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The American magazine National Interest has sent a direct message to U.S. President Donald Trump, urging him to honor his campaign pledge of avoiding involvement in Middle Eastern wars, warning that any military intervention in Yemen would be a costly and dangerous adventure.
The message came in response to suggestions from U.S. military and political advisors to invade the coastal governorate of Hodeidah, alongside the Aden government forces, in order to impose a siege on its vital port, which serves as a main artery for humanitarian aid to the Yemeni people.
The magazine stressed in its message to Trump that the Middle East is a geopolitical quagmire, emphasizing that previous U.S. military interventions have wasted trillions of dollars and cost thousands of lives without achieving their objectives.
It pointed out that the idea of occupying the Hodeidah port to confront a local faction (referring to the Houthi group – Ansar Allah) is nothing more than a strategic illusion that could put U.S. forces at risk of death or capture.
The magazine explained that any direct American intervention in Yemen, especially motivated by revenge related to Sana’a’s support for Gaza and its military operations in support of the Palestinian cause, would be a “costly trap” that history lessons reject.
It noted that Yemen, under the leadership of Sana’a, has become a model of “resilient resistance” that frustrates external plans, as all previous military campaigns have failed to achieve their goals, from the 2015 war to the present.
The repeated American warnings against intervention in Yemen reflect an increasing awareness of the failure of foreign projects to break Sana’a’s will, which remains committed to sovereignty and rejects turning Yemen into a battleground for regional score-settling.
The events confirm that the Sana’a government, despite the blockade, has succeeded in strengthening its position as a key player that cannot be overlooked in any political settlement, especially with its growing regional influence through its unwavering support for just causes, foremost among them the Palestinian cause.
It is now increasingly evident that the solution in Yemen will not be military but rather through negotiation that recognizes the will of the Yemenis and halts attempts to exploit their land to serve foreign agendas.
