• ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Yes it does. Look up the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, if you’re not being purposefully obtuse.

    And as much as we may not like it, with the way US laws currently are, there is nothing illegal about USN vessels being in the Red Sea

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      10 months ago

      I’m not talking about US law. Who gives a fuck about US law? The ships are there to attack Ansarallah, so they have it coming.

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        10 months ago

        Because, as the warships are US flagged, all that matters for their conduct (until a UN resolution is passed or ICC takes action) is US Law.

        Since the USN vessels are not within the internationally recognized jurisdiction of Yemen, Yemeni laws don’t apply. So it can’t really be illegal, then? Or is the law that no one, anywhere on earth, is allowed to disagree with them?

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          10 months ago

          The Saudi coalition (including the US; the US navy even directly took part in the blockade) has waged war on Ansarallah for years, and created an artificial famine that killed hundreds of thousands, mostly children. The US is waging an illegal war of aggression and genocide on the people of Yemen. They don’t need a UN resolution to have the right to defend themselves.