My understanding is that economic sanctions, like a Naval blockade, is an act of war.
I believe it is a legitimate casus belli for initiating war.
“My understanding is that economic sanctions, like a Naval blockade, is an act of war.”
Not by the book.
However, as hard as we are squeezing them, it ought to be. The only thing stopping them from shooting a manned US asset is their fear of annihilation.
But eventually they will. They’re in a corner with no way out.
Depends on who is judging and the mechanism, doesn’t it? If we have an alliance and a UN resolution, it seems to be we have an agreement about who is in the right and who is the belligerent being sanctioned. refusing to buy or sell goods is a legal recourse . If we don’t have that buy in, then a blockade would be an act of war.