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Megathread for the US war on Iran | Week 37 of 2026 (europe.pub)
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This is a thread specifically for the war, not a general megathread (use the pinned /c/genzedong thread for that).

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[–] 19 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

— 🇮🇷/🇾🇪/🇸🇦 NEW: Ansarallah’s rapid advance along Yemen’s western coast was planned by IRGC Quds force officers and carried out at Iran’s advice, according to Reuters

Iran provided intelligence, equipment, and direct guidance for the Houthis, urging them to seize the key port of Mocha and promising additional funding and arms.

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/36608

Issue With ReportingI think this is sloppy reporting by MES. Why take Reuters word for it? What evidence did they provide that the IRGC was heavily involved in this operation? I've seen little to support this myself, and if anything, it seems perfectly logical to assume this operation was undertaken almost entirely by Ansarallah.

The Reuters report to me seems like a way to try and discredit and underplay how effective Ansarallah is as a force, attributing their success to a local regional power rather than on recognizing Ansarallah's own competence. Yes, Iran has aided Ansarallah immensely, but they are very clearly a formidable force and the legitimate Yemeni government after all these years.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Typical sneering imperialist tendencies inherited from the West. It's inconceivable that national and popular liberation movements be capable of self-determination to these dolts; everything is carried out by the dictates of some superior, grander force, simply because this is what the US's paternalism has made commonplace. How many times have the non-aligned, multipolar axis of resistance explicitly emphasized that countries and their people should exercise their own sovereignty and self-determination? Nah, they will never challenge the tendency of seeing smaller nations through their Western lens. Sometimes, I cannot tell if this is on purpose or if these dolts really are incapable of perceiving things from a viewpoint other than their own.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 weeks ago

    I think the people writing these reports buy into the idealogy of it all in most cases. while the owners and higher ups of the propaganda factory are aware and selecting the proper mouth pieces. Though, I think to some degree, the ideology has poisoned a large portion of these people as well in more recent years.

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