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Using the world's greatest Navy for piracy is a damn shame. Also exactly what one would expect of a greedy fool.

It may be about to get even more extreme than that. There is talk of issuing Letters of Marque [0] to private citizens to commandeer assets of the cartels. I don't know if it will become a thing but if it did then many former military will be seizing cartel boats. My concern is that their actions may be mistaken as sanctioned military decisions representing the US military. Other countries may start to mimic this behavior. Earth could turn into one big PVP server.

[0] - https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/356...

This has been suggested seemingly every other year since i was born. It's pure pandering.

Is that really what's happening? These ships have been flagged for years now. Other states not infrequently seize them. Often times they're lauded bc it takes unrepaired, leaking ships off of the sea. BC it helps Ukraine.

But Trump does it and now it's piracy? Are you sure you're not just letting your hatred get the better of you?

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