“And the U.S. certainly has no business enforcing it … which was the purpose of my original post on this thread.”
And yet, Russia — a signatory to the convention — has taken it upon itself to interdict ALL shipping in the Black Sea, thus negating the Black Sea as international waters, in clear violation of the convention.
Meanwhile, we interdict Iranian ships on the high seas and seize their cargoes. We did a blockade on Cuba. The British conducted a blockade on Germany during World War I and would not allow our shipping in the area under threat of sinking even though we were a neutral country.
We enter DICT and seize ships and cargoes headed from Iran to Yemen.
And now comically, everyone is filled with this righteous indignation when Russia stops Ukraine from accessing the sea. Lol
Then let the signatories to the Convention deal with it. It’s really not our problem.