As guns fall silent in Yemen, so does the Pentagon

NOT WITH A BANG, BUT A WHIMPER: Just like that, after 52 days of “unrelenting” bombardment, “Operation Rough Rider” — which we only recently learned was the name of the U.S. air campaign to compel Houthi rebels in Yemen to stop attacking international shipping — has ended. Or so President Donald Trump believes.

“They have capitulated. But more importantly, we will take their word. They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore,” Trump announced at the beginning of his meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House Tuesday. “They’ve announced to us, at least, that they don’t want to fight anymore. They just don’t want to fight, and we will honor that, and we will stop the bombings.”