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

WTF, the Middle East is a powder keg right now, and they're, like, setting off a pinwheel on top of it.

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

The US side ignored dozens of attacks. The history calculus shows at some point the houthis will figure they're untouchable and escalate and whose fault will that be then?

Sometimes there are no good choices, only more shitty and regular shitty

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

Escalate to what? They're already doing all kinds of pirate stuff, and I don't think they're strong enough to threaten anything else the West cares about on their own. What seems like the obvious Western play would be to keep intercepting attacks from warships for at least a few weeks. It's more expensive, but would give critical time to deal with all the other, bigger issues in the Middle East.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

but if Palestinians do it, then it is resistance and they are the victims... even if they started it

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Started what? Building a concentration camp and starving two million people?

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