The targeting of another U.S.-owned commercial ship Wednesday shows the militant group remains intent on continuing its attacks in the face of multiple rounds of U.S. military airstrikes.
The Houthis launched anti-ship ballistic missiles at the U.S.-owned, flagged and operated commercial ship Maersk Detroit as it was transiting the Gulf of Aden, according to a statement from the U.S. Central Command. The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely shot down two missiles and a third fell into the water. There were no indications of damage or injuries in the attack.
The U.S. military has been conducting airstrikes against the Houthis to degrade their capabilities since Jan.11, after several weeks of attacks on commercial ships by the militant group.
Saying that you support the Houthis in their efforts to stop genocide does not mean you agree with everything they stand for.
You don’t have to unequivocally support a group to encorse one specific action.
Attacking civilian ships with civilian crews does nothing to stop genocide; it’s just terrorism.
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By that definition my company toyota Corolla is a valid military target. My brother in Christ Google the definition of “civilian”. Literally anyone or anything not government related qualifies. These ships have “relations” with almost every country, that’s how international commerce works you dumbass.
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That’s absolutely false all the targets were directly linked with israel. And now it’s expanded to include all countries that fired missles on Yemen.
Try smuggling goods into Iran or Russia with your Toyota Corolla and if you get caught tell them you are driving a civilian vehicle. I hear that makes everything legal.
If you’re delivering supplies to a Nazi group committing genocide you’re not called a “civilian”.
The Yemeni have designed it terrorist ships. Contrary to everything you believe America isn’t the only nation in the world able to design targets as terror.
False dichotomy.
Genocide stops == Houthis blockade lifts.
That easy. Instead of trying to be a genocide enabler consider criticizing the israelis that just shot a tank at 20 Palestinians waiting in line for food aid.
Palestine removes Hamas == war stops
That easy
Strange there was no Hamas 75 years ago but israel still committed genocide.
You think maybe Hamas exists as a resonse to genocide?
Don’t fall for propaganda like a dumbass. These two ships were carrying DOD cargo.
Good point. The civilian sailors clearly deserve it. After all, they get to pick and choose which cargo they carry… just like the Palestinians got to pick their own government and chose terrorists.
If they were good little wage-slaves, they’d have quit and starved until they found a morally pure capitalist to work for.
It’d be cool if they started doing things do stop genocide. Instead of just saying it and then doing other stuff.
It’d be cool if you weren’t defending Genocide.
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The Houthis are doing stuff to stop genocide. Namely ships to nations that are committing genocide.
Here’s an actual video of what’s going on there https://youtu.be/sAApTUChi1g
They are attacking civilian vessels. They do fuck all to stop genocide.
Poor civilian oil tankers transporting oil to a nation committing genocide :( if only there was a way they could safely pass again. How about not committing genocide?
I am genuinely perplexed at the amount of mental gymnastics you are doing to justify attacking civilian ships from other countries that are not enemy combatants. Incredible Olympic display of psychological back-flips.
Here’s a simple take , stop bombing women and children , and they’ll stop attacking civilian ships , is that complicated for you? They are a militant group, do you think they care about rules in combat?, I mean they are doing way better than Israel at this point.
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Yes cause the houthis are Bear loving kinda of Islamist militia, right. Definitely have never engaged in the same type of actions ever/s
I don’t recall the Houthis ever blockading the red sea before.
Somalia had some pirates but that was just literal theft and extortion. And that’s not the Houthis.
Mind linking what you are talking about?
It’s a militia islamic militia, do you think they haven’t done the same thing as Israel does to their population, or a subset of their population?
It’s just a way to grab the attention span of everyone which helps their recruitment.
You’re really trying to defend israel’s genocide in any possible way. “No they allowed to stop genocide, they are the bad guys!”
I’m not here to simp for whatever war crimes they did internally. Just this specific action isn’t one you should denounce.
There was a Houthi spokesperson on BBC. They told him the same thing. His response was very simple.
If other groups want to enhance their popularity by stopping genocide they’re very welcome to do so.
How about you go stop israel’s genocide if you don’t want the Houthi’s to do it?
https://youtu.be/z4HguzMRW1M
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Somalian Pirates were actually often protecting their territorial waters from foreign opportunists plundering in the collapse of the Somalian government. The framing as pirates only works in the sense that these weren’t state-driven fleets, but rather civilian driven in order to protect their livelihoods against corporate raiders.
I just checked the list of ships they attacked. You are right that they are almost all cargo but there was a cruise ship in there
Do you have any good articles or videos explaining the situation with the Somali pirates? I might be wrong about it and would love to know what the actual deal was.
Sure, here’s an updated link from what I knew even.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2015/10/6/illegal-overfishing-and-the-return-of-somalias-pirates
Hope you find it as interesting as I did just now, cheers!
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