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Yemen's Houthis say they targeted 'Israeli ship MSC SKY' in the Arabian Sea (www.reuters.com)
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[–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

US and Saudis have been trying to bomb Yemen into submission for like 8 years now with nothing to show for it. I don't see why a few more air strikes are going to change anything.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What part are you replying to with this?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm referring to US doing strikes in Yemen, this is nothing new and this strategy showed no results over past 8 years. No reason to expect anything different going forward.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Right, you're talking about who lasts longer? I thought you were talking about the no impact thing and was confused.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's both, Yemenis have shown that they've been able to last for 8 years without any clear impact from the bombing strategy. The impact from Yemeni blockade is visible, we see economic costs for the west. The impact from bombing in terms of Yemen being able to pursue its policies is not clear because we don't see their policies change or become less effective.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So when you meant no impact you were thinking of in the way that if they can still shoot missiles that means there has been no impact?

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Right, I'm saying the strikes are not achieving a change in behavior or capability. So, there is no impact in terms of what Yemen is doing whether US carries strikes out or not.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I guess I thought you meant the strikes were having no impact as in genuinely zero impact

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I mean, I'm sure they're having impact killing civilians and destroying infrastructure in Yemen.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Missile firing infrastructure and capability is sorta the target. Luckily first civilian death was just yesterday and so far I think that's the only one.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If missile firing infrastructure is the target, then it's pretty clear that US is not capable of doing any meaningful damage to this infrastructure. Again, the original point was that US is unable to achieve its stated goals while Yemen is.

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