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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    Genocide begets resistance and technology closes the gaps between rich states and oppressed ones.

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      Except Ukraine and Iran are on opposite sides.

      More like, war continues to change, but the age of guerillas is still ongoing.

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        Fair enough, considering Ukraine is an imperial proxy vs Iran and Yemen, which are independent countries acting in self-defense.

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            Agreed, and wouldn’t the US be an imperial proxy of Israel, by the same definition? So this really a Israel vs Iran war when you get right down to it. Too bad everyone else is being swept up in it. I guess thats war for you, especially when Israel is involved.

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              wouldn’t the US be an imperial proxy of Israel

              No. I don’t see how you could think or justify the US being a proxy of Israel.

              It may be the other way around, however one of the two countries is clearly stronger. One of the two countries could pull out of the war by just leaving, if they really wanted to.

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            The reason Yemen is not an imperial proxy is because it’s a democratic, revolutionary government acting within its own interests. Proxies work for the empire at a detriment to themselves.

            For instance, Ukraine refused a peace plan in favor of a protracted war because the UK and US wanted to use Ukraine to weaken Russia.

            The Yemenis are in conflict with the Saudis and any country allied with them, which includes Israel. This is because the Saudis wanted regime change in Yemen and has split the country in two.

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                Nonsense. Ukraine’s interests include being at peace with its neighbors, not being $ billion in debt to Western arms dealers, in a losing war, etc.

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                  It’s interests are clearly to conquer the galaxy.

                  If you can invent alternate basic facts about what’s happening, so will I.