re: Houthis hit cargo ship killing two. Ship might sink

Don’t be talking trash about Natasha.

Why don’t we just sail our ships over there and sink them ourselves?

Do the Houthis a favor and all since they are poor in a developing nation.

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So I’ve learned the Saudis are apparently worthless and impotent as frick as it concerns the Houthis.

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I guess you missed the part where they’ve been in conflict since 2015. There’s a reason they’re trying to avoid more conflict

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a Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned bulk carrier

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Not an American ship, not an American problem.

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Not USA, don't care

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Same. And these half measures are bullshite. My personal opinion is that we should just leave and let countries dependent upon that waterway for trade handle it. If we're not going to do that, then we should kick the ever living shite out of Iran's Navy in retaliation.

I guess Pedo Joe will tell the Houthi’s that he has to blow up some more warehouses as retaliation. They need to get their equipment and people out of those warehouses before he does

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Yea, well aware.

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Then why did you post this, which I was replying to? Not trying to be too antagonistic, but it seemed you thought the flag indicated ownership.

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A Barbados flagged Libian owned US ship?

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Maybe I am reading that wrong, but it seems you think the flag indicates ownership.

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I've long had an issue with the flag of convenience thing. Fly a US flag, pay US taxes, get the full services of the USN. I just wish our tax and regulatory arrangements weren't so unfriendly to that.

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For an “average” container ship, it saves the owner of the ship about $3 million a year per ship to have it registered in Liberia, Mongolia, Marshall Islands, etc. versus the United States. A super tanker will be so much more.

And when bad shite goes down it is 5,000 miles from the U.S. and the U.S. Navy ain’t doing shite unless they have the opportunity to make “Capt. Phillips Part 2”. There is no way a sane person running a shipping company would give a few million extra dollars a year per ship to a country, the United States, that is actively trying to put them out of business.

"Never change the horse you're riding on mid-stream!"

That's the stock cry we hear during a war and a Presidential election, isn't it?

Except, we're not in a war.


Are we?