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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (4 children)

The country supplying arms for genocide is bombing the only country that is trying to put an end to it. Yemen is imposing sanctions on Israel because it is committing genocide. Israel should be sanctioned by the entire world. The united states imposes debilitating deadly sanctions on countries for decades simply because they are not under its boot. The United States is evil and no amount of propaganda is going to change that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Since when are the Houthis the recognized government of Yemen?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

Since they became its government lmfao. Since they were fighting against imperialist encroachment and control over their country. The American backed puppet government operating out of the Ritz Carlton in Riyadh certainly isn't the recognized government of Yemen. It is not just Ansarallah in the Yemeni government, it's multiple parties that were not previously allies now ruling as a unified central government. The alternative government is literally just the Saudi military. It has absolutely no popular support and it controls a steadily dimishing portion of the country.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The Houthis are attacking random ships, not Israeli ships. They were warned to cease attacking civilian ships on one of the largest trading routes in the world, and they didn’t. They fucked around and now they’re finding out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

First of all they're not attacking ships. They are first warning them to reroute and not dock at Israel. When these ships refuse these orders they are boarding the ships and rerouting then without injuring anyone. Their operations are entirely reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_involvement_in_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war

They have fired on civilian vessels without provocation, attempted to violently board other vessels and have attacked ships that were not going to Israel. They are treating any ship as a target (a war crime, by the way).

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

Ansarallah has been very clear on the degree of association with Israel they consider sufficient for enforcement of the blockade.

Again, COSCO is literally sailing ships through the Suez Canal.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The terrorist Houthis in Yemen, like Hamas, are backed by Iran--all three of which have individually called for the genocide and annihilation of Israel.

Last week America gave the Houthis one final warning (after multiple others) to knock off their piracy and hijacking of international trade routes.

Instead of widely heeding that warning, they made the very stupid decision to call America's bluff. As the saying goes "fuck around, find out."

By the way, Iran is also an authoritarian Islamic theocracy in which women are subjugated, homosexuality is subject to persecution, and freedom of expression is nonexistent. They represent the model of a Muslim State under Sharia religious law, back Islamic terrorist groups in various parts of the world, are creating instability in the region (like the Oct 7 attacks and these trade route hijackings), and are generally not your friend no matter how much koolaid you drink or what medal you pick up in the mental gymnastics Olympics.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

I guess Iran is just really committed to ending genocide then, huh?

Well, if the shoe fits...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not even hamas supports mass killings of Israelis. Hamas's position is military resistance until Palestine is liberated. Subjugating people and standing in the way of their liberation puts you at danger of violence. The only one responsible for that is you. If Israelis chose to accept Palestinians as equals, payed reparations, and became Palestinian citizens, no one would have a problem with them. Israel of course is not willing to accept the Palestinians it ethnically cleansed and those it occupies because it is a fascist ethno state.

Yemen, not "the houthis" is the only country in the world brave enough to stand up and fight against genocide in the face of the US. Iran backing the resistance is a point in it's favor, not against it or the resistance. Iran is supporting antimperialism and it should be commended for doing so.

Good job on ticking every box on the islamophobic white supremacist demonization checklist. You were propagandized well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Shooting at more civilians is not the way to do it.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The Yemeni armed forces did not shoot or iniure anyone in their operations. The United States has killed 10 in its first operation and who knows how many it has killed in it's recent bombing of civilian areas in Yemen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Not for lack of trying. I said "shot at"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

Wrong. They could have hurt people when they boarded ships but they did not. In fact they were entirely friendly and courteous towards the crew.