The Houthis: Who Dat?

Trump’s disastrous idiocy knoweth no bounds

Hootie and The Blowhard-Fish

There exists a famous rock band known as Hootie and The Blowfish. A bit of totally unrelated trivia that has nothing to do with this article. Not really.

As is always the case when the US pursues yet another disastrous, murderous, military adventure in West Asia and Alkebulan, Amerikans find themselves hearing yet another scary word that, theretofore, was unknown to them. Most often they have zero clue of what these terms mean. Words like ISIS, Al-Qaeda, The Taliban, Hamas, Hezbollah, etc. Hell, most of them can barely speak their own language and define the terms within that lexicon. Despite being ignorant to what these terms mean (or if they are even legitimate) they know they are afraid.

Fair enough; allow me to pile on.

The so-called “Houthis” (pronounced who-teeze) are actually a potent paramilitary army known by the proper name of Ansar Allah (أَنْصَارُ الله), which translates to “Supporters of God” or “Partisans of God.” While the Western media refers to them as the Houthis—named after the movement’s founding family—Ansar Allah is the official name of the entity.

Those who-tease answer Allah.

I can’t make this stuff up, as I would be a rich man if I could.

Ansar Allah emerged in northern Yemen during the 1990s as a revivalist movement for Zaydi Shiite Islam. Currently, they control the capital city of Sanaa and a significant portion of northern and western Yemen. Allied with Iran, Ansar Allah is a integral component of the regional “Axis of Resistance,” alongside Hezbollah and Hamas.

The Bloviating Blowhard: A Strong Smart (ASS) High I.Q. President

In my academic, professional and personal experiences, I have learned that judges are like horses, they will not drink if they are not thirsty. Thirsty or not, they must be led to the water as they, generally, do not find it on their own. Given that for the writer the reader is the ultimate judge, it is that reality which compels a brief, curt and concise definition of terms in the instant case for comprehensive purposes.

I refer to Donald Trump, Drumpf, or whatever his Euro-moniker is, as “Smitty.” There is a logical and substantive reason I make such a referral. It is not an attempt at cleverness, it’s just clever. Best of all, Smitty himself approves…in a way. Suffice it to say that, from his political advent in 2015, Donald “Smitty” Trump has continually reminded the universe of how “smart” he is. Smartest Man In The History (SMITH) of the world. https://rohnkenyatta.substack.com/p/smitty-have-you-heard-of-him

Pursuant to, and consistent with, the aforementioned factoid, Smitty has crowned himself as “A strong, smart president.” An ASS president. Regular readers of this publication know how close I am to having a stroke by refraining from commenting any further on the cornucopia of content that beckons. Nonetheless, and with Herculean discipline, I shall not spill my seed on editorial lust and stick to the facts.

Smart Smitty wasn’t smart enough to know that when he, and US, attacked a five-thousand year old civilization (as well as a sovereign nation) with massive geographic, military, and cultural assets, the Strait of Hormuz would be closed. The ripple effect which has not even begun to be felt. I warned the US about this inevitable consequence, on the record, years ago.

Smart Smitty wasn’t smart enough to know that when he, and US, attacked Iran that Ansar Allah, the so-called Houthis, would be lying in wait for US. They know US (just like I do) and they were planning when Smitty was still throwing folding chairs around at Nacho Libre wrestling matches. Now, not only is the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, so is the Strait of Bab al-Mandab.

Bear, or bare, in mind that winter looms.

Smart Smitty wasn’t smart enough to know that four US Presidents have ordered direct bombing campaigns or missile strikes on Yemen over almost a quarter of a century. In November 2002, under the Bush administration, the US conducted its first-ever drone strike outside an active war zone. That zone was Yemen.

For over a half-dozen years, Barack Obama exponentially escalated the targeted killing program. On December 17, 2009, his administration authorized its first strike—a cruise missile attack on an alleged militant camp in al-Majalah that resulted in severe civilian casualties. Over two terms, the administration launched over 150 drone strikes and naval missile operations in Yemen, killing countless civilians. In October 2016, Obama also authorized Tomahawk cruise missile strikes on Houthi-controlled coastal radar sites after US Navy warships came under fire in the Red Sea. I guess Barry was hoping for no change.

In his first administration, Smitty Trump authorized over 130 strikes on Yemen—nearly tripling the operational pace of the previous year. He also authorized the high-profile, fatal ground raid on Yakla just days into his presidency. Following a brief pause during a Palestine ceasefire, Trump authorized Operation Rough Rider from March 15 to May 6, 2025. This massive naval and aerial offensive involved over 1,000 coalition strikes targeting Houthi radar, drone, and ballistic launch sites before culminating in an Oman-brokered ceasefire.

US President Joe Biden, in his final year as president mind you, authorized Operation Poseidon Archer starting on January 12, 2024. In coordination with the United Kingdom, the US military executed a sustained bombing campaign consisting of roughly 500 to 700 individual airstrikes. The operations allegedly targeted Houthi military installations, missile depots, and command centers to degrade their ability to disrupt commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea. The operation concluded just before he left office in January 2025.

How might that be working out, me asks meself.

One lesson to learn is do not trifle with people that eat lots of rice. Be they in Angola, Vietnam, Afghanistan, China or Yemen. In addition to the previously mentioned bombings, Yemen has withstood invasion, bombing and occupation by Saudi led GCC. Despite all these bombs falling on the little brown, barefoot bastards they are kicking the shit of out of US. Once activated, Ansar Allah blockaded the strait within 36 hours, swept the Saudi military, as well as took control of major cities near the strait. It would be no less than journalistic malpractice for me to fail to also mention that, in just the last few hours, Ansar Allah shot down an advanced Amerikan-made fighter jet (F-15).

Here are these barefoot, goat eating savages apparently downing a US made fighter jet with rocks. I mean, you have to be an officer in Ansar Allah to even have sandals let the European tell the tale. However, these savages have enough sense to use “Claude” to manufacture hypersonic missiles. Think of that! Primitives that, through some cosmic machination, are able to have electricity, computers and internet access.

Additionally, these primitive savages have also managed to capture Amerikan made Saudi ATA (air-to-air) missiles and covert them to SAM’s (surface-to-air) missiles. I find this incredulous and, thusly, am unable to square that circle. If anyone else can sanely square that circle please share your findings, as it would be of global service.

Perhaps it is my own nostalgic reverie rearing its ugly head, but I am hearkened back to the great fortieth European-Amerikan President Ronald “Maximus” Reagan when he stated, in reference to Alkebulanians in so-called Africa “To see those, those monkeys from those African countries damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!”

Clearly, one needn’t ‘don’ shoes to kick ass, the ass-kicker just ends up with doo-doo on their little brown feet.