If the infrastructure is key to the war effort, fair game. But like, the nether the Houthis nor the British are directly involved in the Israeli invasion of Palestine. Whereas I’m pretty sure Ukraine–having been invaded by Russia on false pretenses–has limited their targets to inside Ukraine and Russia.
Also, like, terrorism has a definition. The purpose behind Ukrainian attacks are direct military goals, while the Houthis are trying to generate pressure on the international community to drop support for Israel. The Houthis are using bottom-tier logic, but it is fundamentally different from what Ukraine is doing both in terms of actions and reasoning.
Initially the Houthis only blocked ships related to israel which is completely fair game and heroic as they are standing up against Genocide.
Then America and Britain decided to bomb Yemen in order to help israel in their Genocide.
Now follow me here:
since Britain has bombed yemen they are directly at war with Yemen.
And these British ships are as directly involved in the war with the Houthis, as Russian trains are with the war in Ukraine.
Well shit, I wager the vast majority of people didn’t know most of that (including myself). I still think the situations aren’t a 1:1 comparison, but the Houthi logic is at least more reasonable.
To be fair one of these is probably not transporting civilian goods if the train is close to the front lines.
The train is going to China.
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It still amazes me that right after everyone got a masterclass on “people who are being colonized have the right to defend themselves” in Ukraine, they turn around and put an israeli flag in their profile picture.
Even this meme pointing out the severe hypocrisy is only met with denial.
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Personally I swing the complete opposite way.
Ukrainians are based for blowing up Russian railways.
And the Houthis are based for blocking shipping.
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Yes but that’s why damaging their economy is so great. If you do it right it often costs far less lives than doing combat.
The Houthis have massively impacted the war and they haven’t killed a person so far!
The Chinese will be fine.
No it’s going to the front lines!!!
Actually I don’t care because it’s China! Only Palestinians are not allowed to damage OUR economy!
Can’t I say fuck the Russian and Israeli government in the same breath?
Of course. That is the most based stance.
My problem is that here on Lemmy there’s still a huge group of Lemmings actively attacking the Yemeni blockade on shipping. Which Yemen imposed to stop israel’s Genocide.
Apparently only Ukrainins are allowed to defend themselves against colonization, but Palestinians aren’t because they’re not white.