• Welcome to the Internet Infidels Discussion Board.

So why aren't we seeing similar outrage at the Arab coalition bombing of Yemenis as we see against Israel Palestinian bombing?

 
 
 
Axulus

Axulus

Veteran Member
Joined
Jun 17, 2003
Messages
4,686
Location
Hallandale, FL
Basic Beliefs
Right leaning skeptic
Dozens of Yemeni children and civilians have been killed in the fairly indiscriminate bombing being carried out by Saudi Arabia and it's Arab Coalition partners against Yemen. Where are the street protests? Where is the outrage? Do Muslim lives only matter when it is non-Muslims doing the killing?

I think I'm seeing a pattern here. Black lives matter only when whites do the killing. Muslim lives matter only when it's the non-Muslims doing the killing. Why the double standards?
 
Also, I don't understand why is US still supporting former president of Yemen and not the rebels. I thought once president is maidaned out of the country it's a win for democracy and automatic support of the leader of the free world. Congress should vote to send arms to the rebels.
 
Outrage?

We are supposed to give a fuck about levels of outrage?

And what US media outlet is known for showing every bit of outrage that occurs in the world? Where do you expect to hear of this outrage?
 
Axulus said:
Dozens of Yemeni children and civilians have been killed in the fairly indiscriminate bombing being carried out by Saudi Arabia and it's Arab Coalition partners against Yemen. Where are the street protests? Where is the outrage? Do Muslim lives only matter when it is non-Muslims doing the killing?

I think I'm seeing a pattern here. Black lives matter only when whites do the killing. Muslim lives matter only when it's the non-Muslims doing the killing. Why the double standards?
Click to expand...

Perhaps it's because there's not much information available at this time. Human Rights Watch is reporting on the bombing but the death toll is uncertain and:

HRW said:
Human Rights Watch has not been able to determine whether specific attacks complied with the laws of war, which apply to the armed conflict in Yemen. The laws of war prohibit attacks that target civilians or civilian property, or that do not or cannot discriminate between civilians and fighters. Attacks that cause casualties or damage disproportionate to any anticipated military advantage are also prohibited. All parties to the conflict have an obligation to take all feasible precautions to spare civilians from harm, and not to deploy forces in densely populated areas.
Click to expand...

If you have a good source of information on the situation in Yemen please share it. I'm certain there are other posters here who want to know what's going on.
 
Last edited:
Axulus said:
Dozens of Yemeni children and civilians have been killed in the fairly indiscriminate bombing being carried out by Saudi Arabia and it's Arab Coalition partners against Yemen. Where are the street protests? Where is the outrage? Do Muslim lives only matter when it is non-Muslims doing the killing?
Click to expand...
All you would have to do is look - http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/iraqis-shout-slogans-during-a-demonstration-to-protest-news-photo/468207192 and https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A0LEV7v7MR1VOGEAopgnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTB0ZjNuMHJ1BHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1lIUzAwM18x?p=protests+against+the+arab+coalition&tnr=21&vid=16F9F9B34DF43F49538C16F9F9B34DF43F49538C&l=48&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DUQ.348494631153%26pid%3D15.1&sigi=11lhrbe6u&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmusic.yahoo.com%2Fvideo%2Fsaudi-shias-call-protest-against-100044662.html&sigr=12d365jtl&tt=b&tit=Saudi+Shias+Call+for+Protest+Against+Airstrikes+in+Yemen&sigt=11o9b1trp&back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dprotests%2Bagainst%2Bthe%2Barab%2Bcoalition%26ei%3DUTF-8%26hsimp%3Dyhs-001%26hspart%3Dmozilla&sigb=13fioq9q8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001
Axulus said:
I think I'm seeing a pattern here. Black lives matter only when whites do the killing. Muslim lives matter only when it's the non-Muslims doing the killing. Why the double standards?
Click to expand...
Until you demonstrate a pattern, I'd chalk this up to your imagination.
 
Axulus said:
Dozens of Yemeni children and civilians have been killed in the fairly indiscriminate bombing being carried out by Saudi Arabia and it's Arab Coalition partners against Yemen. Where are the street protests? Where is the outrage? Do Muslim lives only matter when it is non-Muslims doing the killing?

I think I'm seeing a pattern here. Black lives matter only when whites do the killing. Muslim lives matter only when it's the non-Muslims doing the killing. Why the double standards?
Click to expand...

Maybe it has something to do with the systematic oppression of the Palestinian people by an occupying force for more than half a century. Might also have something to do with the Arab coalition acting on behest of the Yemeni government, against rebel forces. Or the fact that the Palestinians also support the Arab coalition. In other words, the two conflicts are far from similar, so why would you expect anyone who supports the Palestinian government to support the Houthi insurgency?
 
Or maybe its just nice to see people policing their own fucking regions of the world, rather than begging us to do it for them.

Three fucking cheers for the Arab League and the African Union.
 
Maybe there's no outrage because Yemen is a great success of Obama foreign policy.

Did you ever think of that?
 
No, I don't immediately imagine some bizarre Obama centered conspiracy every time I hear a piece of news.

That is your affliction.
 
Sarpedon said:
No, I don't immediately imagine some bizarre Obama centered conspiracy every time I hear a piece of news.

That is your affliction.
Click to expand...

If you're questioning Obama when he says Yemen is a great success you're the Obama hater.
 
The what now?

I'm not the one suggesting that obama is somehow suppressing news of one of his failures.

And disagreeing with someone in a sensible way is not 'hating.' What you do is hating.
 
Sarpedon said:
Or maybe its just nice to see people policing their own fucking regions of the world, rather than begging us to do it for them.

Three fucking cheers for the Arab League and the African Union.
Click to expand...

This isn't really a matter of policing their own region, but the eternal Shia/Sunni war.

Yemen is becoming an Iranian client. Saudi Arabia doesn't like that.
 
Loren Pechtel said:
Arctish said:
Perhaps it's because there's not much information available at this time. Human Rights Watch is reporting on the bombing but the death toll is uncertain and:
Click to expand...

Human Rights Watch doesn't care because it's not the Jews doing the bombing.
Click to expand...
Logic Fail: If HRW did not care, they would not report on it.
Loren Pechtel said:
Israel is *MUCH* more careful.
Click to expand...
Yeah, we know - they hit what they aim at, except when they don't.
 
Sarpedon said:
The what now?

I'm not the one suggesting that obama is somehow suppressing news of one of his failures.

And disagreeing with someone in a sensible way is not 'hating.' What you do is hating.
Click to expand...

He's not suppressing evidence of a failure. He's declaring it a success.
 
dismal said:
Sarpedon said:
The what now?

I'm not the one suggesting that obama is somehow suppressing news of one of his failures.

And disagreeing with someone in a sensible way is not 'hating.' What you do is hating.
Click to expand...

He's not suppressing evidence of a failure. He's declaring it a success.
Click to expand...
Obama declared Yemen's war on terror a success in September, 2014. It is now April, 2015. I take it that your point is Obama's declaration was premature (a valid observation) because any other explanation simply reflects poorly on you.
 
Axulus said:
Dozens of Yemeni children and civilians have been killed in the fairly indiscriminate bombing being carried out by Saudi Arabia and it's Arab Coalition partners against Yemen. Where are the street protests? Where is the outrage? Do Muslim lives only matter when it is non-Muslims doing the killing?

I think I'm seeing a pattern here. Black lives matter only when whites do the killing. Muslim lives matter only when it's the non-Muslims doing the killing. Why the double standards?
Click to expand...

because we are a tribal people. Sure, we've advanced in technology for agriculture, transportation, etc.. but we are all still wired for tribal warfare. We protect "our own" and mistrust "others". Combat within a tribe is an internal affair.. but when one tribe attacks another tribe.. that is WAR!!!
 
Does Yemen have oil?

If so, why the hell is the US letting somebody else bomb it? You have one fucking job on this planet and we expect you to be doing it.

If not, then it's a case of a group of oppressive dictators killing a bunch of people in support of another oppressive dictator because they selfishly don't like the idea of citizens toppling oppressive dictators. This doesn't apply when it leads to the elevation of their kind of oppressive dictator instead of the other guy's kind of oppressive dictator. As to the Arabs not protesting it - you're fucking right that they're not protesting it. That goes back to the whole "their countries are run by oppressive dictators" thing.
 
Tom Sawyer said:
Does Yemen have oil?

If so, why the hell is the US letting somebody else bomb it? You have one fucking job on this planet and we expect you to be doing it.

If not, then it's a case of a group of oppressive dictators killing a bunch of people in support of another oppressive dictator because they selfishly don't like the idea of citizens toppling oppressive dictators. This doesn't apply when it leads to the elevation of their kind of oppressive dictator instead of the other guy's kind of oppressive dictator. As to the Arabs not protesting it - you're fucking right that they're not protesting it. That goes back to the whole "their countries are run by oppressive dictators" thing.
Click to expand...

I think it's mostly the religion of peace at war with itself.

They hate each other for their freedoms. And their legacy of invading kingdoms in middle east dating back to the middle ages.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom