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The Houthi's civil war in Yemen has killed 377,000 people. And they're the ones shooting missiles at civilian ships. So I guess they're genociders, and they're

by klipt 2y ago

The Houthi's civil war in Yemen has killed 377,000 people. And they're the ones shooting missiles at civilian ships. So I guess they're genociders, and they're bad for business.

pessimizer 2y ago
I wonder why they're using the Saudis to genocide themselves?
- klipt 2y ago
  Warring theocracies. Houthis are a cultish, nominally Shia minority in Sunni majority Yemen. They're trying to impose a Houthi theocracy and force the Sunni majority to become Shia (with Houthi cult aesthetics). Iran, which is majority Shia, gives them weapons and money. Saudi Arabia is a Sunni theocracy and doesn't want them to do this, so they give weapons and money to their Sunni opponents.
  - miguelazo 2y ago
    >they give weapons and money to their Sunni opponents. Understatement of the year. The Saudis ran a multi year bombing campaign that killed tens of thousands of civilians, with direct US support (including mid-air refueling and “targeting”). On top of that, the Saudi/US coalition created a famine via blockade that likely starved 50k children to death. Were the Houthis backed by Iran? Sure. Were the Saudis and their former puppet government in the capital not backed by the US? And they still lost.
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miguelazo 2y ago
Wow, now there’s an amazing spin on what happened in Yemen. Do you work directly for MBS?
- dang 2y ago
  No matter how bad or wrong another comment is or you feel like this, you can't post like this on HN. It's clearly against the site rules, so please don't do it again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: it looks like you've been using HN primarily for political and ideological battle. We ban accounts that do this (regardless of what they're battling for or against (see https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=primarily%20test%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... for past explanations about why). If you keep this up, we're going to have to ban you, so it would be good if you'd review the intended spirit of the site and fix this.

by klipt 2y ago

The Houthi's civil war in Yemen has killed 377,000 people. And they're the ones shooting missiles at civilian ships. So I guess they're genociders, and they're bad for business.

pessimizer 2y ago

I wonder why they're using the Saudis to genocide themselves?

klipt 2y ago
Warring theocracies. Houthis are a cultish, nominally Shia minority in Sunni majority Yemen. They're trying to impose a Houthi theocracy and force the Sunni majority to become Shia (with Houthi cult aesthetics). Iran, which is majority Shia, gives them weapons and money. Saudi Arabia is a Sunni theocracy and doesn't want them to do this, so they give weapons and money to their Sunni opponents.
- miguelazo 2y ago
  >they give weapons and money to their Sunni opponents. Understatement of the year. The Saudis ran a multi year bombing campaign that killed tens of thousands of civilians, with direct US support (including mid-air refueling and “targeting”). On top of that, the Saudi/US coalition created a famine via blockade that likely starved 50k children to death. Were the Houthis backed by Iran? Sure. Were the Saudis and their former puppet government in the capital not backed by the US? And they still lost.
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miguelazo 2y ago

Wow, now there’s an amazing spin on what happened in Yemen. Do you work directly for MBS?

dang 2y ago
No matter how bad or wrong another comment is or you feel like this, you can't post like this on HN. It's clearly against the site rules, so please don't do it again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: it looks like you've been using HN primarily for political and ideological battle. We ban accounts that do this (regardless of what they're battling for or against (see https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=primarily%20test%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... for past explanations about why). If you keep this up, we're going to have to ban you, so it would be good if you'd review the intended spirit of the site and fix this.