Houthis/Iran

[Bristol Red Rover]

The Islamist extremist ideological defence mechanism is always conveniently along the lines of:

“let us do what we want or there’ll be more of us”.

And some in the west lap it up

Weakness ultimately creates more war because like all things in life, if you don’t stand up yourself you get taken advantage of

Are you referring to Palestinians needing to stand up against Israeli occupation? Or the US standing up against.... not sure what.

[Sprotyrover]

Looks like the ‘Hooters’ fire a drone at a Russian blockade runner, pity we shot it down, but it gave us the green light to give em another Pummelling

[wilts rover]

Looks like the ‘Hooters’ fire a drone at a Russian blockade runner, pity we shot it down, but it gave us the green light to give em another Pummelling

What could possibly go wrong... I mean after all the success we have had in the Middle East & Asia in recent years, Syria, Libya, Afganistan, Iraq...

[DRFC_AjA]

I guess that's why Israel's attack should have been more precise/restrained instead of trying to kill everyone in gaza.

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Your first point on a subject about Muslims hijacking ships is to make it anti Israel. To not denounce what the houthis are doing,  to not denounce what hammas did in Oct, to not denounce the hiding of tunnels in hospitals and schools.  Says it all. Gary Liniker 2.0 here

[DRFC_AjA]

Could you imagine the moral outrage and disgust when BNP and EDL chant their disgusting slogans during a protest....oh wait, there is outrage and lots of arrests

Could you imagine the outrage if during a peotest people are calling for more ships to be attacked by terrorist....oh wait, there wasn't

[Bristol Red Rover]

Meanwhile the US and UK are complicit in the Israeli genocide actions where tens of thousands are being murdered but will protect their precious cargo in the Red Sea by significant military action.

Kinda displays the values of our overseers.

[wilts rover]

Could you imagine the moral outrage and disgust when BNP and EDL chant their disgusting slogans during a protest....oh wait, there is outrage and lots of arrests

Could you imagine the outrage if during a peotest people are calling for more ships to be attacked by terrorist....oh wait, there wasn't

I think the protest was about the Israel/Palestine conflict in Gaza wasn't it? The attack on Yemen was unrelated to what is happening in Gaza - Sunak said so today - so no idea why you mentioned it. Unless you don't believe Sunak?

[BillyStubbsTears]

 Wilts.

The chant of choice at many Stop the War rallies at the moment is "Yemen, Yemen, make us proud. Turn another ship around"

Which, apart from being sick, betrays a total lack of understanding of who the Houthis are. They aren't "Yemen". The legitimate Yemeni government is fighting them.

[Bristol Red Rover]

Wilts.

The chant of choice at many Stop the War rallies at the moment is "Yemen, Yemen, make us proud. Turn another ship around"

Which, apart from being sick, betrays a total lack of understanding of who the Houthis are. They aren't "Yemen". The legitimate Yemeni government is fighting them.

Just like the legitimate Palestinian government is fighting the Zionist colonialists.

[Bristol Red Rover]

I made an error above - the US and UK weren't protecting their cargo, they were protecting Israeli cargo. Since that intervention - bombing - they have made far more cargo, and lives, targets.

They have also made the problem much bigger. Oil likely now not able to go through the Red Sea. But that's okay, the US can export more liquid gas to Europe. Self interests? It is a bit too obvious isn't it?

Anyway, well see how the US/UK change if international law makes them stop facilitating Israeli violence. Could be they apologise to the Houthis when they realise who is on the right side of history. That and they force Israel to end the murdering, and all normal shipping will resume.

[idler]

Wilts.

The chant of choice at many Stop the War rallies at the moment is "Yemen, Yemen, make us proud. Turn another ship around"

Which, apart from being sick, betrays a total lack of understanding of who the Houthis are. They aren't "Yemen". The legitimate Yemeni government is fighting them.

Just like the legitimate Palestinian government is fighting the Zionist colonialists.

Aren’t legitimate Ukrainians fighting Russian imperialists?

[Bristol Red Rover]

Wilts.

The chant of choice at many Stop the War rallies at the moment is "Yemen, Yemen, make us proud. Turn another ship around"

Which, apart from being sick, betrays a total lack of understanding of who the Houthis are. They aren't "Yemen". The legitimate Yemeni government is fighting them.

Just like the legitimate Palestinian government is fighting the Zionist colonialists.

Aren’t legitimate Ukrainians fighting Russian imperialists?

Kinda, tho there's a significant US/EU factor in there too which messes up the issue, as you know. There's also a significant US factor in the Palestine occupation by Israel, again, as you know.

The Issue in Yemen is likewise involving the US, and again linked in with supporting Israeli colonialism/genocide.