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I usually deplore this kind of action, but in this case I really can't see what else is to be done with the Houthis insisting on flying explosive drones towards
by squidbeak 3y ago
I usually deplore this kind of action, but in this case I really can't see what else is to be done with the Houthis insisting on flying explosive drones towards civilian shipping, in effect disabling one of the world's most important shipping lanes.
- kelseyfrog 3y agoWhat were their demands again?
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- meepmorp 3y agoIirc - death to America and Israel, and a curse upon the Jews.
- fawejoif 3y agoNo that is their slogan, the demands here were clearly to let more aid into Gaza.
- meepmorp 3y agoClearly, these people who should be taken at their word.
- kelseyfrog 3y agoIf you had to steelman them, how would you do it?
- meepmorp 3y agoLike, in what context? If we're just talking about harassing shipping, that they're doing this to harm Israel and the actual motivation for that is aiding the Palestinians. That would probably require one to believe that when their leaders say things like, "Arab countries and all Islamic countries will not be safe from Jews except through their eradication and the elimination of their entity," they're merely kidding about the genocide. I'm not sure how to steelman Islamism generally. Religion doesn't belong in government anymore, this isn't the Middle Ages.
- enterprise_cog 3y ago[flagged]