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The are reports that the United States Government is Preparing to Implement an Extreme Sanctions Package on the Russian Federation including a Full Trade Embargo and Banning Russian Ships from Strategic International Waterways like the Panama Canal or Strait of Gibraltar.

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MidnightRat

@RatMidnight

Mar 14

Oh the United States government has jurisdiction over the Gibraltar straits now? News to me.

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DWM

@DWM4000

Mar 14

You can have jurisdiction anywhere when you have the largest navy in the world.

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MidnightRat

@RatMidnight

Mar 14

Lol can't argue with that logic. That's how the British Empire operated for 300 years.

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Fator Binario

@fatorbinario

Mar 14

And let's not forget to mention: That's how Russia is trying to seize the entire Ukraine, by force..

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Davє

@dave_et_al

Mar 14

Ok? The use of force is not per se illegitimate. It’s the purpose for the use that matters

Davє

@dave_et_al

Mar 14

In the 19th century the British Navy used its supremacy at sea to shutdown the Atlantic slave trade. They used force where necessary in furtherance of this purpose

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Lmao after pioneering it. Sure they did what they could to weaken america once it left

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The Portuguese pioneered it, the Dutch made it profitable, and once the British saw they could get rich they took it over from the Dutch. Yeah. They’re all fucked up, and no one’s hands are clean. My point still stands.

Colorado Rick

@ColoradoRick1

Mar 15

It was still illegitimate. Morally the right thing to do, but still illegitimate. Sometimes ya just gotta do what’s right.

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Sure, they did what they could. But look how that worked out.