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[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 34 points 4 months ago

Houthis are to Yemen what Hamas is to Palestine

A fundamentalist sect that needs to be purged for the greater society they parasitically latched onto to be able to even have a chance at prosperity.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

And, like Hamas, the primary actor interested in purging them isn't much better than they are.

Talk about a shitshow.

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

Takes scum to know scum it seems, or maybe it's the proxy war that Iran and KSA have been roiling the region with that involves them not being able to agree on anything except "Not a democracy."

But actually purging them would be literal genocide, right?

[-] Oofnik@kbin.earth 20 points 4 months ago

Thank you!!! It's like people can't keep two thoughts in their head at once.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 8 points 4 months ago

Dis guy bad, his enemies good! I'm smart!

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 20 points 4 months ago

MAn I've been served some shit on this site for calling out the houthis for shooting at civilians.

Like, Israel shooting at civilians is wrong. Hamas too. Anyone.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Holy shit. The Baha'is got mentioned. How'd that happen?

[-] pearable@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago

The frustrating thing is both Hamas and the Houtis are as powerful as they are because of the massive suppression of alternatives by the various powers at play in their respective conflicts.

Israel picked Hamas to be it's enemy. They suppressed the alternatives and funded Hamas.

In Yemen the government in the North and the Saudis are much more interested in fighting the Houtis than allowing the pro democratic forces to become ascendant.

This whole situation is the fault of US allies.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

In Yemen the government in the North and the Saudis are much more interested in fighting the Houtis than allowing the pro democratic forces to become ascendant.

Which pro-democratic forces are those, again?

[-] pearable@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Al-Hirak is the most prominent

I like this Jacobin writeup of the recent history in Yemen if you'd like more context

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

You do realize that the STC is part of the Saudi-backed government at this point, right

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Saudi Arabia controls SCP? We're fucked!

[-] nyctre@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You had me in the first half. Then you pissed all over it by blaming "eu allies" instead of the actual ones at fault. Saudis, Israel, conservativism, etc. Edit: meant us allies, not eu

[-] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Without once mentioning Iran either which is certainly a deliberate choice considering the subject.

[-] pearable@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

You might reread my last sentence, I didn't say anything about the EU.

The amount of material the US supplies to both Israel and the Saudis amounts to complicity. The tendency for the US to covertly cause coups throughout the world goes beyond complicity. The resulting government are almost always authoritarian and always support US economic interest. If Israel and the Saudis weren't there to serve the US's interests they would install someone who would.

I wish it was a simple issue of conservatism in the states causing this problem but is seems to be nonpartisan.

[-] blahsay@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

That'd definitely describe hamas too.

Haven't heard about their thoughts on the baha'is but it's not hard to guess

[-] LANIK2000@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Not disagreeing, just recently found out what semitic actually means and find it both hilarious and very alarming to call arabs "anti-semitic".

[-] Belastend@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Etymology and semantic meaning are not the same.

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[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Didn't they found out why America doesn't have healthcare?

[-] SeattleRain@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Is there any evidence to the child brides or aid diversion accusations?

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Oh damn, have we tried bombing the fuck out of them? That is bound to lead to a more liberal society.

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