they've already weathered a decade of CIA drone strikes and Saudi air strikes. did anyone believe these recent strikes were anything but performative actions by a humiliated US administration?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/13/us/politics/houthis-yemen-us-airstrikes.html
Unlike healthcare & housing, keeping the treat machine flowing keeps surplus value flowing in the direction of capitalists. A healthy, housed populace only means reduced leverage over the generators of surplus value. If other countries were allowed to develop peacefully, there'd be no cheap treats to distract from the piss poor healthcare & housing.