• TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That is correct and why they could prosecute this case. But they have been seizing oil since 2019. And even if all those tankers were partially owned by US companies, it still doesn’t change the fact that this amounts to piracy. Defending international injustice with legalese doesn’t absolve what this is. When China seizes our tankers because the parts were made in China, will you defend them?

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      1 year ago

      And even if all those tankers were partially owned by US companies,

      If the tankers or company is operating in the US, then they are bound by US laws no matter where they are in the world. A company can’t benefit from the protection of the US government and laws at home only to go abroad to commit US crimes.

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        1 year ago

        Many countries can use that justification. Why are you defending an act that you’d condemn if it was done to America?