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WheresMyCrown t1_iwhbacz wrote

Reply to comment by Jim_from_GA in Navy, Coast Guard stop ship with 180 tons of Iranian explosive materials by millennium-wisdom

Because the US Navy and Coast Guard foot the bill for protecting the entire worlds shipping lanes more or less to keep the prices of said goods in said shipping lanes down. You want stable economies relying on shipping goods across the world?

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aew360 t1_iwhw2ld wrote

Lot of people will likely complain about the cost but it’s smart. Gets them live practice and helps global supply chains. I like it

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RKU69 t1_iwibs0n wrote

If that's their desire, they should stop destroying countries and stoking civil wars around important shipping lanes. In this case the main purpose of the US military has been to help blockade Yemen while Saudi Arabia and the UAE try to bomb it into submission.

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