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An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
US officials told the BBC’s US partner CBS the tanker was hit by an anti-ship ballistic missile and a naval ship was responding to its distress signal.
There were no injuries reported, the US officials said.
Houthi military spokesman Yaha Sarea said the group used “a number of appropriate naval missiles” and Friday’s strike was “direct”.
Okay. So where does Yemen, which is currently in a civil war, start? And what is our proposed role in helping achieve their comfortable life in the next few months?
Laying down and putting a gun to our head and saying “Please, pull the trigger if you feel so inclined” isn’t an alternative.
When you’re shot at, it is generally accepted that you’re allowed to shoot back.
A good start would be to stop selling weapons to the Saudis that then use them to commit genocide in Yemen.
And that will lead to Yemen having a comfortable life where they don’t feel compelled to do ‘dumb shit’ like this?
For the record, I am completely in support of cutting off the Saudis entirely from US arms sales. But it’s not a solution to the immediate, or, for that matter, the long-term problem here. Though arguably the long-term problem isn’t our concern, considering the amount of vitriol the US gets for ‘meddling’ in the affairs of foreign countries.
It’s hard to have a good life getting bombed to shit
Okay. Now the Saudis aren’t sold any more US weapons. The Yemeni civil war continues, with sectarian groups funded by the Saudis and Iranians bombing each other to shit.
What next?
Is the US not selling weapons to the Saudis? I’d love to see evidence of that.
We’re discussing a hypothetical. Please read the conversation before commenting.
In that case it’d help if SA doesn’t have a superpower backing it.
But how is it a solution to the current problem? I explicitly noted that I’m against the sale of arms to the Saudis - but the question is how does that solve the problem of the Houthis attacking civilian ships?
We invade Iraq
I fail to see how that solves anything.
See, you already forgot about Yemen! Problem solved!
I’ll take that as a tacit admission that you don’t actually have a solution, and just wanted to shoot off some feel-good “Can’t we just get along?” shite to avoid actually thinking about the region whilst simultaneously having strong opinions on it.