To make sure the shipping industry and our own warships don't come under attack in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

yeah, no. it's 100% for Israel. the government of Yemen has stated for over a month now that they will blockade all
Israeli ships if Israel did not move to phase II and abide by the ceasefire agreement in Gaza that
NETENYAHU is now reneging on (his government announced continuation of the war on the very day he was suppose to testify in court on corruption charges and his court date was canceled due to national security emergency...
gee what a fucking coincidence!) and refusing to move forward with. Israel has not only resumed it's all out homicidal maniac assault on Gaza but they have never ended their medieval siege on Gaza preventing food and medicines from getting into Gaza. To this day. After they pulverized it and destroyed every hospital, university, health clinic in Gaza and destroyed 70+% of Gaza's entire public infrastructure....still restricting food and medicine from coming in....still cutting off their electricity and water whenever they feel like it. They are....sick fucks to put it mildly.
Yemen is by far the poorest country in the region and one of the poorest countries on planet earth. They suffered through unspeakable atrocities at the hands of the US and the Saudis for the past decade, they have no air defenses or air force to speak of. The US does not need to be bombing them because Israel can't abide to a fucking ceasefire agreement and won't stop slaughtering Palestinians in Gaza and preventing food and medicine from coming in and oh yeah still fucking annexing land for settlements in the West Bank as we speak.
The whole thing is fucked and I am beyond disgusted by US leadership and am done with it. US needs to wash it's hand with Israel and let them fend for themselves. What the actual fuck is the point of funding & arming them if they do not listen to us? Oh yeah, there is no point. They are a very wealthy fully modernized country with an advanced military. They can fund & arm themselves like every other country in the world.
A US President has no right to just bomb anyone whenever he feels like it. Has Congress declared war on Yemen?