- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
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”.
Sure, imperialism is the major cause of suffering in this world. Trading routes of the west symbolise it. If being righteous is defined as supremacy based on military might… then there’s no greater terrorism in the world than that of Rich Oil Barrons and the Imperial nations that enable and protect it.
Terrorism is the label given to people who use violence for their political goals… by people who use state-sponsored violence to maintain their version of “peace”, the one in which they are righteous and thus can control others or commit the same atrocities… only their terrorism is accepted by a totally corrupt process such as voting. (Actually voting does nothing as all the important stuff is several layers removed from public office holders)
Which of those countries is the imperialist power again? Marshall Islands? Singapore? I suppose we’re holding grudges against Greece from a couple thousand years ago?
Those countries do not own the ships. They are just registered there to dodge taxes and evade sanctions among other things.
Owned by a multinational, registered at a flag of convenience, trading between two non-involved small countries m, yet y’all are trying to claim this is a legit strike back against “imperialism”or “Zionism”. BS it’s classic attention-seeking. They’re striking out at random passersby at the instigation of Iran trying to benefit from Chaos
It’s linked with the UK. It’s right there in the Article. And UK ships got blocked after they started bombing Yemen.
If Yemen bombed UK soil directly, do you think the UK should also let ships of Yemen pass through their waters?
Countries selling stuff to each other is imperialism? Care to check the logic on that?
Do you think France cares about Democracy in Africa? These countries just use democracy as a dogwhistle and steal natural resources. Don’t think that these westerners care more about you than some religious dictators.>
Globalization is just some rich industrialists trying to cut costs and rip off people in rich countries. The fact that it uplifted people in other countries from poverty is a side effect and an instrument to make people believe that capitalism is the best way of life and convince people to ditch their simple life. Whereas in reality it’s just that extracting untold amounts of stuff from the ground is going to inevitably lead to material gain, regardless of whether some giant corporation struck a deal with a poor country or not.
Rampant consumerism is destroying the planet and keeping the masses from acting against rich people. Global trade is just exacerbating the problem.
You don’t NEED something from across the globe. People used to not consime anything that wasnt available locally. Manufacturing used to be local. But some asshole decided that it saved $5/hr in labour costs to ship some part half way across the globe and reship the finished product back to their country for assembly. Now we have untold amounts of garbage being dumped and floating around in all of our water bodies.
Dropping the world economy into the pot isn’t going to make imperialism better. It just brings back colonialism, mercantilism, and trade wars with actual fighting. You can feel smug all day long in the rubble.