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How come Ansar Allah seems to be winning so well?

Okay, so Ansar Allah…

  • is fighting a civil war
  • is fighting a war against Saudi Arabia
  • is surrounded by either their enemies or the sea
  • is poorer than Iran or Russia
  • has less people than Iran or Russia

Yet they seem to be doing a better job?
What’s going on?

Edited ⁨⁨Oct⁩ ⁨11⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨18:16⁩⁩Page

Replying to @⁨folaht@lemmy.ml⁩

yemen was occupied by joint forces of saudi arabia and UAE, before the iran war the UAE took their soldiers from the country and the gap wasn’t filled, which made controlling the houthis a very much different and difficult issue. furthermore, iran has been steadily destroying the empire’s military bases and support gear which makes everything more difficult. yemen has a history of struggle, so that also plays a big role.

ultimately, it’s not necessarily money, or advanced tech that wins wars, but rather knowing how to use what you have to your advantage. history is filled with smaller enemies beating giants. the us hasn’t won a war in decades.

Replying to @⁨folaht@lemmy.ml⁩

Saudi Arabia is a fake country established by the Brits with a bloated royal family and controlled by a hated psychopathic nepo baby who has squandered his nations wealth on failed giga projects and has had to cut welfare for his thousands of royal hangers on.

It exists solely to recyle petro dollars back into the US and to buy US and European weapons systems to keep arms manufacturers profitable.

Their military is designed to keep the population from rising up against the House of Saud. It has no interest in fighting the Yemenis, who are their relations. Much of Saudi was part of Yemen until annexed to Saudi Arabia by, you guessed it, the Brits.