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Then it's a good thing there's not an Abdul-Malik al-Houthi in the administration, as they might have included the wrong person on the private group chat.

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They should add one then, because the operation described is illegal under international law and should not have been executed. They are punishing Yemen for resisting the US backed Israeli genocide in Gaza. It is ghastly.

I have empathy for civilians, but you’re having empathy to self-declared murders and terrorists. It’s in their Houthi motto. That’s ghastly

The US and Israeli governments are murderers and terrorists via their actions. You're complaining about a slogan.

Well no, he’s complaining about their actions which is shown (in part, relevant to this comment) easily by their enthusiastic acceptance of said slogan.

The blockade of the red sea is a humanitarian operation that is fulfilling yemen's obligations under international law. Genocide prevention rises above all other obligations including the protection of commerce. The united states is facilitating a genocide, we are a bad actor.

If you have empathy for civilians regardless, the United States bombed a civilian residence and killed many bystanders to get at a Houthi official engaged in genocide prevention. This is a war crime.

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