Rusty 🦀 Femboy 🏳️🌈@lemmy.blahaj.zone to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoTrump says US Navy acting ‘like pirates’ to enforce Iran blockadewww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-linkTrump says US Navy acting ‘like pirates’ to enforce Iran blockadewww.aljazeera.comRusty 🦀 Femboy 🏳️🌈@lemmy.blahaj.zone to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·3 days agoIsnt state sanctioned piracy called privateering?
minus-squareHumanPenguin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-23 days agoIt is when non state actors are doing it. IE private actors. When done by state resources it’s just a war crime.
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoAhhh yes. Thanks for the precision!
Isnt state sanctioned piracy called privateering?
It is when non state actors are doing it. IE private actors.
When done by state resources it’s just a war crime.
Ahhh yes. Thanks for the precision!