• naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    Yemen is perfectly within the provisions of international law in blocking Israeli boats from transiting. The only violation of international law is if you claim that Ansar Allah is not the rightful and legitimate government of Yemen.

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      11 months ago

      I can only imagine being so brainwashed to believe that the Houthis harassing, threatening and attacking one of the biggest international trade routes on Earth, while indiscriminately targeting ships from various countries and ignoring multiple warnings from the UN, Britain and the US, is in any way legitimate.

      They attacked civilian ships, they were warned not to, they didn’t stop attacking civilian ships, and now they’ve been retaliated against as promised. Let’s see if they’re smart enough to finally stop fucking with international civilian trade ships.

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        11 months ago

        But when americans use naval ships to stop civilian ships from getting to Cuba is that them threatening and attacking civilians?

        ignoring multiple warnings from the UN, Britain and the US

        So everyone needs to follow Americas orders without question?

        They attacked civilian ships

        Thats how a blockade works, yes.

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          11 months ago

          The US doesn’t have a blockade on Cuba. They have an embargo which only affects US ships and businesses. Basically a ban on Americans conducting business with Cuba.

          When the US did institute a blockade it was to prevent Russia placing nuclear weapons there. And it was tightly enforced around the island. Not on any ship heading into the Caribbean.

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          11 months ago

          Thanks for this response, I didn’t have the mental capacity to frame it this well.