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minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-22 years agoSomebody more knowledgeable than me… wouldn’t mining somebody’s port (the Romanians) be an act of war? Edit: Romania is also a nato member, so if so…. Fuck.
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoDon’t worry, there’s no historic precedent for attacks on civilian shipping vessels leading to major war.
minus-squareflying_monkies@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoNone at all. On the plus side, the last time someone went that pants-on-head stupid and put mines where they shouldn’t, it was a very short war.
minus-squareNeon 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️🌈@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agono, but there is precedents for attacks on civilian ships drawing other major powers into an already ongoing war.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 years agoThis comes to mind: mostly because we played that song for band one time.
minus-squareHappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoLusitania, Athena, hospital ships and a shitload of merchant vessels operating in the exclusion zone around UK prior to America’s entry
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minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoGiven the sheer quantity of mines used by both sides, it could easily be one that got loose and floated away
minus-squareAlto@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI doubt it’ll lead to anything other than a strongly worded “HEY! DONT DO THAT”
Somebody more knowledgeable than me… wouldn’t mining somebody’s port (the Romanians) be an act of war?
Edit: Romania is also a nato member, so if so…. Fuck.
Don’t worry, there’s no historic precedent for attacks on civilian shipping vessels leading to major war.
None at all. On the plus side, the last time someone went that pants-on-head stupid and put mines where they shouldn’t, it was a very short war.
no, but there is precedents for attacks on civilian ships drawing other major powers into an already ongoing war.
This comes to mind:
mostly because we played that song for band one time.
Lusitania, Athena, hospital ships and a shitload of merchant vessels operating in the exclusion zone around UK prior to America’s entry
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Given the sheer quantity of mines used by both sides, it could easily be one that got loose and floated away
I doubt it’ll lead to anything other than a strongly worded “HEY! DONT DO THAT”