"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern Tip of Africa"

Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by fulladder on Monday January 08, 2024 @04:36PM (#38918527)

I don't understand this. Like, I'm some random American voter, and a Maersk chemical tanker gets attacked. Maybe I pay a higher end-consumer price for some product a few months from now, but why is that going to cause me to go out and protest something or other to do with Israel?

What I'm trying to ask: what is the outcome these attackers are expecting, and how does it benefit them?

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Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by ars on Monday January 08, 2024 @05:43PM (#38919398)

> What I'm trying to ask: what is the outcome these attackers are expecting, and how does it benefit them?

It's not really that complicated. They just hate Jews (and the US), it's quite literally in their slogan.

They don't really have a goal other than "try to kill Jews", and this is the best they are currently able to do.

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Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by grenouille932 on Monday January 08, 2024 @09:28PM (#38921490)

Houthis are trying to enforce a blockade of Israel by targeting ships going to Israeli ports (or owned by Israelis).

They are asking Israel to let humanitarian aid into Gaza to ease that blockade.

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Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by saiya-jin on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:01PM (#38956001)

Spanish election IIRC in 2004 were won by the party which promised to withdraw from Iraq. A small detail - bunch of bombs killed 200+ people few days before that, and terrorists stated clearly this is their reason, so they got their way.

What I want to say - this kind of pressure often works, in some ways.

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