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There is no way this will end well. Mainstream news coverage is already unhinged.
Acts like this typically take Congressional approval. There is no emergency here, this is defending shipping lines. This is illegal.
I certainly agree that this won't help the situation in the middle east and will probably inflame already tense relations.
That being said, Biden followed domestic laws to a T in this situation. The War Powers Act gives him the ability to do operations like this so long as congress was notified and consulted (they were according to CNN - Though I would like to see it stated from a better source). It would only require further congressional approval if US assets are still there carrying out these acts 60-Days after the inital notification.
The coalition repeatedly warned the Houthi's that patience was running thin here. While this situation is horrible in its own right, I don't know what everyone expects when a group gets between multiple countries' and their money...
The only thing the Houthis got between was multiple countries and their trade with Israel. The fact that they would rather support a genocide than make money...