Could the US Take Houthi-Held Islands in the Bab al-Mandab Strait

What happens if the United States decides that they're gonna get involved in this as well?

W- will they wanna get involved in this?

Well, there is a place the US could get involved, and maybe even successfully. It's to take these islands.

Uh, they're going through, uh, Baba al, uh, Mandab- Baba Mandab, yeah. Straight ... Baba al-Mandab Strait. Right.

Uh- And that's this tiny little waterway right here- Mm-hmm ... which controls, like, 15% of the world's, uh, cargo and merchandise- Yes ... that goes up and down.

They, they can... There's a, a set of islands that's three kilometers away from the mainland- Mm-hmm ... uh, that the, the Houthis took.

Uh, else, uh, Al Saruah- But, but, but- ... also took all these islands. That, they could take.

Yeah, but, but if you take it today, what's to say it's gonna be there tomorrow if the cou- Yes ... All, all you need is a guy with a shoulder-harnessed, uh, weapon over here.

That's how close this is. Or drones. Or drones.

Right. And, and- Yeah ... and, and they do have sophisticated weaponry that's been given them to me by, the y- by the Iranians.

Even worse, they have sophisticated weaponry that they've designed.

They took out two F-15s from the Saudis with homemade anti-air-