I do believe that all Americans, to say nothing of the rest of the world benefit from the shipping in the Red Sea. If shipping is impeded there, none of us will have much! It's nothing to do with Ukraine or Israel. Just so you know, Israel was ready to do the dirty work, but this is actually a world-wide problem now.
Yes, most goods from China traverse that area to the rest of the world. Without that ability, the ships must travel all the way around Africa, which will increase the price of goods incredibly.
Please don't block all Israelis or indeed all Israeli Arabs into the same class. I can assure you that there are Israelis and Israeli Arabs who do not hate one another. They are not in the minority either! Of course, there are those that do, the extremists among people always do. Hamas-ISIS and Fatah for a start and there are many, many factions on the Arab sides who hate each other as well!! Likewise there are extremists on the Israeli side. Hate is a terrible thing, and 80% of Israelis want to live in peace, and do not hate others. They have indeed done so for many years side-by-side with Israeli Arabs.
Exactly.
You are delusional! The extreme heat comes from the rockets and arms in the tunnels. The pictures of dead children are mostly fakes, although there are of course those who have given their lives in order to shield Hamas-ISIS cowards!
The post explains that thermobaric bombs are hotter than other bombs exponentially. Are you disputing that? If so, please provide your sources and reasoning.
Who runs that news site, specifically?
The wonders of NAFTA and the Bill Clinton presidency, sending jobs to China so that workers' wages go down and then international trade routes become even more important, all so the billionaires get more profit. Ross Perot, a billionaire himself, was warning of the dangers of it in the 1990s.
I see. It fights for Israeli lives by ethnically cleansing Gaza of Palestinians. Sound logic.
Things that we use come from China. Things from China go through the Red Sea.
Did you get the significance of the post I quoted? NAFTA shipped more American manufacturing jobs to China, increasing the importance of international trade routes, all so billionaires could drive down workers' wages.
Remember that workers make and distribute all those goods, all grossly underpaid while they make society function.
Yes, I get your deflection.
As I said, you can boycott goods to support those workers. Good luck.
Nah. The bosses would respond by saying "lack of demand" and put those workers out of jobs. That's how capitalism works.
Well then shit all you can do is buy those goods and use them to complain about the means which allow you to have them.
NAFTA, or it's predecessor US Canada free trade agreement didn't ship any jobs. It allowed for overseas manufacturing. So while your post is technically correct about the outcome. It isn't factually true.
Ok if you want to pay for the extra freight charge, you pay. I don't want your stupidity to affect the price I pay.
Yes they make and ship, and that's all. Everything else including their job came from the person taking the risk.
Then go bitch at China ( for example) to pay their people more.
That's all? That's everything. See what happens to society without make and ship. It grinds society to a halt.
You seriously think that there were no loss of US manufacturing jobs from NAFTA, and the effect on wages?
I had a company, with employees. They received a pay cheque every second week. I treated them well, paid them better and they worked hard for me, and overall made me a ton of money.
Ynet is run by Yedioth Ahronoth one of the prominent Israeli newspapers.
You obviously did not read what I wrote. I'd like to know whether you personally will fight for your family, should intruders come into your house and try to destroy everyone in your house? Or would you lie there, let them rape you and your 12 year old daughter, and then burn your house down? What would you do?
So move to Russia!!
139 are still there.
Outline the other "option" for us.
Appallingly members of Hamas still survive.
