Beehaw
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
nekandro ( nekandro@lemmy.ml )  to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

US forces strike Houthi sites in Yemen as Biden says allied action hasn’t yet stopped ship attacks

apnews.com

external-link
message-square
20
link
fedilink
98
external-link

US forces strike Houthi sites in Yemen as Biden says allied action hasn’t yet stopped ship attacks

apnews.com

nekandro ( nekandro@lemmy.ml )  to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
message-square
20
link
fedilink
US forces strike Houthi sites in Yemen as Biden says allied action hasn't yet stopped ship attacks
apnews.com
external-link
U.S. forces have conducted a fifth strike against Iranian-backed Houthi rebel military sites in Yemen.
alert-triangle
You must log in or register to comment.
  • WebTheWitted ( WebTheWitted@beehaw.org ) 
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    26
    ·
    3 years ago

    Years of Saudi air strikes with US weapons systems ended in a victory for the Houthis. Not to mention causing one of the worst humanitarian situations of the 21st century.

    WTF does the US think it’s gonna do other than escalate the situation (and continue the next record breaking humanitarian crisis)?

    • naturalgasbad ( naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca ) 
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      3 years ago

      The US is just making sure the humanitarian crisis in Yemen ISN’T the worst humanitarian situation of the 21st century.

    • bartolomeo ( bartolomeo@suppo.fi ) 
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      3 years ago

      Guaranteed employment for the weapons industry?

  • dan42O ( dan42O@infosec.pub ) 
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    23
    ·
    3 years ago

    What ever happened to talking and reaching an agreement and asking for favors and scratching each other back… like now we resort to uncivilized behavior by attacking the poorest countries.

    • CybranM ( CybranM@kbin.social ) 
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      3 years ago

      I don’t think there’s much negotiating with a terrorist organization indiscriminately attacking international shipping

      • dan42O ( dan42O@infosec.pub ) 
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        17
        ·
        3 years ago

        Out of curiosity why did YOU use the word terrorist? Have you ever heard of the movie Avatar, Star Wars, Space Balls? It’s simply too easy to label someone a threat/terrorist, but come on entire countries, like are you agreeing that each creature/living breathing mammal as a terrorist?

        • Space_Racer ( Space_Racer@lemm.ee ) 
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          8
          ·
          3 years ago

          Because to further their political agenda they are attacking civilians. you know, the definition of terrorism?

        • archomrade [he/him] ( archomrade@midwest.social ) 
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          8
          ·
          3 years ago

          Quiet, rebel scum!

          • bartolomeo ( bartolomeo@suppo.fi ) 
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            3 years ago

      • rgb3x3 ( rgb3x3@beehaw.org ) 
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        11
        ·
        3 years ago

        “Hey, do you want you and your families to stop suffering from a lack of food, clean water, healthcare, and housing? We can fix that.”

        Might be a start. But it’s never approached that way.

        People don’t usually want to be terrorists. The places these people come from are the poorest on earth and don’t know anything other than suffering and exploitation.

        • JillyB ( JillyB@beehaw.org ) 
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          3 years ago

          Their flag says “death to America, death to Israel, curse be upon the Jews”. In some sense, I think you can’t blame an oppressed group for radicalizing in an attempt to improve their situation. But it’s hard to sympathize with a militant, anti-semitic terrorist organization.

          Personally, I think the US should end the Prosperity Guardian operation. It should end support for Israel. And it should end oil imports. This will push America more towards decarbonization while reducing America’s interest in the Middle East. But that will raise gas prices, so it’ll never happen.

  • ليتني كوري شمالي  ( PanArab@lemmy.ml ) 
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    22
    ·
    3 years ago

    I stand with Yemen and the Yemeni government, the only terrorists are the US and Israeli militaries and whoever aids them.

    • Crikeste ( Crikeste@lemm.ee ) 
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      14
      ·
      3 years ago

      I stand with anyone doing their part to pressure the US and Israel in ending their genocide. ❤️

    • barsoap ( barsoap@lemm.ee ) 
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      3 years ago

      If you stand with the Yemeni government then you want the Houthis gone.

      Can you even find Yemen on a map.

      • ليتني كوري شمالي  ( PanArab@lemmy.ml ) 
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        8
        ·
        3 years ago
        1. Ansar Allah are the legitimate government of Yemen. Anyone who suggests otherwise is delusional.
        2. Not only can I find it, I live directly to the north of it (Saudi Arabia). عاش اليمن الشقيق.
        • barsoap ( barsoap@lemm.ee ) 
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          3 years ago

          Being excited about things doesn’t make them real. You’ll understand that after the tenth or twentieth disappointment.

          • ليتني كوري شمالي  ( PanArab@lemmy.ml ) 
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            3 years ago

            Yemen has already won, the US has been fighting it since 2004, all that’s left is for the US to understand it lost. Though I predict its crazy politicians will keep repeating their mistakes expecting a different outcome.

            • Refract ( Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca ) 
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              3 years ago

              American soldiers definitely lose. Civilians definitely lose. Americans and their military industrial complex have definitely been treating the middle East as a training ground for 2+ decades.

  • gnuhaut ( gnuhaut@lemmy.ml ) 
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    20
    ·
    3 years ago

    Q: Are the airstrikes in Yemen working?

    THE PRESIDENT: Well, when you say “working,” are they stopping the Houthis? No. Are they going to continue? Yes.

  • interdimensionalmeme ( interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ) 
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    3 years ago

    Every attack strenghten the houthis.

    But every attacks also creates shareholder value.

World News@lemmy.ml

worldnews@lemmy.ml

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !worldnews@lemmy.ml

News from around the world!

Rules:

  • Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc

  • No NSFW content

  • No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 1 user / day
  • 1 user / week
  • 445 users / month
  • 3K users / 6 months
  • 1.07K local subscribers
  • 41.8K subscribers
  • 17.4K Posts
  • 54K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • Rumblestiltskin ( Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ml ) 
  • AgreeableLandscape ( AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml ) deleted by creator
  • Jack. ( jackmarxist@lemmy.ml ) 
  • zephyreks ( zephyreks@lemmy.ml ) Banned
  • OurToothbrush ( OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml ) 
  • BE: 0.19.21
  • Modlog
  • Legal
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code