• cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    The Houthis are still not representative of Yemen and still are not the government of Yemen.

    For all intents and purposes they do and they are.

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      2 years ago

      By what metric? Are Hamas representative of Gaza? Or Hezbollah of Lebanon? Some people here might consider applying for work with Israel’s government considering they parrot their rhetoric.

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        2 years ago

        By the metric of who is actually running the country. Yes, Hamas is the government of Gaza, no Hezbollah is not the government of Lebanon.

        Who do you consider to be the government of Taiwan?

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          2 years ago

          That isn’t how government works and even if somehow these parties “run” the country, whatever that vague statement means, they are not the government. They have no territory and no claim to sovereignty over any of Yemen territories. So the initial claim is still false. Anyway you guys keep arguing about what feels right with vague statements and goalpost shifting. Pretending that 0.5% of Yemen is somehow running the show and speaks for all of Yemen; while also actually being its government as well. Bloody ridiculous.

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            2 years ago

            That isn’t how government works

            Then enlighten me, how does government work?

            whatever that vague statement means

            It’s a lot less vague than your ephemeral abstract conception of it.

            They have no territory and no claim to sovereignty over any of Yemen territories.

            What are you talking about? They have most of Yemen’s territories and the overriding claim to sovereignty that comes with that.

            Anyway you guys keep arguing about what feels right with vague statements and goalpost shifting.

            Mate, you’re just projecting now. I’m not the one making vague, goalpost shifting statements that ‘feel’ right.

            Pretending that 0.5% of Yemen is somehow running the show and speaks for all of Yemen

            What portion of your country’s population is actively in government?

            Bloody ridiculous.

            Who is the government of Taiwan?