No one owns anything or has the right to anything.
replyEverything is either what you hold by force, or have a friend who holds it by force for you.
The original ship channel was in Omani waters, not Iranian. It is entirely unreasonable to consider it reasonable for Iran to mine Omani waters.
replyIt is reasonable for Iran to do things that hurt the US (and the world) when the US hurts them.
reply> It is reasonable for Iran to do things that hurt the US
replyYes
> (and the world)
No
It is not the world. Only Israel, USA and their direct allies are explicitly banned. Most of the world is not.
replyThey shot at neutral ships when they closed the strait, where do you get your info from?
replyIf it was just USA and Israel and Nato even then you'd see a ton of ships go through and the world wouldn't be very affected, since almost all ships that go through the strait are not Nato aligned.
> Frankly it's a bit absurd to complain that your ships can't transit a country's waters while you bomb them.
replyThe issue is they block all non-Iranian ships, not just American ships. Basically nobody would have complained if they only blocked American ships.
Incorrect, plenty of countries have had their ships transit the Strait including China, Philippines and Pakistan
replyThey shot at Indian vessels, so you are wrong they are blocking neutral nations. India is not allied to USA or Israel. That they let some vessels through doesn't mean they don't shoot at neutral ships, they shoot at most neutral ships.
replyhttps://iranwire.com/en/news/152407-30-ships-passed-through-...
Pay toll and don't get your ship bombed.
replyThey likely didn't pay to move their goods through the strait.
That is illegal, that is equivalent to blocking it. No other country accepts existence of such a toll, and any company paying it will get sanctioned by the entire world since it would set such a bad precedent if countries started to toll their straits.
replyYou don't pay money to terrorists to make them not bomb your stuff, you eliminate the terrorists, otherwise you get more terrorists.
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