You conveniently dismiss that the ships are in international waters. Besides, sinking them is an unwarranted escalation when it comes to civilian ships.
Nope. Not as a blanket statement. There are things they can regulate but we regularly conduct “freedom of navigation” patrols through the waters of certain countries just to remind them they aren’t allowed to ban cargo ships sailing at a certain distance from the coastline.
Countries are allowed to decide what goes through their territorial waters.
You conveniently dismiss that the ships are in international waters. Besides, sinking them is an unwarranted escalation when it comes to civilian ships.
They didn’t actually sink any ships.
Yeah, not for a lack of trying.
Luckily, the Houthis are not the internationally recognized government of Yemen, so this isn’t relevant.
Nope. Not as a blanket statement. There are things they can regulate but we regularly conduct “freedom of navigation” patrols through the waters of certain countries just to remind them they aren’t allowed to ban cargo ships sailing at a certain distance from the coastline.