[_DeadFred_]

"Waters were open before America existed."

The United States formed our Navy because of Islamic Pirate/Slavers causing a lack of open waters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_corsairs

"The Barbary threat led directly to the United States founding the United States Navy in March 1794."

[mooktakim]

Have you tried reading anything other than Wikipedia

[mooktakim]

US navy literally doing piracy right now taking ships in international waters, destroying boats in Venezuela and Trump admitting to piracy.

[mooktakim]

Lol let's not talk about slavery when it comes to the USA

[_DeadFred_]

We should always talk about, challenge, and address slavery. Always.