[mvdtnz]

I wish the government would stop calling them rebels and call them what they are - the defacto government of Yemen.

[JumpCrisscross]

> what they are - the defacto government of Yemen

The Houthis are a belligerent in a civil war with multiple sides [1], none of which could stand without external backing. They're not a ragtag group of rebels. But they're also not the government of Yemen.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%9...

[TremendousJudge]

But then it would sound as if they were bombing a sovereign nation instead of doing pacekeeping