Um, I repeat: an act "of war" is not the same as "a war". Should be obvious.
Sanctions allow interdiction of banned goods. Using "ghost ships" to bypass those sanctions doesn't make it legal. It makes them pirates: those committing illegal acts at sea without flying a national flag.
Every image of blown up boats has bails of drugs everywhere. There's no question these boats exist, and no evidence that actual fishing boats have been attacked.
I'm not condoning ALL acts of war, sanctions or blowing up drug runners. Every event needs to be judged on its own merit.
It's not piracy when WE do it!
Just like the Iran war wasn't a war but "just bombing their nuclear facilities, bro".
An act of war (like bombing military instillations) and a declaration of war are entirely different things.
Intercepting pirates at sea is not "piracy" it's trying to stop the pirates. Just like blowing up drug runners isn't "attacking fishing boats". 🙄
Yes? It's still war, or Iraq wasn't a war.
Today I learned that people transporting their own oil are "pirates".
Blowing up fishing boats is, though. I have little faith in the people who've been manufacturing consent for one war after another.
Um, I repeat: an act "of war" is not the same as "a war". Should be obvious.
Sanctions allow interdiction of banned goods. Using "ghost ships" to bypass those sanctions doesn't make it legal. It makes them pirates: those committing illegal acts at sea without flying a national flag.
Every image of blown up boats has bails of drugs everywhere. There's no question these boats exist, and no evidence that actual fishing boats have been attacked.
I'm not condoning ALL acts of war, sanctions or blowing up drug runners. Every event needs to be judged on its own merit.
They're blockade runners, not pirates. There is no act of robbery involved in the transport of Venezuelan oil bought in violation of sanctions.