• ToxicDivinity [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    After Iranian gunboats opened fire on the Bahamas-flagged tanker Richmond Voyager on July 5, the Pentagon finally lost patience. It announced it would deploy a destroyer and F-16 and F-35 fighters to reinforce US forces – including F-22 stealth fighters and a pair of destroyers – already in the Middle East. The extra forces would “defend US interests and safeguard freedom of navigation in the region,” Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said.

    Is the Bahamas a protectorate of the United States? If these tankers wanna wave the bahamian flag then they should go to the bahamian Navy for help