Since the Iranian-backed Houthi military coup began, news from Yemen is rarely encouraging.

After five years without any real progress toward ending the persistent violence, relieving the deepening humanitarian crisis, and redirecting the nation from its slide toward irreparable failure, it’s understandable that some in the West, including even some in Congress, would prefer disengagement to a continued struggle that has until now defied resolution. But if history has taught us anything, it is that those who want to do harm and create discord can only do so when global leaders turn a blind eye and decide that the struggle of another is not their own.