Time to give a hoot about the Houthis

Ask a hundred citizens who the Houthis are and you may get a hundred blank stares. That's in spite of the fact the US is committing war crimes against these folks in their country of Yemen. We're not killing them directly; we've outsourced that messy business to Saudi Arabia, who is concerned about the Shi'ite Houthi rebels taking power in neighboring Yemen, previously ruled by more Saudi friendly Sunnis. Saudi Arabia fears Houthi influence in Yemen empowers their arch Shi'ite rival Iran in the great Shi'ite - Sunni civil war throughout the Middle East. That's their prerogative, but it shouldn't be Uncle Sam's, whose not a whit endangered by who rules Yemen. Yet, we're selling Saudi much of their weaponry, refueling their murderous bombers and providing logistical support for their killing thousands of civilians and bombing of dozens of hospitals and schools. Aiding and abetting the Saudis makes us partners in their war crimes. Even though they supplied most of the 911 hijackers, fund Islamic extremists including ISIS, and chop off heads of dissidents like we fine red light violators, Saudi Arabia continues as one of our best Middle East allies. Maybe that $100 billion in US weapons of mass murder they've purchased in the last five years has more to do with our shared war crime conspiracy against the little known Houthis than our true national interests.