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> The first violates international treaties Yeah, but USrAel never ratified UNCLOS. Iran is in the same boat.
by rcbdev 5mo ago
> The first violates international treaties
Yeah, but USrAel never ratified UNCLOS. Iran is in the same boat.
- bawolff 5mo agoAlthough i think they mostly recognize it as customary international law. Nonetheless international law isn't really worth the paper its written on. The bigger thing is there are a bunch of other countries dependent on the strait that might have something to say about it.
- isleyaardvark 5mo agoTrump could easily agree to it and consider that “their problem”. (I think Iran realize other countries have a say as well.)
- oblio 5mo agoIt's interesting that these days any treaty that the US hasn't signed is probably a decent one, especially if hundreds of other countries have signed it. It's usually the US and a bunch of garbage regimes on these lists, I guess there was a message being sent over time.