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  • pearable@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    The frustrating thing is both Hamas and the Houtis are as powerful as they are because of the massive suppression of alternatives by the various powers at play in their respective conflicts.

    Israel picked Hamas to be it’s enemy. They suppressed the alternatives and funded Hamas.

    In Yemen the government in the North and the Saudis are much more interested in fighting the Houtis than allowing the pro democratic forces to become ascendant.

    This whole situation is the fault of US allies.

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      5 months ago

      In Yemen the government in the North and the Saudis are much more interested in fighting the Houtis than allowing the pro democratic forces to become ascendant.

      Which pro-democratic forces are those, again?

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      5 months ago

      You had me in the first half. Then you pissed all over it by blaming “eu allies” instead of the actual ones at fault. Saudis, Israel, conservativism, etc. Edit: meant us allies, not eu

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        5 months ago

        You might reread my last sentence, I didn’t say anything about the EU.

        The amount of material the US supplies to both Israel and the Saudis amounts to complicity. The tendency for the US to covertly cause coups throughout the world goes beyond complicity. The resulting government are almost always authoritarian and always support US economic interest. If Israel and the Saudis weren’t there to serve the US’s interests they would install someone who would.

        I wish it was a simple issue of conservatism in the states causing this problem but is seems to be nonpartisan.