Posted on 09/10/2026 10:48:15 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
Houthis HUMILIATE Saudi Arabia, Massive BREAKTHROUGH To Bab el-Mandab! - video at link
Once the Sauds begin the lanf invasion, I think they will be pushed out.
They would have done that years ago if they could.
Translation: Propaganda.
The Houthis treatment of women makes the strict Saudis and even the Taliban look liberal. And there has been major starvation and lack of medical care in the areas they occupy for years.
But they hate the west, so there are lots of people who will see them as wonderful and powerful.
And who is funding them? They essentially are Iranian proxies, just like Gaza’s Hamas or the Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Alas, capturing passing ships and kidnapping crews for ransom has been practiced by the Houthis and Somalis for years.
But since most of the sailors are from India or the Philippines it doesn’t get into the news.
https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/philippines/9-out-of-10-seafarers-captured-by-houthis-are-filipinos-manila-official-1.500216111
Is it bad I see Houthis, then your username, and think they might make a good neutron bomb test?
Unless the adversary is female.
Or tall, unprotected buildings.
The creator of the video:
THETI Mapping
Description
I’m a high schooler making videos pertaining to historical and modern conflicts, showing changes to the frontlines on a myriad of maps. I currently focus on the war in Ukraine.
I saw another story that the Saudis want Trump to fight their war against the Houthis. Trump declined.
The Saudis need to fight their own battles. The USA is not their policeman.
At least the Saudis should pay for our war with Iran. Say $150 Billion for us to take out the trash.
I’m guessing he is a bit older by now (though he still sounds young), and at any rate he has been doing a very good job. I wish I had more insight into the range of data sources he uses.
I’m guessing he is a bit older by now (though he still sounds young), and at any rate he has been doing a very good job. I wish I had more insight into the range of data sources he uses.
The Houthis are Zayidi Shia.
Yes, Zayidi Shia are closer to Hanafi and other schools of Sunni Islam, but they are quite opposed to, and opposed by the Salagi Wahabbi Sunnis who dominate Saudi Arabia not only among the Saud house (which intermarried with Al Wahhabs family), but also with many people in Saudi Arabia.
How do you expect them to overthrow the Sauds?
“The Houthis treatment of women makes the strict Saudis and even the Taliban look liberal”
That is not quite correct.
Girls can still attend schools and universities, though classrooms are increasingly gender-segregated. This is unlike the Taliban or even the Sauds until the 1970s.
Zaydi jurisprudence relies heavily on ijtihad (independent reasoning by scholars). Because Zaydi law is not heavily reliant on a single rigid code, its rules regarding family law can fluctuate based on localized legal rulings.
Among Zaydis women traditionally retain more autonomy over their personal wealth and day-to-day legal agreements.
Under strict Wahhabi interpretations, a woman required a male guardian’s (Mahram) explicit permission to travel, work, obtain medical care, or access higher education.
Wahhabism in Saudia and among the Taliban rejects the evolutionary nature of traditional legal schools in favor of a strictly literalist, fundamentalist adherence to early Islamic texts.
Face veilsare not a strictly mandated religious requirement across all Zaydi theology. While Wahhabis mandates strict covering of the entire body and face (the abaya and niqab or burqa) as an absolute religious requirement in public spaces.
Zaydi history and jurisprudence allow women to participate more freely in community, literary, and public life compared to Wahhabis who restrict women to the home.
Mbs may be liberating things but we still have to see if they hold
Rwm “The House of Saud has been in power for 299 years. “
No they have not. While the Al Saud family traces its political roots back to 1727 (when Imam Muhammad bin Saud took power in Diriyah), they have not been in continuous power. Their rule was entirely crushed and interrupted twice by outside forces:
- The First Saudi State (1727–1818): Destroyed by the Ottoman-Egyptian armies. The Al Saud lost all power for 6 years.
- The Second Saudi State (1824–1891): Brought down by internal infighting and the rival Al Rashid dynasty. The Al Saud family was stripped of power and forced into exile in Kuwait for 11 years.
- The Third Saudi State / Modern Saudi Arabia (1902–Present): Established when Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud) recaptured Riyadh in 1902.
This 8s also incorrect “History says 300 years is about the maximum life span (Roman Empire = 312 years).”
The Roman empire lasted from 27 BC to 1453 AD, that is nearly 1500 years. Even if you think the end of the “western “ Roman empire was the end of the Roman empire (and that is a false statement), that lasted nearly 400 years.
History says nothing of the sort of 300 years.
- the Ottomans lasted 600 years
- the British empire (2nd version) lasted 150 odd years (1800 to 1947)
- the Spanish empire lasted 400 years 1492 to the Spanish American war of 1899
- the hapsburgs lasted 600 years
- the Khmer/ Cambodian empire lasted 600 years
- the Han dynasty empire lasted 400 years
- the Sasanian Persian empire lated 427 years
You are repeating Sir John Glubb’s guesswork from his “The Fate of Empires”
Some empires collapse quickly, while others adapt and survive for centuries or millennia.
Good one.
The sauds were behind 9/11
so Amnesty International is lying about it?
https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/yemen/report-yemen/
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