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[–] 108 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Just in case you needed more proof on whose side the US is on.

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  • [–] 39 points 4 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Not really. Iran are blockading non-Iranian ships. The US is only blockading Iranian-bound ships.

    So a priory there was no reason to think that the US would block the Russian ship. And it would be illegal under international law.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

    It's "a priori", not "a priory"

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Very true. I appreciate your pedantry

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  • [–] 57 points 4 months ago (14 children)

    The multi-deck vessel, named Nord and valued at over $500 million, completed its journey through the commercially vital strait after maintenance in Dubai.
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    “The American side also raised no questions regarding the yacht’s movement, as it did not call at Iranian ports"

    There's no story here. The US blockade applies to ships going to/from Iranian ports, not everything passing through the strait.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Blow it up anyway. That yacht was paid for in human misery.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Absolutely. Just has nothing to do with the blockade and I don't think it's good journalism to pretend otherwise.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    There's WW3 going on, and this guy knows that he's part of that tiny sliver of humanity that sails above all of that, and he can just cruise right on through, and both sides will kneel for him.

    He should have been sunk just for that arrogance alone.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (6 children)
  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    What about it though? I don't see any indication that it was at an Iranian port but maybe I'm missing something.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I wasn’t trying to argue with anything, just bring some context to the discussion lol

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  • [–] 24 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Of course, they're both Putin's obedient servants. They're both working hard to try to get him enough oil money to continue to prop up his war economy.

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  • [–] 21 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Blow it the fuck out of the water.

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    It didn’t have oil so no worries. Just slaves.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    Even if this blockade was a legitimate and legally authorized act of war, from a president who wasn't Donald Trump, the USN would still let the Russian flagged civilian vessel through.

    They would do the same thing for a Chinese superyacht as well.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    This thing must have bought so much Iranian petrol.

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  • [+] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    The rich.. just have a different set of laws and reality.

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    [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Literal proof that rules don't apply to you after a certain amount of wealth.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I mean, I'd love for this monstrosity to meet Davy Jones, but I don't see how it would have qualified to be blocked by either party. Neither is imposing a total blockade.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I think Americans believe we should be treating Russian oligarchs with the same casual murderous disdain as Venezuelan fishermen. Like, the war-brain of English-speaking human can only look at a situation and conclude "we're not killing enough people".

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Hope, that there will be some lost naval drone.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Make way for Dada

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