This appears to be headed to a boiling point, regardless of what either side says, especially with today's retaliation against the Iran-backed groups. And we may be looking at a group in Iraq. I don't see how this doesn't end up with us sending a few bombers and missiles into Iran itself if they don't tell their surrogates to calm down.
Will their be any outrage about killing civilians? https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/03/middleeast/us-strikes-iraq-syria-what-we-know-intl/index.html
... My dude, many leftists have been apoplectic since Oct 8 about civilian deaths and call Biden "Genocide Joe." So, yes. Maybe this is a media bubble thing, where you all don't see the same stuff I do but.. yes. Oh yes. There will be and has been outrage. Many leftists perceive Hamas and Houthis as "freedom fighters" standing up to "imperialists" from Europe (how they perceive Israel).
There were dipshit tankies falling all over themselves about that video of the Yemeni people getting out and protesting after we (rightfully) bombed the Houthis that had been attacking civilian ships.
Just so I am clear, I do really feel for the Yemeni people. They kinda always get the shit end of the stick no matter what is happening and who is in charge
Same. I feel bad for the Yemeni, Palestinians, and Iranians. But I also feel bad for the Israelis, random merchant vessels, and the US military members who were killed. I don't want war and air strikes, but we can't be bullied.
Most people navigate politics relative to themselves, and thus are their own "centers." So if you see me as left of you, you think I am a leftist. Buddy, I am not. I am as disliked by leftists almost more than a conservative because they think people like me hold back conservatives from pushing society to a tipping point against right wing policies. I do not oppose capitalism. I like a representative democracy. These are not leftist things. Biden is center-left. He's actually a little right of me. Much of the democratic party is. The Squad is a little left of me. Beyond them, or maybe bordering some of them, are "leftists."
Most Americans only remember that Yemen exists about once a decade. But then again, most Americans are stupid.
They were in the deep dive news in 2015 and early Trump years as they were half of the Yemen civil war which many US allies were involved in and Trump supported the Arab intervention against them. Example: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/houthi-rebels-fired-missile-riyadh-hours-trump-arrived-n763156 Now of course, because Biden is the POTUS, he opposes striking the Houthis as he has no actual positions other than his own power and prestige.
