Trump threatens Strait of Hormuz blockade after US-Iran ceasefire talks end without agreement

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The president added that he has “instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas.”

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protist

edited 1 day ago

This is a big misstep of an escalation, no?

Always has been

In all seriousness, is he expecting the US Navy to fire on civilian vessels? I’d bet we’re nearing a point of mutiny on some ships

pno2nr@lemmy.world

1 day ago

I don’t think there can be 30 hour laundry fires on a US Navy vessel without at least a little bit of mutiny.

Damage@feddit.it

1 day ago

I’d bet we’re nearing a point of mutiny on some ships

I’ll take that bet

Montagge@lemmy.zip

1 day ago

That’s what they’ve been doing inthe Carribean

protist

edited 16 hours ago

From a geopolitical perspective, attacking a Venezuela-registered fishing boat is fundamentally different from attacking a Chinese- or Indian-registered oil tanker. Most of the boats they’ve attacked in the Caribbean were actually stateless and weren’t registered anywhere

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