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      attacking civilian transports

      They are enforcing a blockade, just like any other nation is allowed to enforce a blockade. Israel attacks civilian transports all the time to enforce blockades. This action is not only respectable, it’s legal.

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          It’s literally how blockades are enforced and have been enforced for centuries. You just want to make it seem special to justify the bombing campaign.

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              Israel is attacking civilians. Yemen is enforcing a blockade in its own territory to stop Israel from attacking civilians. If you protest Yemen’s blockade, you support Israeli attacks on civilians. You are not a good person.

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                  So are you saying it’s not a legal blockade?

                  I don’t worry about looking like an asshole when arguing with people like you.

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      Yemen’s territorial waters bottleneck the Red Sea. By international law, their actions are valid.

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        Houthis are a rebel group and not the officially recognized government last time I checked. So if you want to bring up international law for rebel groups then I guess we can add thousands of new governments suddenly?

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          They have de facto control, but lack de jure control.

          Where have we seen this before…