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[–] chilldrivenspade@lemmy.world 1 points 23 minutes ago

come on, mines, do your thing

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

This thing must have bought so much Iranian petrol.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Blow it the fuck out of the water.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 hours ago

This atrocity is only pretty as a coral reef.

[–] zbych@szmer.info 2 points 10 hours ago

Hope, that there will be some lost naval drone.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 84 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just in case you needed more proof on whose side the US is on.

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Not really. Iran are blockading non-Iranian ships. The US is only blockading Iranian-bound ships.

So a priory there was no reason to think that the US would block the Russian ship. And it would be illegal under international law.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

It's "a priori", not "a priory"

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Very true. I appreciate your pedantry

[–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Then you’ll be grateful to be informed you left off your final period.

[–] Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

No war but....

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The multi-deck vessel, named Nord and valued at over $500 million, completed its journey through the commercially vital strait after maintenance in Dubai.
...
“The American side also raised no questions regarding the yacht’s movement, as it did not call at Iranian ports"

There's no story here. The US blockade applies to ships going to/from Iranian ports, not everything passing through the strait.

[–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

What about it though? I don't see any indication that it was at an Iranian port but maybe I'm missing something.

[–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I wasn’t trying to argue with anything, just bring some context to the discussion lol

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Fair enough, didn't know if there was something in particular that had caught your eye in there.

[–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago

I just find it fashinating that some people’s boats have Wikipedia pages and figured I might as well share it.

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Staring at this trying to figure out where the straight went. Took an embarrassingly long moment to figure out the water is the white bit and not the grey-blue.

Yeah, it's always an adjustment when I haven't looked at MarineTraffic in a while and decide to check in on the boats.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Blow it up anyway. That yacht was paid for in human misery.

[–] J92@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Impounded and used to fund Ukraine seems like a more pointed use of it. Plus blowing it up just pollutes the ocean.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 57 minutes ago

Well, all right, party-pooper. We were all looking forward to blowing up some billionaire toys.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Absolutely. Just has nothing to do with the blockade and I don't think it's good journalism to pretend otherwise.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 50 minutes ago (1 children)

There's WW3 going on, and this guy knows that he's part of that tiny sliver of humanity that sails above all of that, and he can just cruise right on through, and both sides will kneel for him.

He should have been sunk just for that arrogance alone.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 1 points 19 minutes ago

Maybe someone has a spare SeaBaby that can (gently) fall off of a truck and into the water 2000-ish miles from Ukraine for a special adventure.

[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Of course, they're both Putin's obedient servants. They're both working hard to try to get him enough oil money to continue to prop up his war economy.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 day ago

How about removing all sanctions on Iran in exchange of Iran dcutting relation with Russia

[–] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Even if this blockade was a legitimate and legally authorized act of war, from a president who wasn't Donald Trump, the USN would still let the Russian flagged civilian vessel through.

They would do the same thing for a Chinese superyacht as well.

[–] Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

but the russians!!!1!!1!

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It didn’t have oil so no worries. Just slaves.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 9 hours ago

And Sociopathic Oligarchs.