"Air Strikes Are Not Stopping The Shiite Rebel ..." Topic

…Advance In Yemen.

"Shiite rebels reached the outskirts of the key southern city of Aden on Friday, boldly defying a bombing campaign led by Saudi Arabia that is seeking to push them back and carve out a protected space for the country's beleaguered president.

The drive by the rebels, known as Houthis, indicates they have not been intimidated by a growing, Saudi-led force of at least 10 nations that have pledged aircraft and ships in a major operation to stop the insurgents. The U.S. government is contributing intelligence and logistics aid to the Saudi-led offensive…"
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This is why you need infantry and armor to go along with air strikes to be effective at stopping an enemy. This is also why Saudi/Egyptian/etc. ground forces will be deployed soon …. otherwise the Houthis will only continue their offensive.

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A Saudi F-15 is down too, though it's not clear how, or why.

The US rescued the pilot/navigator from the sea, a couple of hours after they went into the drink.

Both were apparently well enough to walk on their own.

Supposedly, there was a claim earlier today that 40% of the air defenses in Yemen have been knocked out by the airstrikes.

Until the Saudis, and the rest of the Sunnis in region understand … Along with CAS … you have to have boots, wheels and tracks on the ground. As if anyone noticed ? Even that does not guarantee to "fix" the situation. In a conflict that many are willing to martyr themselves. Along with the difficulty of fighting an insurgency in urban environments …

"Fortunately," the Saudis seem to be willing to engage in actions that could be called Genocide to make sure that all the (Shia) Houthi rebels/insurgents/whatever are well and truly dead.