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For people on this forum. Do you consider Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis as terrorists or resistance??

To my knowledge, all western countries recognize them as terrorist organizations. China doesn't. So doesn't Russia.

But strictly from their actions. What would you classify them?

"China is quietly extracting itself from a US helium ‘stranglehold’, experts say​

Years of research and development are helping China become less reliant on overseas sources of the valuable noble gas"

In an article published in late 2022 in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science, several researchers from Beijing-based Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development stressed that once the US imposed a “stranglehold” blockade on helium exports to China, the country’s helium supply would be “greatly restricted”......

"The US has a global monopoly on helium reserves and the most advanced helium extraction technology, they added.

But the dynamics have shifted significantly. Last month, achievements in helium extraction and related equipment development were nominated for an annual scientific award by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)........"
"The Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry under the CAS, which backed the project, said it had successfully extracted helium from natural gas at the plant, located in China’s northwest.


There have been other breakthroughs. China has set its sights on extracting helium from .


Two years after it began a joint project in 2021 led by the China Coal Research Institute, the team said it had successfully overcome the challenges and mastered the technology."

"The world’s first high-purity helium extraction plant for coal bed methane was commissioned in China in 2023, opening up a new avenue to boost the country’s helium production.


Scientists are also seeking alternatives to helium to produce the ultra-low temperatures needed in hi-tech industries.


For example, an international team, including physicists from a CAS institute, have discovered a cobalt-based quantum magnetic material that could theoretically achieve ultra-low temperatures without relying on helium. Their findings were published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature in January."

Arij Javaid said:

For people on this forum. Do you consider Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis as terrorists or resistance??

To my knowledge, all western countries recognize them as terrorist organizations. China doesn't. So doesn't Russia.

But strictly from their actions. What would you classify them?

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Only morons would call them terrorists. I haven't seen any of the groups mentioned explode hospitals, schools, etc. Then dance around bragging about it on social media. They're obviosly resisting extreme facistic aggression.

Arij Javaid said:

For people on this forum. Do you consider Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis as terrorists or resistance??

To my knowledge, all western countries recognize them as terrorist organizations. China doesn't. So doesn't Russia.

But strictly from their actions. What would you classify them?

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One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

Arij Javaid said:

For people on this forum. Do you consider Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis as terrorists or resistance??

To my knowledge, all western countries recognize them as terrorist organizations. China doesn't. So doesn't Russia.

But strictly from their actions. What would you classify them?

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One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist.

Hamas for me, is a hybrid terrorist-resistance group. Hamas was originally created by the Zionists, among whom are people like Netanyahu, to divide the old Palestinian Resistance Movement. They have murdered PLO members and committed actual terrorist attacks on both Israeli and Palestinian civilians. Over time, like all terrorists groups, they turned on their creators, resulting in the multiple Gaza conflicts over the years. One of Hamas' biggest crime for me, was turning on the Syrian government during the Syrian Civil War. Hamas was partially responsible for turning the Palestinian refugee camps in Damascus into a terrorist nest. I'm won't be surprised if Hamas terrorists had clashed with Hezbollah forces in Syria. Nevertheless, as the Syrian Civil War winds down, and the 2023 October 7 Al-Aqsa Flood approaches, Hamas have become more of a resistance group out of necessity for the Gaza Palestinians. I still don't completely trust Hamas though. They may be fighting for the Palestinians of Gaza today, but they still have their extremist tendencies.

OTOH, I consider Hezbollah, and the Houthis as genuine resistance groups. They were formed organically to fight against invaders and occupiers. Hezbollah fought against Israeli occupiers of Lebanon when the original Lebanese military had failed the nation. The Houthis emerged almost in the same manner, fighting the occupation of Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition where the puppet Yemeni government had failed the nation. They kinda reminded me of the early PLA and the KMT rogue patriots in WWII who fought against the Japanese in their own capacity. While the Chiang Kai Shek-led KMT forces (the official military of Republican China) preferred to avoid conflict with the Japanese and kept retreating in hopes that the West would stop the Japanese. Hezbollah and the Houthis have been quite consistent so far at being on the right side of history. Hezbollah fought on the side of Syria during the Syrian Civil War against those Jihadist terrorists sponsored by the West, Turkey, and the Gulf Arab states. Hezbollah had also saved Christians in Lebanon who were being butchered by Jihadist terrorists spilling over from Syria. The Houthis are today fighting against the Zionists, doing their part in the current Israeli-Palestine War. So I trust Hezbollah and the Houthis much more than Hamas.

"Russia will stand by North Korea in case of aggression, South Korea's actions are provocative
Russia will provide military assistance to North Korea if aggression is committed against that country - this is provided for in the Agreement on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership"

Arij Javaid said:

For people on this forum. Do you consider Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis as terrorists or resistance??

To my knowledge, all western countries recognize them as terrorist organizations. China doesn't. So doesn't Russia.

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Western countries are not impartial accounts, because they're at war with them. RU govt recognizes all of AFU as terrorist, this isn't an impartial account either.

Arij Javaid said:

But strictly from their actions. What would you classify them?

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Hezbollah or Hamas is not touching anyone but the target they're fighting. That's not terrorism, just regular warfare. Terrorist would be if they blew bombs in Beijing or Paris to blackmail unrelated people into bowing to their cause.

They are not deliberately targeting Israel civilians either, although a civilian ceases to be considered a civilian once they're brought into occupied ground and if they serve a function in supporting armed aggression. This isn't my words, but widely practiced and accepted international consensus by both Eastern and Western military forces.

Ansarallah hasn't done anything remotely terroristic either. They haven't even inflicted (signficant) collateral damage on Israel. Stopping, confiscating and scuttling ships violating unilateral sanctions is not illegal. If a nation starts doing it to enforce their unilateral sanctions, the conflict/negotiation is between the nation(s) being enforced on and the nation enforcing the sanctions, which could potentially escalate up to a war, but it wouldn't be illegal or even terrorist by any stretch of the word.

Nations are allowed to impose unilateral sanctions.

CPC was kinda like Hamas. Started off heavily under Soviet influence to mess with China, but grew to be an organic patriot organisation.

"Blinken and Austin demand Israel takes steps within 30 days to improve humanitarian situation in Gaza - to avoid consequences in US law and military aid"

Thats funny. Election is over before 30 days.