Re:Houthi anti-ship missile systems: getting better all the ...
by hayst4ck on Sunday January 21, 2024 @03:27AM
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There are two ways to interpret "stop the genoicde":
(1) Force Israel to end their textbook genocide being carried our against gazans because their genocide is an abomination and stopping it is the right thing to do. We should stop it, not just because it might prevent decades of international embarrassment, but so that all of Blinken's pretty words about "Rule of Law" spoken against Russia aren't hollow and meaningless. Genocide is illegal. Israel is enacting a genocide. Israel should be stopped because of Rule of Law demands it. Rule of law for your enemies, but not for your friends is called "spheres of influence," and it directly supports Xi's international sales pitch and contradicts that America has any principles other than realpolitik.
This is off topic.
(2) Force Israel to end their genocide because the allies of Gazans demand it with the use of force against an impactful, but not particularly guilty, third party. Said differently: we should do what is pragmatic.
This is wrong.
I down-voted the other reply, not because I disagree with the action, Israel should be stopped from continuing their expansionist genocide, but because the Houthi's attacks against merchant vessels is a non factor in what should be happening in Israel. What is happening in Israel should not alter our response to Houthis.
Stopping the genocide is the right goal. Doing it because it is strategically convenient is absolutely not the right thing to do. The Houthi's actions are not justified. The Houthis are guilty and we have every right to military action against them. Israel's actions don't justify Houthi actions. A change in Israel is no guarantee of a Houthi change.
When you show weakness to an enemy, you are telling your enemy what they are doing works and promote more of that behavior.
(1) Force Israel to end their textbook genocide being carried our against gazans because their genocide is an abomination and stopping it is the right thing to do. We should stop it, not just because it might prevent decades of international embarrassment, but so that all of Blinken's pretty words about "Rule of Law" spoken against Russia aren't hollow and meaningless. Genocide is illegal. Israel is enacting a genocide. Israel should be stopped because of Rule of Law demands it. Rule of law for your enemies, but not for your friends is called "spheres of influence," and it directly supports Xi's international sales pitch and contradicts that America has any principles other than realpolitik.
This is off topic.
(2) Force Israel to end their genocide because the allies of Gazans demand it with the use of force against an impactful, but not particularly guilty, third party. Said differently: we should do what is pragmatic.
This is wrong.
I down-voted the other reply, not because I disagree with the action, Israel should be stopped from continuing their expansionist genocide, but because the Houthi's attacks against merchant vessels is a non factor in what should be happening in Israel. What is happening in Israel should not alter our response to Houthis.
Stopping the genocide is the right goal. Doing it because it is strategically convenient is absolutely not the right thing to do. The Houthi's actions are not justified. The Houthis are guilty and we have every right to military action against them. Israel's actions don't justify Houthi actions. A change in Israel is no guarantee of a Houthi change.
When you show weakness to an enemy, you are telling your enemy what they are doing works and promote more of that behavior.