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> deliver "enough" food and medicine to people in gaza? You assert that this case of piracy is driven by noble causes, as opposed to literally any use of force
by YouWhy 3y ago
> deliver "enough" food and medicine to people in gaza?
You assert that this case of piracy is driven by noble causes, as opposed to literally any use of force by any government in human history.
Assuming that the Houthi demands are complied with, what should prevent the Houthis from using their military force to promote other causes, perhaps less noble, like enriching their own leaders (a.k.a., privateering and collecting ransom)?
- jakupovic 3y agoWell isn't that what people with big guns do now?
- keybored 3y ago> You assert that this case of piracy is driven by noble causes, as opposed to literally any use of force by any government in human history. This point can be made about any of the groups with weapons in this context. Including Israel. So it becomes useless.
- YouWhy 3y agoQuite the opposite. Piracy (more precisely: systematically and arbitrarily attacking vessels in the open seas) is not considered legitimate for any government - not the US, not China and certainly not Israel. The violation of this rule by itself is grounds for war by the injured governments (which, by the way include most of the EU and the US). The extraordinary claim here is exempting the Houthi extreme actions from the rule of not practicing piracy just because they are hostile to Israel. The above line of thought also begs the question of what other extreme actions are supposedly justifiable if the perpetrator happens to be hostile to Israel. Is it a get-out-of-jail card of some kind?
- keybored 3y agoOh, I read your comment as if you were equating nation states and pirates. But it seems that you were saying that, well if you can’t even expect X of nation states, then why should you expect it of pirates (which are worse)? Now I think I get it.