• Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    European here: we did not ask for your help, we do not particularly want you to bomb the houthis (or anyone in the Middle East for that matter).

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        8 days ago

        This bombing campaign won’t prevent missile attacks on shipping. If anything, it will further motivate ships to avoid the area.

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        8 days ago

        We would indeed prefer shipping to Suez. That’s why we deploy navy ships to the Red Sea. Doesn’t mean that we asked for this particular strike on Jemen (which as many already pointed out is unlikely to affect piracy much). You can’t say you do something for Europe when to my knowledge no European nation asked for this “aide”.