• zephyreks@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Palauan-flagged, Ukrainian-owned and Polish-operated bulk cargo carrier that had docked in Malaysia and was on its way to Italy carrying wood.

    Maybe this was an attack on Palau? Poland? Malaysia? Italy? No, using Ukraine will generate more clicks.

    • PahassaPaikassa@sopuli.xyz
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      4 months ago

      Well, who owns the ship is the important bit. Where the ship is registered is irrelevant because its done for tax etc purposes. The crews are often subcontractor kind of deals. The ports that the ship left/was going to dont matter either, the ship is just a glorified floating lorry, you wouldnt consider a arson attack against a polish lorry to be a attack against germany just because the lorry was going to frankfurt.

      If you ask me personally this was an attack against the west, not any individual countries.

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      4 months ago

      How do you think the Houthis determined which ship they were attacking? The problem is they’re attacking any ship they can reach and claim it’s to help Gaza.

      Which isn’t on the coast of the Red Sea.

      People keep defending them for it too as if this somehow really does help Palestinians and doesn’t just give the Houthis a PR opportunity.