• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s that it’s an act of war against any country moving cargo through there.

    If you consider the history of Yemen and the decade-long struggle of Houthi insurgents against a Saudi backed dictatorship, eh? They’ve been at war with a proxy of a proxy of the US for some time now. Might as well claim the Taliban is committing an act of war against countries moving cargo through Kabul.

    And they haven’t had an impact.

    95% of traffic routed from the Red Sea isn’t an impact?

    They could go fight the Israelis directly.

    They are. This is a direct attack on the Israeli economy. It is costing the state billions.