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A New War
And Britain cannot win
Earlier this week, Britons woke up to the news that their leaders had launched airstrikes against ten Houthi targets along with the USA. There was no prior warning, the leaders of Britain’s two premier political parties; Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak, had not consulted with Parliament. We are being told the airstrikes were carried out to defend international law, democracy, and human rights, and to fight the terrorist organization Hamas. Those are lofty and worthwhile ideals that are worth defending. But why is Britain involved?
The Houthis are a military group backed by Iran. On 19th November, five weeks into Israel’s latest war on Gaza, the Houthis hijacked a commercial ship in the Red Sea and have since attacked over two dozen more. The ships they have been attacking are Israeli owned or bound for Israel. No ship unconnected to Israel has been attacked, and neither has any British ship. Materially, there has been no harm done to British interests by the Houthis. So ask again, why is Britain involved?
The British government is meant to serve the British people and to act in the best interest of the British people. If you want to refute that statement, you either don’t care or don’t know how baseless your argument is. Following the British airstrikes, the Houthis have now vowed to attack British ships and vessels headed to Britain and to…
