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Houthis reportedly sink British ship in Red Sea
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That's not the point of terrorism. You don't pick fights with those that can fight back. You do it to make others fear you. And the fact that a lot of ships are going around the horn of Africa instead of through the Red Sea means the their terrorism is working.
It's a legitimate military strategy to disrupt trade and supply.
I don't condone this by any means but "terrorism" is not a synonym for "violence we don't like".
This is terrorism, it's asymmetric warfare by a military that controls a territory the size of Ireland.
The west has been involved in bombing Yemen for years now.
We call it strikes against "terrorists" and "rebels" but if you live there it's just war.
It's worth noting that there are only 2 ways a war ends. A negotiated peace, or one side being wiped out. I'd rather we didn't wipe out a large part of a country. So I'd like us to skip straight to diplomatic talks.
Our first demand would likely be to de-escalate and cease violence.
The first demand from the Houthis would probably be to stop supplying Saudi Arabia with weapons to use against them. And also to cease violence.
Beyond that it gets complicated. Not a simplistic story of terrorists and bogeymen.
Houthis: No
now what?
The Houthis already make demands. No side of any conflict just says "no"
But by all means if they did say no to stopping violence when we stop bombing Yemen there is a time to fight back.
Unfortunately it's happened the opposite way around.
Yemen have asked the West and Saudi Arabia to stop bombing them and we've said "no". So the Houthis have started fighting back.
so according to your logic we're bombing them for literally no reason? Just coz...
"Felt cute, might bomb some houthis today"
Do you know why we've bombed innocent people in Yemen? We haven't just bombed Houthi rebels.
That definition makes Israel terrorists against the Palestinians, which is... Spot on, actually.