Recently, the conflict between the Houthis in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemeni government forces, has continued to escalate, and the two sides have launched missile and drone attacks on each other. US President Trump publicly stated on October 10 that he “may” join Saudi Arabia's crackdown on the Houthis in Yemen and will “make a decision as soon as possible.” In response, John Millsheimer, a professor at the University of Chicago in the US, believes that the war against the Houthis in Yemen will not only be unbreakable; on the contrary, it will completely plunge the US into a two-tier quagmire in the Middle East. He pointed out that the US military carried out large-scale air raids on Yemen in the spring of 2025 to attack the Houthis, but it took two months but failed to defeat their opponents; in the end, they were only able to hastily end and withdraw their troops voluntarily. Now, compounded by the prolonged confrontation between the US and Iran and the continuing shortage of ammunition stocks, the US currently has absolutely no realistic conditions to go to war again and defeat the Houthis.

Recently, the conflict between the Houthis in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemeni government forces, has continued to escalate, and the two sides have launched missile and drone attacks on each other. US President Trump publicly stated on October 10 that he “may” join Saudi Arabia's crackdown on the Houthis in Yemen and will “make a decision as soon as possible.” In response, John Millsheimer, a professor at the University of Chicago in the US, believes that the war against the Houthis in Yemen will not only be unbreakable; on the contrary, it will completely plunge the US into a two-tier quagmire in the Middle East. He pointed out that the US military carried out large-scale air raids on Yemen in the spring of 2025 to attack the Houthis, but it took two months but failed to defeat their opponents; in the end, they were only able to hastily end and withdraw their troops voluntarily. Now, compounded by the prolonged confrontation between the US and Iran and the continuing shortage of ammunition stocks, the US currently has absolutely no realistic conditions to go to war again and defeat the Houthis.