Roger Hawcroft
2 min readFeb 5, 2024

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"Houthis and other terror organizations share the very same worldview with each other."

"Terror organizations", in the majority of cases are falsely labeled as such. In effect, 'terrorists' and "terror organisations" are simply those that rebel & fight against what are considered 'legal governments', even when those governments have or are abusing their power, enforcing their influence or embedding and promoting the seeds of change and rebellion for their own ends.

Israel, right now, for instance is being supported by the USA, Germany, UK and others in committing genocide against the Palestinians. It is guilty of human rights violations, destruction of schools, hospitals, mosques, museums, and so much more, all of which are crimes under international law.

Netanyahu and those who support his actions are "terrorists" if gauged by the same criteria as are applied to other groups with that name.

It is nothing short of disinformation to label the Houthis terrorists. and not label Israel and those nations which support it, in a similar way.

'Terrorist' is an inflammatory term used intentionally to condition the mass of the population to condemn what is often, particularly when compared with the massive military incursions and killing by supposedly fair and democratic nations, a fairly grim but low level of resistance made by a group fighting on behalf of its occupied, threatened or effectively enslaved and mistreated people.

I don't condone violence of any sort. Active service with the British Forces in the Middle East caused me to become a pacifist. It also caused me to understand the hypocrisy preached by nations such as Britain and the USA.

The people of the World need to grow up and see how they are manipulated and how offensive are the major characteristics of nation-state power, i.e. the sole reserved right of the government to:

* Legally kill its citizens

* Control movement of its citizens

* Determine what the people are allowed to know

It is difficult to reconcile these 'rights' with true democracy but it is a reality that they are what define the nation-state and allow it to commit the perfidy that it does.

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Roger Hawcroft
Roger Hawcroft

Written by Roger Hawcroft

Expat Tyke in Australia. Dismayed & depressed at World conflict/poverty/disadvantage/hatred. Buoyed by music, art, literature, nature, animals & birds.

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