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NATO Claims Western Strikes on Yemen Are Defensive (www.telesurenglish.net)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because, as the warships are US flagged, all that matters for their conduct (until a UN resolution is passed or ICC takes action) is US Law.

Since the USN vessels are not within the internationally recognized jurisdiction of Yemen, Yemeni laws don't apply. So it can't really be illegal, then? Or is the law that no one, anywhere on earth, is allowed to disagree with them?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

The Saudi coalition (including the US; the US navy even directly took part in the blockade) has waged war on Ansarallah for years, and created an artificial famine that killed hundreds of thousands, mostly children. The US is waging an illegal war of aggression and genocide on the people of Yemen. They don't need a UN resolution to have the right to defend themselves.