The NYT can't help themselves using the term "militants" to describe the Shia Houthis. Who are the Houthis militating against? Does the NYT call Putin's or Netanyahu's homicidal forces "militants?" Enemies of the state, in or out of uniform, are "militants," "terrorists," "Hamas," blah-blah-blah. I guess the 19th-century Sioux or Apache tribes would have been described by the NYT as "militants" too.

Before 2016, no one outside the Middle East except for UN aid workers knew what a "Houthi" was. Since 2016, Sunni Muhammad Bone Saws (MBS) has been using famine as a tactic against the heretical Shias (Houthis) who share the Arabian Peninsula with his predominantly Sunni Muslim Arab monarchy. So the Houthis became allies of Iran, Syria, and Lebanese Hezbollah because these co-religionist regimes helped them, hence we see Houthi counter-attacks against Israeli maritime or ground targets, such as Ben Gurion Airport. Then to help Israel, the US attacks the Houthis. US military casualties and economic costs far outweigh IDF casualties and costs, as we saw from Trumpf's latest waste of money, all paid for by the hardworking American taxpayer.

Below, the next generation of "militants" who will hate Israel, the US, and Saudi Arabia for starving and bombing them.

Graffiti photographed by journalist from AFP/East News: