Military Situation In Yemen On December 13, 2020 (Map Update)

Pave Way IV says:

Slow but steady de-chimping. R. David Harden from November in The Hill (link) [with my bonus snark]:

“…the incoming Biden administration gives Saudi Arabia an opportunity to exit the Yemen war, a conflict that is counterproductive, expensive, and unending. The Kingdom, of course, has legitimate security concerns in Yemen, including stability along its southern flank and unimpeded shipping through the Bab al-Mandab Strait. Yet after years of war, Riyadh has not achieved its strategic objectives. Instead, the insurgent Houthi militia controls 80 percent of the population — including the capital Sanaʽa — and retains the military capability to launch strikes deep within Saudi territory [and all this without shoes]. Make no mistake, the Houthis are bad actors [your dim-witted, mistaken characterization is noted… bitch]. They have driven the economy to collapse [Houthis? Um, Saudis stealing their oil, central bank and bombing their infrastructure are unrelated, I guess], failed to govern [during bothersome Saudi F-15 strikes], and are substantially responsible for much of the horrific suffering of the Yemeni people [they ARE the fucking Yemeni people, idiot]. But, at its core, Yemen is an internal civil war that will be resolved by the Yemenis [=resolved by the Houthis] themselves [where the fuck were you five years ago, Einstein?]. With a Biden nudge, Saudi Arabia could recalibrate its Yemen policy to mitigate Houthi threats by pulling back from the conflict and opening deeper economic channels with its southern neighbor [personally, I would use the thermonuclear B61 dialed up to a 340kT yield with a 1700 ft. air burst to ‘nudge’ the Saudi Wahhabi chimps to ‘recalibrate’].“