Although Iran does not border the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, Yemen does, and Iran is closely allied with the Houthis, the Yemeni militant group that previously conducted dozens of strikes against Israel-linked vessels in the Red Sea in 2023 and 2024 in response to the war in Gaza.

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    Lets shoot at some innocent ships and their innocent crews. Terrorism is fun! Hell yeah!

    Note: My comment is a joke. Unlike the comment I am replying to.

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      Are they shooting those ships without warning? Edit: Israel blockades Palestine, US blockades Cuba, but it’s terrorism when Iran or Yemen do it. Sure, bud.

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        Are they shooting those ships without warning?

        So if I warn civilians that I am going to shoot them first, then it is OK to shoot them. According to your advanced moral theories, I assume.

        Edit: Israel blockades Palestine, US blockades Cuba, but it’s terrorism when Iran or Yemen do it. Sure, bud.

        So because “Israel bad” or “US bad”, it is good that the Houthies shoot random innocent ship crews?

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

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          Random innocent ship crews aren’t being targeted, ships that provide oil to Israel and US forces are, they directly support the terrorism done by these regimes. It’s like saying “what you are doing supports the inhuman war against my people, the fuel you sell to the genociding army provides the power for their planes to bomb our schools and massacre our children. We will stop ships from supporting this war effort, you can willingly leave your ship or we will disable it.”

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          Note: My comment is a joke. Unlike the comment I am replying to.

          Are you still joking, or is it that you never were, because you seem to be tripling down on your original shitty joke-but-not-really-joking.

          EDITED to add: 19 day old account, lol. Should’ve known. Blocked.

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          Oh shit, a link to “whataboutism” lmao. Suck my dick and balls you fuckin loser.

          Listen, Iran was attacked. They are overmatched militarily by the US and Israel. One key bit of leverage they have is enforcing a blockade of oil against the countries that are bombing them. Note that there is effectively no blockade for non-hostile countries.

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      Some of your other comments around the site have been pretty gross and clearly propogandist. So I imagine a lot of people just reflexively downvote you now. You may need to make a new account. This handle has lasted just under 1.5 Scaramuchis of time. I’ll say one thing about zionists though, they always come back, like a bad penny-- like its your job or something. See you back here when you open your next account. We’ll keep the light on for you.