Companies are rerouting around South Africa to avoid militia attacks in Yemen in one of the biggest disruptions to world trade since the Covid-19 pandemic
II could marginally accept the term “piracy”, given that the Houthis in North Yemen are not recognized as a country, but …“islamic terrorism”? Really? If this is islamic terrorism, what is Isis and Boko Haram? This is the same kind of trivialization that passes for Israeli political discourse these days, like calling Hamas “worse than Nazis”?
These people are not disrupting shipping to establish a kalifate, they are at best intervening in a political land dispute, at the worst doing the best they can to stop an ongoing genocide.
Oh you know, “the politics is nuanced”, “nobody takes the extremists too seriously”, “I personally don’t agree with the big picture but…”, and all the other excuses Ben Gvir white -washers make for the Israeli establishment. Israel doesn’t get the moral monopoly of having nuanced shitty politics. In practice these guys, yahoos while they might be, are actually trying to stop a currently ongoing genocide. If Israel stops the crimes in Gaza and ends the apartheid and occupation I will join you in condemning anything you like, like tomorrow.
II could marginally accept the term “piracy”, given that the Houthis in North Yemen are not recognized as a country, but …“islamic terrorism”? Really? If this is islamic terrorism, what is Isis and Boko Haram? This is the same kind of trivialization that passes for Israeli political discourse these days, like calling Hamas “worse than Nazis”?
These people are not disrupting shipping to establish a kalifate, they are at best intervening in a political land dispute, at the worst doing the best they can to stop an ongoing genocide.
Really? What’s the Houthi movement slogan then?
Oh you know, “the politics is nuanced”, “nobody takes the extremists too seriously”, “I personally don’t agree with the big picture but…”, and all the other excuses Ben Gvir white -washers make for the Israeli establishment. Israel doesn’t get the moral monopoly of having nuanced shitty politics. In practice these guys, yahoos while they might be, are actually trying to stop a currently ongoing genocide. If Israel stops the crimes in Gaza and ends the apartheid and occupation I will join you in condemning anything you like, like tomorrow.
The way you avoid the question tells me that you know you’re in the wrong. I hope you sleep well with your shocking lack of morals!
If hell was putting pressure to stop to a genocide I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
Keep dancing I’m sure you’ll feel better
Oh sure … just ignore the fact that Iran backs the Houthis and the Houthis attack random ships, like those owned by Danish Maersk… that’s not terrorism at all.
Yemen is enforcing a blockade against a genocidal criminal state. Someone else is playing world police and the US can’t stand that.