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Straits have always been points of local control. This isn't new. We will have to pay if we want to play. For all people bluster about the US being exempt, I do
by throwaway27448 5mo ago
Straits have always been points of local control. This isn't new. We will have to pay if we want to play. For all people bluster about the US being exempt, I don't see what leverage we can use that isn't more expensive than just paying up. Marinetime law is only as meaningful as can be enforced.
- nradov 5mo agoBullshit. The right of innocent passage has long applied to straits. But as a practical matter very few US flagged merchant vessels even go through there, so if anyone actually pays it's going to be someone else.
- throwaway27448 5mo ago> The right of innocent passage has long applied to straits. Not even for one hundred years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreux_Convention_Regarding_the_Regime_of_the_Straits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreux_Convention_Regarding_... In any case, the cost will be passed on to the markets. Which country claims the vessel doesn't matter much.