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getagrip_already

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2. Imperial assault?

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 12, 2024, 02:08 PM

Jan 2024

That's rich.

This a band of terrorists that seized control of a city in a civil war and has launched both pirate hijackings and terror missile strikes on international shipping.

They fucked around. They were struck.

This isnt some imperialist land grab. It is international punishment for piracy and terrorism.

They can stand at their shiny podiums in their pretty uniforms and screech all they want. They fire ballistic missiles, they get return fire.

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"A Breach of Yemeni Sovereignty": Biden Becomes Fourth U.S. President to Bomb Yemen [View all] Uncle Joe Jan 2024 OP

It's all theater. Voltaire2 Jan 2024 #1

Imperial assault? getagrip_already Jan 2024 #2

Yes, we are the imperial core, the military and financial hegemon. Voltaire2 Jan 2024 #8

yes, they are terrorists, sorry getagrip_already Jan 2024 #9

So they're not terrorists Hieronymus Phact Jan 2024 #10

Typical Democracy Now bullshit. Shooting at ships in international waters is what the Houthi's JohnSJ Jan 2024 #3

If you don't like Democracy Now, there are six corporate conglomerates Uncle Joe Jan 2024 #4

Democracy Now is quite happy to exclusively push their one-sided left-wing, anti-Democratic JohnSJ Jan 2024 #6

Yes because six corporate news conglomerates for a nation of 330 million and a world Uncle Joe Jan 2024 #7

truth to power, really? They bashed Biden and the Democrats for supporting Ukraine aid when JohnSJ Jan 2024 #12

Two points, 1. The Houthi Rebels have stated in the OP, that they're only targeting Uncle Joe Jan 2024 #13

Nice try justifying the terrorists attacking any ships in international waters JohnSJ Jan 2024 #14

Still can't find anything, eh? Uncle Joe Jan 2024 #15

Exactly. Bashing, slandering Democrats is punching down, helping right-wingers everywhere. betsuni Jan 2024 #16

They're Tankies Hieronymus Phact Jan 2024 #17

Haven't they captured a ship and taken the crew hostage? Walleye Jan 2024 #5

yes, and they have tried to sink several others. getagrip_already Jan 2024 #11