The attacks in Yemen are criticized internally: expensive and ineffective

« Excellent, » wrote JD Vance in response when national security adviser Mike Waltz informed the Vice President and other US peaks about the first results of the country’s precision attacks against the Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen.

It was in mid -March and the chat has subsequently become world famous as The Atlantic’s editor -in -chief Jeffrey Goldberg had been invited by mistake. Since then, the United States has continued with the attacks and President Donald Trump has described the offensive as a success.

The president has claimed that the group has been severely weakened and that attacks on cargo vessels on the Red Sea were prevented.

But internally notes Advisers and Republicans in Congress that US attacks have not been very effective and that they cost huge sums of money. According to officials who have taken note of reports from the offensive and who spoke anonymously with New York Times Should US bombings be done with a much heavier Arsenal now compared to when Joe Biden was president. However, the results should have been partly absent.

According to the officials, the bunkers and facilities of Huthier must have been reinforced in a way that the Pentagon did not expect.

According to the New York Times, the United States has used ammunition at a value equivalent to SEK 2 billion in the attacks since 15 March. In addition, there are personnel costs, costs for combat plans, service and other expenses for intelligence and logistics.

A source states to the newspaper that the total note for the deadly attacks within the next few weeks will reach a billion dollars and that a request for additional money from the congress may be required.

Defense Minister Pete HegsethAs in the leaked chat, one of the drivers in the offensive was to be implemented, is said to have a long -term plan which means that the attacks can continue for months. That tactics should now have met resistance internally by high -ranking officials at the Ministry of Defense.

Also among party mates in the congress are skeptics for the offensive. Republican Kentuckysenator Rand Paul wrote in a letter to President Trump earlier this week that « The administration must explain the way forward » for Congress and the American people « given the failure of previous efforts of this kind ».

So far, the White House has been the representation of the results of the attacks. Only after the first strike communicated that 30 huthi -connected goals were hit in the bombings. Then the Ministry of Health in Yemen stated that 31 civilian died in the air strikes.