Statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Terrorist Designation of the Houthis
Statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Terrorist Designation of the Houthis
Over the past months, Yemen-based Houthi militants have engaged in unprecedented attacks against United States military forces and international maritime vessels operating in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. These attacks fit the textbook definition of terrorism. They have endangered U.S. personn...
This sounds like preparations for a blockade of Yemen’s ports. Am I reading this right?
Seems like it.
Most definitely
It's probably the most effective way to prevent them from receiving Iranian weapons and shooting them at civilian ships.
If the Houthis cease their attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, the United States will immediately reevaluate this designation.
All they gotta do is stop shooting at civilian ships and everyone will go back to not blowing up their assault facilities and preventing weapon shipments.
So much fucking stereotyping!
Houthis are a mostly political movement and the de facto government of the most populous parts of Yemen.
Saying "our action targets the Houthis and not the people of Yemen" is straight nonsense deliberately designed to paint the chosen government of most of the Yemeni people as identical to small groups of terrorists within the large movement.
It's straight out of the Dubya/Cheney/Rumsfeld playbook of manufacturing consent for war crimes.
Don't think the US is in any position to call anyone else a "terrorist" considering they're facing charges of genocide at the Hague right now
While true the US has no business calling anyone else a terrorist, they are NOT facing charges at the Hague. Removed for misinformation.