I guess to most Americans the Middle East is not a place with people who have lives and feelings as complex as their own. Just a place to bomb at intervals.

english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-... CENTCOM confirming the American strikes

US-UK strikes target Yemen, Houthi Al Masirah TV says

Airstrikes were launched on Friday at several parts of Yemen including its capital Sanaa and Hodeidah airport, Al Masirah TV, the main television news

That's probably true. Also, most Americans think every problem either has an easy, obvious fix or else it's completely unsolvable forever.

To my mind, this is compounded by the shortage of Middle Eastern voices in the media. It makes a massive difference if people see just one individual whom they can identify with talking about what it's like to be caught up in that violence.