• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    And even if all those tankers were partially owned by US companies,

    If the tankers or company is operating in the US, then they are bound by US laws no matter where they are in the world. A company can’t benefit from the protection of the US government and laws at home only to go abroad to commit US crimes.

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      10 months ago

      Many countries can use that justification. Why are you defending an act that you’d condemn if it was done to America?