- 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”.
There were demonstrations too. Western governments don’t give a shit about losing money. Look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They care about getting re-elected. And right now the Houthis are giving them a bloody rag to wave at the electorate.
The only way this is helping is if you want to see the entire global economy crash.
Iraq was one of the least popular wars. America invaded Iraq to steal their oil. Because that made money. They didn’t care about any reelecton.
Any time farmers start blocking highways or people go on mass strike the government changes their tone.
Monetary shipping blocks like the Houthi’s are doing right now are probably the least violent and most effective way to go about it. Their alternative is blowing up Saudi’s oil and start a mass regional war.
This isn’t a protest it’s piracy. And this isn’t a commuter highway it’s the logistical route for transferring goods from Asia to Europe.
Nobody is listening to the people trying to take the entire world hostage. You have the shittiest take on piracy I’ve ever seen.
Go open a history book and find out how the Apartheid in South Africa ended.
I must have missed the part where the ANC attempted to block the Suez Canal. In fact it was the reverse. The world boycotted the South African Apartheid regime.
You know how you don’t get the world to boycott Israel? By demanding it with terrorism.