• Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    They haven’t fired any rockets since the last bombing.

    They did a drone strike on tel Aviv and a us warship three days ago, again bombing isn’t going to stop them from attacking us. This just leads to Yemeni rallying around the flag against the west. If you hate the houthis as much as you say you do you should be against killing civilians, that only fuels there movement.

    You seem to view the houthis as a small group of bad guys and once you kill all of them they’ll be gone. They aren’t, they’re a movement against the west, and bombings by the west that kill civilians only help that movement.

    If you want the houthis to stop attacking us, make Israel stop bombing gaza, it’s the only way that has worked. If you want the houthis to cease to exist, stop bombing civilians in Yemen. Saudi Arabia tried your strategy of bombing the houthis for 2 years and it didn’t work, why do you think it’ll work now?

    • HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee
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      4 days ago

      You keep insisting that you’re not on their side, but you do insist we more or less are morally obligated to let them try to kill us without responding.

      Furthermore, you demonstrate a clear double standard in your argument. If the only logical response to being bombed by the West is to attack Westerners, then doesn’t it stand to reason that the logical response to being attacked by the Houthis is to attack the Houthis? It’s the same as the arguments defending Hamas. You treat the Arabs as if they’re too stupid to try diplomacy while arguing we are morally obligated to endure being attacked by them.