[watwut]

I mean, speaking of that ... USA "opted out" when it destroyed ships in pacific and killed survivors.

That international custom is breaking and the power openly and proudly breaking it does not get to pearl clutch when someone else does it too.

Whether Iran looses or wins, the nice cooperative days are kind of gone.

[spwa4]

Does it really need to be said that military ships are fair game?

[toraway]

Are (alleged) drug smugglers not engaged in any kind of active combat "military ships"?

[spwa4]

Yes. You're technically right, of course, in theory only by the government whose flag they bear. And that flag is not the US flag. All I can say, it is not a matter of serious disagreement that Venezuela's government was running a drug cartel. That is perhaps not why Trump cares, but it is true. So either that was going to happen or it was just going to continue ...