Sahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoIran and US ‘allowed’ Russian superyacht through blockaded Strait of Hormuzwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down16
arrow-up1310arrow-down1external-linkIran and US ‘allowed’ Russian superyacht through blockaded Strait of Hormuzwww.independent.co.ukSahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-square8oow3291d@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 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-up5·edit-22 days agoIt’s “a priori”, not “a priory”
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoVery true. I appreciate your pedantry
minus-squarestickyprimer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoThen you’ll be grateful to be informed you left off your final period.
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-215 hours 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 “a 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.