I really take no pleasure in being proved once again correct about this.
Threatening war crimes because they took your threats and bombing them seriously.
It is a brutal regime. But this isn’t helping anyone.
#IranWar #Trump #Geopolitics #WarbyTweet #MerchantShipping
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I am pretty sure what Trump means is:
"Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz Toll System is now open and the USA is no longer blockading that toll..."
I do not want to try to correct The President of the Free World in real time...
#Hormuz #IranWar #MerchantShipping #TollPassage
Please go back and listen if you can to the @mrjamesob.bsky.social show on @lbc.co.uk from about 11:05 (1 hour 5 mins in) to hear this broken down with much more detail as to why this had to be the case.
#Hormuz #Starmer #IranWar #MerchantShipping #USNavyBlockade
1️⃣ #Ukraine is in survival mode & sympathy alone isn’t gonna cut it.
2️⃣ They attack no normal #MerchantShipping but specifically empty #tankers of the #ShadowFleet.
3️⃣ These ships are sanctioned but those #sanctions, like the others against #Russia aren’t effective.
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@lloydslistdaily.bsky.social opinion: “Burn, #SeaBaby, burn
Sanctions are one thing, blowing up #tankers is another.
#Ukraine needs the world’s sympathy to continue its fight. Repeated attacks on #MerchantShipping are not the way to get it.”
Though valid points are made, I disagree. Here’s why:
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Giving an illustrated talk about local and national hero Samuel Plimsoll in Folkestone for the New Folkestone Society on 25th October, 2pm. Details on this poster. @littlebrown.bsky.social #Folkestone #merchantshipping #socialhistory #plimsollmark #plimsolls #safetyatsea #lotsofpictures #teaandcakes
