• fastandcurious@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      They are protecting their civilians or the ones they can benefit from, and killing others who are not, they are not doing this in good faith

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      10 months ago

      Cargo ships can take a longer route, they don’t need to be there. The US values cargo over human lives.

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        10 months ago

        The longer route costs an additional million dollars in diesel alone. Even if you don’t care about the enormous economic impact, the environmental impact alone is huge.

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          10 months ago

          Oh okay, so we’re killing people over causing environmental damage? Let’s murder the CEO of Nestle, BP etc. They deserve it way more!

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            10 months ago

            You know that isn’t what I am saying.

            As far as I’m aware, there have been no reports whatsoever of non-military targets being hit in the strikes. Targeting the infrastructure being used by a non-state group to disrupt the most critical trade route on earth is absolutely proportionate.

            The CEOs of those companies should be prosecuted instead, however there is not appropriate legislation for environmental damage in the UK and US.

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              10 months ago

              You know that isn’t what I am saying.

              It is what you’re implying. Even in this very comment: you just assume that violence is appropriate for protecting a trade route, but we have to be very nice to CEOs of companies that destroy the environment and use slave labor. Please examine your own biases and see the consequences.