Why Is A "U.S. Coast" Guard Ship Off The Coast Of Iran?
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Brick Top
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It isn't, as you called it, "their territory." It was not in Iranian national waters. What occurred happened in International Waters where any ship has the right to go.
Illegal Smile
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You keep throwing down fact and logic and ending threads. Keep it up!
londonfog
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Whilst the Coast Guard is under Homeland Sercurity during peace time it is still a part of our armed forces and can be under the the command of the Department of the Navy at anytime made by the POTUS or by Congress when we are at war...
Title 14 of the United States Code deals with the duty and role of the Coast Guard
Title 14 of the United States Code deals with the duty and role of the Coast Guard
londonfog
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do you have a link where we can educate ourselves ?????
Balzac89
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Rob Roy
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Hmmm....wonder what would happen if a military ship flying a flag from China was in the Gulf of Mexico in "international waters".
It seems that American exceptionalism has been ongoing since the Monroe Doctrine.
NLXSK1
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And maritime law has been going on forever. Your point?
Rob Roy
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The standard of do as we say, not as we do is pretty apparent. The "foreign policy" of the United States is one of world domination, I think there is clear evidence to support that.
NLXSK1
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Yes, but the maritime laws are international. Soooo... Hard to blame on America.
Rob Roy
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If a law is contradictory or favors one class of people over others what kind of law is it? Soooooo.
NLXSK1
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All water a certain distance off of the coast of a country is deemed International Waters. I am not sure if it is 1 or 2 miles and if those are nautical miles.
Ships of any nationality are free to sail anywhere else and in many cases into national waters.
The body of water we are talking about is many many miles across and thus qualifies as being international waters.
In addition to the fact that we have saved at least 1 if not 2 Iranian boats from pirates in the last month they should be thanking us, not threatening us.
NLXSK1
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RACIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;p
Bad Karma
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You're absolutely right.
Because going by our current US standards, it would have been no big deal back in the day when Russia was giving Cuba all those missiles.
Of course, that's as long as its the US dispensing the weaponry and no one else, we can't have someone else horning in on our racquet.