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Martin Krisko's avatar

While you paint the Houthis as heroic for standing up against the "Israeli war machine," let's not overlook the brutal atrocities they themselves have committed. Consider these facts:

The Houthis have carried out numerous indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas in Yemen, launching missiles and mortars into populated zones with little regard for innocent lives.

They have been widely accused of recruiting and using child soldiers—forcing children into combat roles, which is not only a violation of international law but also a tragic exploitation of young lives.

There are multiple reports of the Houthis using civilians as human shields, deliberately placing non-combatants—often including women and children—in harm's way to protect their military assets.

In regions under their control, the Houthis have engaged in arbitrary detentions and extrajudicial killings, targeting political opponents, journalists, and dissenters without due process.

Their blockade of Yemeni ports and restrictions on humanitarian aid have directly contributed to severe famine and a deep humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

They have also targeted and destroyed civilian infrastructure, further crippling essential services and deepening the suffering of the population.

So while your comment glorifies the Houthis as if their "bravery" is something to celebrate, the reality is that their tactics have only compounded the misery of an already devastated nation. No matter how you spin it, using terror against civilians—whether by a state or a non-state actor—is indefensible.

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Jeffery John Higgs's avatar

Yes someone in this instant HAS to state that what Israel and its user...the USA (with its little group of complicit band of hangers on...the dollar being a very useful weapon)..there is all this fuss about "bias" etc when even really excellent humanitarian lawyers and marvellous charities who do admirable work everywhere state "what Israel has done MIGHT be war crimes"...as if there is any doubt whatsoever! Israel and the US and camp followers have flouted ALL International and Humanitarian Law and continue to do so. At Corfe Castle there is a subterranean dungeon (duly signed for visitors, many of which are school tours) where the English starved French Knights to death and there is now a little plaque stating "their cries became subdued croaks" (I paraphrase as I can't remember the precise terms nor can I forget either!). This was in the Middle Ages...we are now in the 21st century. Historically King John is regarded as "a very bad man" "cruel" and a "sadist"...that fits exactly how Netanyahu will be remembered along with his evil brigands. Come out EU and UN and say it loud and proud "Israel backed by the US ARE war criminals and MUST be punished.

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Kathleen McCroskey's avatar

Thank you, that is all completely correct. If we pretend to have a civilization on this planet, armed conflict between and within nations cannot be part of it. It is a shame that our past is soiled with this stain and yet it carries on. Alongside this issue is struggles for governance in nations, how does one consolidate enough power to actually govern, certainly not by committee. This can lead again to violence. And we ask - why don't some Arab nations stand up to the genocide? Yet must each be certified righteous before they protest the genocide? No nation would qualify, and certainly we must wait until Gilead is fully implemented on America before anyone there can be justified to speak to the morality of any other peoples, given America's past atrocities around the world.

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