• TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
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      Yes. And were fined. But that’s perfunctory so that they can make more money smuggling oil. The sanctions are solely enforced by the U.S., without consent of the UN.

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        Yes.

        Your own link argues against you:

        "But the Suez Rajan case was unique at the time of the transfer because it was owned by the Los Angeles-based private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management. "

        At the time the ship was being used for moving US sanctioned oil, it was own by a US company. That supports @NateNate60@lemmy.ml 's statements.

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          That is correct and why they could prosecute this case. But they have been seizing oil since 2019. And even if all those tankers were partially owned by US companies, it still doesn’t change the fact that this amounts to piracy. Defending international injustice with legalese doesn’t absolve what this is. When China seizes our tankers because the parts were made in China, will you defend them?

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            And even if all those tankers were partially owned by US companies,

            If the tankers or company is operating in the US, then they are bound by US laws no matter where they are in the world. A company can’t benefit from the protection of the US government and laws at home only to go abroad to commit US crimes.

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              Many countries can use that justification. Why are you defending an act that you’d condemn if it was done to America?

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                You’re really committed to the act, even after multiple people have pointed out your error in reading this situation. Kudos to you I guess?

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                  It’s not an act. I care about this world I live in. I don’t debate to convince the people that disagree with me. I do it to show that those people don’t use logic and reason to decide their beliefs. They want the illusion of confirmation bias. I try to disrupt that illusion. We need to see the world from different perspectives.

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                    I hate that “confirmation bias” have become moo words with people nowadays.

                    The logic is pretty sound:

                    • A company that does business in the United States must comply with American laws.
                    • It is forbidden under American law for a company that operates from the United States to do business with Iran.
                    • The company, through its child, shipped oil from Iran.
                    • American authorities, enforcing American law, ordered the company to divert the ship and turn over the oil for confiscation because the shipment was illegal.
                    • Oil is confiscated.

                    I remark that sanctions do not require the approval of the United Nations. Under customary international law, it is an application of sovereign authority. Any country can apply sanctions and can do so in any way you like. What the USA has said is that “if you want to do business here, we forbid you from doing business with Iran”.

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                    Logic - US said do not do that.

                    Reason - They did it.

                    If this has insulin, guns, food. You’d probably not care at all. This article would never be written.