MicroWaveFeb 24, 2024

Sinking ship hit by Houthi missile leaves 18-mile oil slick in Red Sea, US officials say

https://lemmy.world/post/12341241

Sinking ship hit by Houthi missile leaves 18-mile oil slick in Red Sea, US officials say - Lemmy.World

A cargo ship that was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile on Monday has created an 18-mile long oil slick in the Red Sea as it continues to take on water, two US officials said Friday. The M/V Rubymar — a Belize-flagged, UK-registered, Lebanese-owned vessel — was carrying 41,000 tons of fertilizer when it was struck on Monday by one of two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi territory in Yemen. US Central Command said the ship is currently anchored as it takes on water. “The Houthis continue to demonstrate disregard for the regional impact of their indiscriminate attacks, threatening the fishing industry, coastal communities, and imports of food supplies,” US Central Command said.

Show threadNoneOfUrBusinessFeb 24, 2024
The Houthis have been ridiculous about their justifications for attacks, but where was this ship headed? It doesn't say in the article.
Show threadLandsharkgunFeb 24, 2024
Doesn’t matter. It’s civil disobedience with missiles. The point is less to destroy an enemy, and more to cause enough fuss that the various Western powers - almost all of whom are supporting the genocide in Palestine - change their behavior under the pressure.
Show threadMaggotyFeb 24, 2024
Civil disobedience doesn’t include violence. Much less military power.
Show threadCethinFeb 24, 2024
It isn’t civil disobedience because it’s trying to influence international politics. Civil disobedience isn’t always non-violent though. In fact I’d argue it requires a certain amount of violence, usually because it’s met with violence. Non-violent protest has never made a change happen on its own. It always at least requires a threat of violence.
Show threadhglman
It’s an act of war. The Houthis are not a rogue operation; they are part of a much larger global march to war. Any view other than this is the opening 2 years of a new global conflict is incomplete.
Feb 25, 2024 at 6:10amWeb
Show threadbbkprFeb 25, 2024
We are quite certainly in the beginning-ish of WW3.
Show threadfeedum_sneedsonFeb 25, 2024
I call them the Poopy… Poopies. The Poopies.
Show threadmriormroFeb 25, 2024
Infantilizing the precarious scenario the world currently finds itself in isn’t going to make it go away.
Show threadfeedum_sneedsonFeb 25, 2024
I don’t really do that. But that’s what people that say “Putler” sound like to me.
Show threadCethinFeb 25, 2024
Drumpf isn’t quite the same as the others. That was literally his family name until they changed it to sound less foreign. I think it’s somewhat fair to point out the anti-immigrant guy is himself an immigrant.
Show threadfeedum_sneedsonFeb 25, 2024
Yeah, but it’s America. I guess 99% of people are.
Show threadCethinFeb 25, 2024
I was just commenting on why it isn’t civil disobedience, because the other comment was wrong in why. Civil disobedience doesn’t necessarily mean non-violent, but it does mean internal to your country. It’s the same root as civics. It isn’t from the meaning of civil meaning polite, just like a civil war isn’t polite.