Posted on 01/06/2024 6:54:12 AM PST by logi_cal869
United Nations Oceans and Law Of The Sea, Piracy Under International Law
Please do not consider above reference as my endorsement of anything about the UN.
Why wait?
Unless, of course, it doesn’t yet meet with the timing of the scenario they’ve planned for us domestically.
C-130s, B-2s, maybe others. š¤
Changes do occur, that’s why a military can survive governments.
Freedom of navigation is important. But you do make a good point.
Before and during WW2 the United States had a large merchant fleet. Many merchant ships flew the American flag. But then ship owners started to register their ships elsewhere to avoid US regulations and taxes.
Panama and Liberia are the most common āflags of convenienceā countries.
So it is a fair question to ask. If a ship owner switches an American flag for a Panamanian one, should he still be afforded the full protection of the US Navy? Iām not quite sure what the answer should be there.
The U.S. is one of the only countries in the world that has refused to ratify the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
This is exactly what I meant when I said the U.S. has no legal or diplomatic justification for protecting foreign civilian ships.
It is pretty amazing that supposedly the most powerful Navies in the world can’t stop a bunch of goat herders armed with drones, remote controlled boats and some number of cruise missiles from causing a major disruption of world commercial shipping.
Rerouting around the Cape of Good Hope will add significant cost and time to transit which will create supply chain issues and makes thing more expensive.
No offense, but you seem like you have a screw loose upstairs. LOL.
Anyone who doesnāt think the answer to that question is āHell, no!ā doesnāt belong on this website.
I believe obama and john brennanās personally targeted drones took out more Yemeni markets and wedding parties than military targets
They would like to hold Brandon up as a strong wartime president. What a joke.
Arrrrr, matey.
The Somali Pirate Corps back in service.
Wanna bet they wonāt hit Chinese or Russian ships?
The US has no modern legal agreement, however the US has historically and repeatedly enforced the law of the sea on Piracy.
Precedent, including letters of marque and reprisal.
If the US Navy chooses to do so again, they will, depending on Naval Leadership.
You would win that bet.
Itās actually a tough question to answer, in my opinion. A country must always act in its overall best interests, obviously. It is odious to protect merchant ships that refuse to fly the American flag. But is it in Americaās best interests overall?
By protecting those ships, America is rewarding their bad behavior. And by not protecting them, America is rewarding the Houthiās bad behavior.
Itās a mess. If Iām ever appointed Chief of Naval Operations, I believe Iāll decline the position.
Oh, and one more thing. I just checked all my upstairs rooms. No screws are loose.
This is the correct answer.
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They usually are. /sarc
The entirely defensive & weak nature of OPG coupled with āstern warningsā isnāt deterring the Houthis. Obviously, a second sternly worded warning is in order along with a red line ...
“I, for one, fail to grasp the apparent refusal of the USN to adopt proximity munitions to destroy small surface craft.”
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The DEI budget has probably soaked up all the money.
When the cost of containers goes up due to disruption, then the price of the goods in them goes up. Everyone everywhere is effected by the rising costs of goods:
More than ample justification to take out the 2,000 or so Hootie terrorists.
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