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by Manuel_D 33 days ago
These ships were flying false flags, which is a violation of maritime law. It's legal to board and size ships doing this, regardless of embargos.
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Yet when Russia plays games with false flags and oil exports, American is too scared to act.

Even with Russia adding Iranian attacks on US bases, the US remains quiet.

It’s a strange world.

The US has in fact seized Russian shadow fleet vessels: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-seizing-venezuela...
Thanks for this.
one wonders why