• NoneOfUrBusiness
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    -1511 months ago

    We’re attacking the Houthis because they’re indiscriminately attacking civilian ships in one of the most valuable shipping lanes in the fucking world.

    Countries are allowed to decide what goes through their territorial waters.

    • @[email protected]
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      1411 months ago

      You conveniently dismiss that the ships are in international waters. Besides, sinking them is an unwarranted escalation when it comes to civilian ships.

    • BraveSirZaphod
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      511 months ago

      Luckily, the Houthis are not the internationally recognized government of Yemen, so this isn’t relevant.

    • @Maggoty
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      311 months ago

      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.