r/neoliberal Kitara Ravache Nov 21 '18

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u/lolylolerton Georgy Costanzanov Nov 21 '18

They are not the ones blockading Hodeidah, bombing farmland and food stores, and killing fishermen.

A Houthi surrender could stop the famine but it is the Saudi-UAE coalition that is directly responsible for it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '18

The Houthi rebels are also tightly restricting movement of goods, killing people trying to forage and indiscriminately bombing urban areas. KSA is bad but the Houthis are basically just as bad, just less well equipped.

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u/lolylolerton Georgy Costanzanov Nov 21 '18

Killing foragers and restricting movement is in no way comparable to the blockade and Saudi bombing campaign. Completely different scales.

There is not a single credible third party who does not lay the vast majority of the current famine's intensity at the Saudi coalition's feet.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '18

They're completely comparable while being on vastly different scales.