this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2025
126 points (98.5% liked)

World News

35859 readers
729 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

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.

top 17 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] davel@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Capital demands an enemy so capital creates an enemy.

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yup, gotta support the “defense“ industry somehow.

[–] dan69@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Y are they considered baddies?

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] davel@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago
[–] zulfiqaramer@lemmings.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

America is like the Fire Nation from Avatar.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

And accomplished very little honestly. How do they expect to win a near-peer conflict, let alone a peer conflict

[–] marathon01@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 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.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

The US and Saudis have been trying to bomb Yemen into submission for like a decade now. It should be obvious that it's not going to happen, and yet we see more of the same.

[–] zulfiqaramer@lemmings.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 6 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

Capital freedom ftfy

[–] zulfiqaramer@lemmings.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

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