1w ago

what are they bombing yemen for?

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I mean, Houthis have been striking passing civilian ships with missiles and kidnapped people. Not terribly concerned they got shot back tbh.
- They are only doing it because of the genocide in Palestine. If you cared about civilians you would be defending them.
  
  We only kill civilians because the others kill civilians
  Eh, not my favourite argument
  
  No, they aren't and it's odd that you would parrot Iranian propaganda so readily.
  The Houthi started the civil war. The Houthi are currently attacking innocents on cargo ships.
  If you cared about civilians you wouldn't be backing The Houthi Militia and of course unless you support overt racism you shouldn't support The Houthi as their slogan contains overt racism.
  
  Then why did they stop with the ceasefire and resume once it was broken?
  
  They didn't? This was during the ceasefire
  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68490695
  Seriously unless you are dyed in the wool racist you shouldn't be backing these people just because "America Bad".
- They were fulfilling their obligation under international law to prevent genocide, hence why they stopped when Israel stopped the genocide, and resumed after Israel resumed it.
  The question should be why every other country isn't doing this.
  
  Not sure lobbing missiles at civilian ships and kidnapping their crews was the way to go.
  Well, in any case, if you start firing missiles at other you can't be all the surprised if people start firing back.
  
  Well, in any case, if you start firing missiles at other you can’t be all the surprised if people start firing back.
  I agree with you that kidnapping & killing civilians is not the way to go for any group. But do you see how your statement applies the same way to Isreal & the US?
  
  Well of course
  
  Nobody here is defending either of those groups, so I'm not sure why you brought them up.
  
  There are a bunch of people defending the Houthis and repeating Iranian propaganda. Look for the .ml and sadly increasingly .ee for the accounts doing this.
  
  Well yes, they expected the US to kill a bunch of civilians to protect Israel, as the US did during the previous blockade.
  
  They aren't surprised, the US is a one-trick pony. The houthis go so far as to put out music videos proclaiming that they expect to be bombed, and they don't care, because it's nothing they have not already withstood. They believe it shows the cowardice of their enemy that they shoot off bombs from distant lands in order to enforce their will upon those who do not have the same technology to fight back.
  It would be a greater shame to the houthis not to stand up against the oppression faced by Palestinians, which is not dissimilar from the oppression and devastation that Yemenis have themselves faced at the hands of western-backed powers.
  
  Are you aware that the Yemeni civil war was started by the Houthi Militia? They are the cause of so much of the suffering.
  
  And? What, they just spawned from nothing? They just started a civil war over nothing because they're arab and crave brutality, and western forces had nothing to do with it? You think you can just bomb and occupy them out of existence? History has shown that military escalation just drives more people to join the forces of resistance.
  
  Im sorry but your reply seems completely unconnected to mine.
  OP’s source talks about the war starting with Saudi Arabia’s involvement when ut factually starts with The Houthi pulling out of the coalition government and attacking the capital. I was adding this but because all of the war, pain and suffering start with The Houti instigating a war against the rest of Yemen 11 years ago.
  Im not sure why you mention the ethnicity if the Houthi as I did not and it is entirely unrelated to anything we are discussing.
  
  By this logic Lithuania could attack Norwegian trade vessels in the north sea on account of the genocide in Sudan. The logic makes no sense. Any country is entitled to attack any trade ship anywhere to protest genocide?

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