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The vessel was sanctioned in July 2025 and has since changed its name from Myrtos to Smyrtos
“Just lob an S at the front lads. Be grand.”
This is the classic “Boblin the Goblin” DND meme
Title is wrong. It should say “UK privateers steal Russian oil during oil shortage caused by America and Israel”.
No, it’s the UK government seizing a ship from smugglers that were sent by Russia, which knows its being sanctioned because they are playing the genocide game in Ukraine
There, now you’re up to date again.
And when Ukraine was exterminating Russian speakers in its borders? Was that genocide too?
If it were true, yes.
You’re implying it isn’t?
Who cares what people imply.
Bring receipts you fucking idiot.If it was anything more than misinformation, you would be pointing to credible reports, news outlets, proof.
But yes, if Ukraine was committing genocide, then I would want it similarly sanctioned/punished
Nah, title is right
One is more right than the other, according to international law.
Nah, Russia can go fuck itself. Get out of Ukraine or die.
So every other country in the world is justified in comandeering American vessels, because its doing a genocide in Iran and Palestine, right?
That’s whataboutism. I get your hatred for the US. I feel the same. Fuck 'em. But just bc the US and Israel are evil, we shouldn’t suddenly start praising the Russian fascists.
Nobody’s praising anyone, you’re jumping to conclusions. If you’d have a good understanding on why you hate the US, you’d focus more on their proxy war in Ukraine to weaken and take out Russia in order to encircle China. It’s not that complicated. That doesn’t mean, that anyone argues in favor of Russia, that’s a dishonest take. I implore you to focus on the actual problem in this world and work from there.
Sooo
Russia attacks Ukrain and the US somehow tries to encircle China? Who is jumping to conclusions now?
You do realize they could just leave? Right?
Obviously the US is happy to fight against and damage Russia whenever they get the chance. But jumping to China in this case is wild.
Sometimes whataboutism can help to illuminate hypocrisy.
Even though that’s Israel technically, I’d still say yes. The US is propping them up enough that they are liable.
The U.S. isn’t directly attacking Palestine, and what it’s done in Iran, while terrible, isn’t genocide. That said, yes the U.S. should face consequences for supporting Isreal as it commits genocide, and for attacking Iran, amongst other things.
The president posted on his own social media, that a civilization will die tonight, and that he’s going to bomb Iran back to the stone age, where they belong. Then he carpet bombed heavily populated civilian centers. That’s the definition of genocide, bud. He’s attacked water treatment facilities, hotels, school, hospitals, etc. I think it’s pretty obvious that your hesitant to call it a genocide, when in reality, it’s fairly obvious.
I am hesitant to call it genocide only because there’s no intent to remove the population - it’s to gain power and access to commerce. It’s certainly war crimes and disgusting. I just think we need to stick to some meaning of genocide - not just blur it in with war crimes, murder, crimes against humanity, etc.
I reiterate: >The president posted on his own social media, that a civilization will die tonight, and that he’s going to bomb Iran back to the stone age, where they belong.
This is a clear establishment of intent. He has the ability to act on this intent, and then acted upon this intent.
I know the organs of international justice are slow, and also tilted in the West’s favor, but come on, man. Open your fuckin’ eyes.
Yes. But just saying something like that isn’t the same as doing it. And as I recall when the orange moron said that he backed down and did nothing that night. Maybe I’m just excusing Trump as he’s such a fucking moron and I don’t believe anything he says. He should be drawn and quartered for making such statements as the potus. It’s just that those statements don’t align with the actions by the U.S. so it doesn’t really seem like it is a genocide at this point. But I get your point.
Putting the politics aside, the dark fleet is a major disaster waiting to happen. We’ve already seen some small ones. These things are near or more usually past 4th special survey (which it normally the “retirement” age of big tankers), horrible maintained racking up multiple PSC violations every time they put into a non-Russian allied port.
Nobody wants one of these to sink or blow up in heavily trafficked European waters.
And Russian regulars are aboard posed at ratings so they can keep the officers in line. Both the officers and ratings work in horrible, dangerous conditions.
I happen to agree with the politics: Europe must stop Russia or we’ll be next. But you don’t have to agree with that to see what a monumental danger these ships and their operations are.
