I have a feeling it has less to do with a foundational nature of evil, and everything to do with a population being impoverished, oppressed, and forgotten.

Instead of spending 1.2 billion dollars bombing them, maybe purchasing 600 million dollars of their chief export would be a better idea.

Empower the legitimate businesses and the people in the region who aren't launching missiles instead of ravaging the region and creating a new generation of 'militant rebels'.

[–] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 9 months ago

I have a feeling it has less to do with a foundational nature of evil, and everything to do with a population being impoverished, oppressed, and forgotten.

Instead of trusting your feelings and alluding that the Houthis launch missiles "because they're forgotten", you could list the actual reason they've given, which is enforcing a blockade against ships trading with Israel.

Given that statement, I'm sure that the Houthis will stop their strikes when Israel stops their ongoing genocide. The US could have their shipping lanes back if they stop funding and arming a genocide and force a permanent ceasefire.

[–] thecookingsenpai@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

This what? These people are religious fanatics so self absorbed in superstition and nonsense that they will literally blow themselves up and kill a bunch of people just out having breakfast because they don't like the hours of operation one group sets for a pile of rocks some other group wants to visit on one day but not on another day. It is their utter lack of empathy and rationality that makes them evil pieces of shit. They aren't fucking freedom fighters standing up for innocent people. They are morons who want religious control over their own people and every other person, absolute male domination of women in society, minority rule, and the ethnic cleansing of Jewish people from the middleeast.

With the support of useful idiots as you, of course.

[–] thecookingsenpai@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Which books or sources have you read or studied to classify a sub set of people in such a precise manner?

They who, first of all

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 4 points 9 months ago

read

Come on man you don't have to murder him like that.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The Houthi are the Proud Boys of Yemen.

After 1/6, instead of arresting the insurrectionists, maybe we should have bought more Proud Boys merchandise? That's your solution to religious extremists attempting to overthrow the government?

[–] Melkath@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yemen's chief export is Proud Boys merch?

Didn't know that.

Thanks for informing me and not just being a murderous troll.

If that's the case, just nuke Yemen. Explosives are the only real fix for social issues.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I was comparing religious extremists in the US who attempted to overthrow the US government with the Houthi who are doing the same in Yemen. The Houthi aren't the official Yemen government. They are a religious faction who are attempting to overthrow the Yemeni government.

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca -2 points 9 months ago

Spending 1.2 billion on bombing campaigns keeps 1.2 billion in the American economy. Giving another country 600 million only exports money from their grasp.

Peace is not the point of the war machine.