has yet to enter the conflict on Iran's side but in recent days has been ratcheting up its rhetoric in support of Tehran, with its leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, declaring that it was prepared to enter the war against the U.S. and Israel if necessary.
"Regarding military escalation and action, our fingers are on the trigger, ready to respond at any moment should developments warrant it," al-Houthi said on Thursday.
"The reason why the Houthis have not intervened is they are last line of resistance for the axis. Especially after other axis members were degraded," Nadwa Al-Dawsari, an expert on Yemen and an associate fellow at the Middle East Institute, told Fox News Digital.

This isn't the time for the Houthis to be kicking up their heels; if their leadership had the brains of a wheel of cheese, they'd know that. The only attention they are liable to draw by attacking their most likely target - Saudi Arabia - is going to include, just like in Iran, a suitable application of high explosives. If we've learned anything in the last week, it's that the United States and Israel aren't playing patty-cake anymore, and the other Gulf States are fast running out of patience as well.

Al-Dawsari, who has written extensively about Yemen and the Houthis, said: "I think the Houthis will intervene at some point. The longer the war continues, the more likely the Houthis will intervene. I think what the Houthis want to do — and they have been itching for a while to do — is to attack the Saudis. If the Saudis intervene, the Houthis will find a reason to attack the Saudis."

That would be the biggest military misjudgment since Napoleon's march on Moscow. This, though, is the interesting bit:

Al-Dawsari said another reason why the Houthis have yet to join the conflict is that it's not in the interests of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) "to drag the Houthis into a suicidal war." She argues "If the Iranian regime collapses, and if a new regime emerges, I think the IRGC will regroup in Yemen or Somalia. Yemen is the key ally."

A key ally - to whom?

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Here's the thing: With each passing day, it's becoming more and more apparent that when this thing is wrapped up, there won't be any Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Their members will either be fled, surrendered, or occupying a six-foot patch of dirt. Without Iran backing them, the Houthis may well find themselves about as popular as a red-headed orphan at a family picnic. Without Iran, they don't exist, and with or without Iran, they don't stand much of a chance if they attack any of their neighbors.

The best thing the Houthis could do right now is to keep a low profile until they have a better idea how this is all likely to end up. Right now, if they attack Saudi Arabia, that would likely be suicidal. They would be presenting themselves as a bunch of nails to several regional and one global power who have lots of hammers and lots of men anxious to wield them.

Editor's Note: For decades, former presidents have been all talk and no action. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the threat from Iran once and for all.

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