• ghost_laptop@lemmy.ml
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    13 hours ago

    I think it simply comes down to that the Usonian pirate fleet would probably just sink the oil tankers heading to China.

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      13 hours ago

      They didn’t do that when Yemenis closed the area to US and Israeli-linked ships, but let Chinese and other ships pass freely.

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        10 hours ago

        I’m just guessing, tho. That time there wasn’t a US fleet right next to them of that size, the conflict wasn’t that big.

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          6 hours ago

          There’s been 3 different carrier fleets off the coast of Yemen doing Operation GenocideProsperity Guardian