Oman declares a no-fly zone over its territory for all military aircraft involved in operations against Yemen : worldnews

[-] AnarchoDakosaurus@toast.ooo 46 points 9 months ago

" Siding with Yemen " is a bit rich. The writing is on the wall for the current regional war to expand into a proper world war. They don't want their infrastructure, be it shipping or oil related to be hit by missles.

It's one thing to carry out an air campaign halfway across the earth where your enemy cannot reach your homeland. It's a bit different when the war is in your backyard and not on the television.

Same reason why Saudi Arabia is so squeamish about this whole air raid campaign. Both nations host American bases and troops. They are the logical first targets for the Houthi's to attack. Signing off on this would be stepping foot into the ring as a meatshield, with little to gain from this charade.

Yemen has already been bombed back into the stone ages, infrastructure wise. More airstrikes will not break them.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago

They are the logical first targets for the Houthi's to attack.

Houthis just don't have means to do that. Iran is friendly with both them and Oman. Oman doesn't have a history of declaring war or threats over something, so they proclaimed their ultimate neutrality - and blocked access to it's airspace.

Yemen has already been bombed back into the stone ages, infrastructure wise. More airstrikes will not break them.

Official Yemen wasn't bombed. What was is a territory held by the Houthy junta. It's not better or worse than an official dictator. It's just incorrect to miss that distinction.

And I don't think they would be capable of anything military-wise after these strikes.

They just don't have any serious backing even from other islamic states, so I don't know why they even acted out for western allies can simply erase everything they have without any backfiring.

I feel like it's other states who ordered their leaders to act, while these leaders are completely safe.

[-] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 9 months ago

No Fly Zone means active warfare. You cannot just declare a No Fly Zone like "stay out". A No Fly Zone is literally a commitment to shoot down any enemy aircraft in the airspace. If Oman actually does this, they are in the war.

As for the point about Yemen already being bombed back to the stone age, the OP wasn't talking about the minor strikes that the US and UK just launched, they are referring to the last near-decades-long assault Yemen has endured from both Saudi Arabia and the US.

[-] Drewfro66@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 9 months ago

The "No Fly Zone is a declaration of war" truism only works when you're declaring one over another nation's sovereign territory. Oman has every right to determine what military aircraft can enter their airspace, and if another country's military violates that airspace, they will have declared war, not Oman.

[-] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 9 months ago

When they shoot down an American bomber, the distinction won't matter much

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago

Oh good, it’s escalating. /s

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 12 points 9 months ago

Good on Oman.

[-] PanArab@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago

The government of Oman represents me

[-] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

how are they going to enforce that?

[-] HorseRabbit@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 months ago

Good guy Oman

[+] Hovenko@iusearchlinux.fyi -22 points 9 months ago

Everyone going ape mode nowadays. Where are the good old hippie days where everybody was busy being high as a kite thinking about love and boobs

[-] triarius@programming.dev 68 points 9 months ago

The US was still fighting in Vietnam while that was happening.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 41 points 9 months ago

And by fighting we mean committing atrocities.

[-] m13@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

And most of the hippies just turned into wealthy neo-liberals who compost and wear colourful clothes.

[-] Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.

[-] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

I think some of them were at that music festival...

[-] Hovenko@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 9 months ago

Unfortunately…

[+] Fizz@lemmy.nz -16 points 9 months ago

Religious fundamentalists plague the middle east. They have shutdown so much positive change.

[-] stmcld@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yes, you're right, the US has shut down so much positive change in the middle east. It seems like the other day that i read about how the US effectively destroyed the democratic Iranian government, and installed a puppet religious fundamental government.

I suppose it makes sense for the US to impose a fundamentalist government, they just want the middle east to be like themselves

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago

Positive change done by who? US-backed dictatorships?

[-] Krause@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 9 months ago

Religious fundamentalists plague the middle east.

True, and they're located in Israel. Maybe bombing them could fix the issue.

[-] Hovenko@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 9 months ago

Did we just made a full circle here?

[-] nix@merv.news 8 points 9 months ago

How did they get into power i wonder?

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