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U.S. President Donald Trumpannounced Saturday that he had ordered the military to "launch decisive and powerful" action against the Houthis in war-torn Yemen, a glaring contradiction of what critics have called the Republican's "anti-war charade."

The U.S. bombing follows Trump redesignating the Houthis—also known as Ansar Allah—as a terrorist organization shortly after returning to office in January and comes just days after the group renewed a blockade on Israeli ships.

Shuaib Almosawa reported earlier this week for Drop Site News that "the military spokesperson for the Houthi-led government in Yemen on Tuesday announced the resumption of the naval blockade targeting Israeli ships traversing Yemen's waterways, following the expiration of its deadline for Israel to allow aid into the besieged Gaza Strip."

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[-] polycrome@lemmy.world 17 points 17 hours ago

How short are people memories? Republicans got us into Iraq and Afghanistan and somehow pretend to be 'anti-war?'

[-] hikuro93@lemmy.ca 28 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

What happened to the whole "let them fight each other, we don't need to be there" speech?

Probably the same that happened to all other "on day one" speeches, I assume.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Trump enacted the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. A judge shut it down, citing that it’s a wartime act. Trump then hit Yemen with an airstrike. Coincidence?

[-] Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Little different here because transit of trade through the Suez is essential for American business. It's very much in-line with Trumps ideology to care about his bottom line and protecting American business, not to mention he gets brownie points from his base for acting tough. Win win.

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