The US government seized nearly 1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil allegedly bound for China, according to newly unsealed court documents and a statement released by the Department of Justice on Friday.
I think you are being unreasonable in that argument. It’s not like they have the oil in cargo containers and can transfer it from one ship to another outside of port. The oil IS the ship.
Sure they could dump it in the ocean? Which would be the dumbest of all options.
Or they could seize the ships, and tow them back to port. Which looks like the options they took.
The logistics are pedantic. They took the ships under civil forfeiture. Made the company pay to transport the oil to Houston. Took the oil and sold it. They could have left the oil. Arrested the captain and crew. And fined the company. They stole it for… reasons.
I think you are being unreasonable in that argument. It’s not like they have the oil in cargo containers and can transfer it from one ship to another outside of port. The oil IS the ship.
Sure they could dump it in the ocean? Which would be the dumbest of all options.
Or they could seize the ships, and tow them back to port. Which looks like the options they took.
You should read up on what’s happening before commenting.
So now I have to prove my geopolitical stance on an engineering and logistics problem?
I can only give the facts, what people do with the politics is their own prerogative.
The logistics are pedantic. They took the ships under civil forfeiture. Made the company pay to transport the oil to Houston. Took the oil and sold it. They could have left the oil. Arrested the captain and crew. And fined the company. They stole it for… reasons.