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caslav.ilic
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drankin said:[...] I think it is obvious that those boats were trying to provoke a response or at least harass. It caused the ships to deviate from their course. If they continue to harass warships in this way, what do you suggest should be done [...]
It's very obvious what the American authorities should do then: point at the international laws that the harassing vessels are breaking, provide evidence to support those claims, and propose a resolution on the UN Security Council giving any nation's warships in international waters near Strait of Hormuz legal right to an exclusion zone, for a certain period of time. Or something to that effect, such things are always heavily haggled.
Alternatively, if the American government perceives the harassment too impeding and processing in the UN SC too slow, it can declare war on Iran, which would automatically allow exclusion zones under wartime rules (e.g. similar to that declared by the British during the Falklands affair).
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Chusslove Illich (Часлав Илић)