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The point is the refugees are orthogonal to the issue of the crisis. Giving them supplies is irrelevant; the Houthis will still control Bab al-Mandab.

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Yes, which makes “don’t feed refugees, the Houthis will like that” doubly gross.

Is anyone saying this? It seems like the vast majority of comments are in agreement the refugees should be fed. If anything most people here seem to basically agree with the Houthis.

Scroll up to where the poster I originally replied to said "In some ways that makes it now impossible to deliver food and medicine because that may be seen as a Houthi victory…" for an example of people saying exactly that.

I would like to see food and medicine being given to Gaza’s population. I also think Houthis’ approach makes it now basically impossible to happen.

“Bernie fans were mean to me on Twitter so in this essay I will explain why you don’t deserve healthcare”

No idea what you’re trying to say or who you’re responding to. I haven’t expressed any moral claims in my previous comments, and haven’t written an essay. I think the right thing to do would be to provide Gaza’s population with food and medicine. I also happen to believe Houthi's strategy makes it way harder to actually do so.

No idea what that has to do with twitter discourse or US issues with healthcare, something I know literally nothing about.

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