Trump launches large-scale strikes on Yemen's Houthis, at least 19 killed
(www.reuters.com)
from cm0002@lemmy.cafe to world@lemmy.world on 16 Mar 2025 01:10
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from cm0002@lemmy.cafe to world@lemmy.world on 16 Mar 2025 01:10
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So the US is at war with the country of Yemen? What makes the Trump administration believe that we (Americans) can do anything when the Saudis failed?
May the Yemeni people stand strong in their struggle against genocide and imperialism. May their truths be seen around the world by all mankind.
They’re all really fucking stupid. The Trump administration, I mean. Not a single one of them is even remotely qualified for the jobs they’re doing.
It’s like a reenactment of Hitler’s rise to power and rule put on by toddlers
Edit: actually that might be unfair to toddlers
“Trump is the anti-war candidate hurr durr”
‘No wars president’ my fucking ass. The system is bigger than one man.
Republicans have been foaming at the mouth for a hot war with Iran for decades. Helping Israel open shipping lanes is only part of the motivation.
Exactly. If it were up to one person to shut down the military industrial complex that is literally the us, it’d have been done decades ago.
But still, people blame the system for a choice they chose to make, or allow to happen. Idiots. Don’t know the level of naivite, blind optimism or sheer stupidity to explain 2024 to our grandkids.
What? WTF? We’re attacking some rando country for random causes?
The Houthis oppose Israels occupation and crimes against Palestine. They target ships in the red sea, which is a key area for global shipping.
They stopped with the ceasefire, but since Israel again imposed a total blockade on Gaza, starving and killing people through thay and also escalating its bombing again, the Houthis threatened to resume their attacks on US and Israel affiliated ships.
So instead of forcing Israel to abide by international law and isolate the Houthis, who have their own bag of war crimes, the US decides to help the Houthis gain legitimacy, by being on of the few regional forces actually opposing Israel.
The US also helped Saudi Arabia commit many war crimes and genocidal acts in Yemen, mostly destroying agriculture and bombing civilian gatherings like weddings. Still the people of Yemen didnt buckle. It is absurd to think the US or its allies could genocide Yemen into submission. They failed in Vietnam, they failed in Iraq, the fail in Palestine.