[silentknight]

Toothless...absolutely toothless - means nothing and everyone knows it.

[Arkinsaw]

Toothless...absolutely toothless - means nothing and everyone knows it.

I don't think so, the wording gives the US the diplomatic cover to order North Korean and Iranian ships to "pull over to the side of the road and open the trunk". I suspect we will now do so.

I fully expect some North Koreans on ships to resist.