U.S. strikes in Yemen risk wider entanglement in civil war

The premise is not necessarily true. The international right to have ships on the "open seas" needs to be guaranteed. If the USA ships can't, then the Japanese SDF need to stay in the Japanese waters. Most USA citizens agree that if the ships are attacked, eliminate the source. It is the ideas that Jefferson followed with the pirates near Tripoli and Monroe in his doctrine.

The US has no business in Yemen, let alone killing its citizens! Trump will pullback the adventurers in the US after gaining power.....

The UN-recognized Yemen government invited the US

Trump plans to send more troops on the ground to destroy ISIS first and that US troops shouldn't had pulled out of Iraq

If you wanna' play with the BIG Dogs, don't be surprised when you get BIT.