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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.
And, like Hamas, the primary actor interested in purging them isn't much better than they are.
Talk about a shitshow.
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?
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.
Thank you!!! It's like people can't keep two thoughts in their head at once.
Dis guy bad, his enemies good! I'm smart!
Holy shit. The Baha'is got mentioned. How'd that happen?
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.
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?
Al-Hirak is the most prominent
I like this Jacobin writeup of the recent history in Yemen if you'd like more context
You do realize that the STC is part of the Saudi-backed government at this point, right
Saudi Arabia controls SCP? We're fucked!
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
Without once mentioning Iran either which is certainly a deliberate choice considering the subject.
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.
That'd definitely describe hamas too.
Haven't heard about their thoughts on the baha'is but it's not hard to guess
Not disagreeing, just recently found out what semitic actually means and find it both hilarious and very alarming to call arabs "anti-semitic".
Didn't they found out why America doesn't have healthcare?
Is there any evidence to the child brides or aid diversion accusations?
Bruh, your own source says it's the Saudi backed militants (aka American proxies) that are stealing the aid. Not the Houthis.
From my source:
The problem of lost and stolen aid is common in Taiz and other areas controlled by Yemen’s internationally recognized government, which is supported by the Saudi-led military coalition. It is even more widespread in territories controlled by the Houthi rebels, the struggling government’s main enemy during the nearly four years of warfare that has spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
After the release of the AP’s investigation on Monday, the United Nations’ World Food Program for the first time directly accused the Houthi rebels of diverting aid. WFP director David Beasley said in a letter to the Houthis’ leader that if the rebels did not investigate and put an end to theft, the organization would suspend some assistance, potentially effecting nearly 3 million people.
If you aren't going to read the source, why ask for them?
Oh damn, have we tried bombing the fuck out of them? That is bound to lead to a more liberal society.