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The US has been bombing Yemen using two aircraft carriers in the region and B-2 bombers stationed at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The Pentagon has shared virtually no details about its war, which has not been authorized by Congress, but it's likely the bombing campaign has already cost billions in just over one month.

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[–] TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] davel@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Because Ansar Allah is denying maritime trade with the Zionist entity in response to their ongoing genocide of Palestinians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Capital demands an enemy so capital creates an enemy.

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Yup, gotta support the “defense“ industry somehow.

[–] dan69@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Y are they considered baddies?

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] davel@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago
[–] zulfiqaramer@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

America is like the Fire Nation from Avatar.

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm editing this because I don't have the bandwidth to read about this right now but why are we fighting these wars when they're hardly ever / never moral

[–] superkret@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To protect the freedom of American citizens, who are threatened and oppressed by Jemen refusing to trade with Israel.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Capital freedom ftfy

[–] marathon01@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And yet, the Houthis are still firing missiles and attacking the US fleet. The US still doesn't understand the limits of its military power, and all they're doing is showing the world that weakness.

[–] zulfiqaramer@lemmings.world 3 points 1 month ago

I hope the Houthis continue until Palestine is liberated from its zionist occupiers.

[–] zulfiqaramer@lemmings.world 2 points 1 month ago

Such a waste of money just so we can keep wasting money on israel.