Sahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoIran and US ‘allowed’ Russian superyacht through blockaded Strait of Hormuzwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkIran and US ‘allowed’ Russian superyacht through blockaded Strait of Hormuzwww.independent.co.ukSahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square43linkfedilink
minus-square8oow3291d@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoNot really. Iran are blockading non-Iranian ships. The US is only blockading Iranian-bound ships. So a priory there was no reason to think that the US would block the Russian ship. And it would be illegal under international law.
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoVery true. I appreciate your pedantry
minus-squarestickyprimer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoThen you’ll be grateful to be informed you left off your final period.
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 days agoI am, but I think you’ll find it’s a full stop, unless you’re suggesting I’m a recently post-menopausal woman.
Not really. Iran are blockading non-Iranian ships. The US is only blockading Iranian-bound ships.
So a priory there was no reason to think that the US would block the Russian ship. And it would be illegal under international law.
It’s “a priori”, not priory
unless you’re a monk
Very true. I appreciate your pedantry
Then you’ll be grateful to be informed you left off your final period.
I am, but I think you’ll find it’s a full stop, unless you’re suggesting I’m a recently post-menopausal woman.