Sheryl Weikal1d ago

You're probably hearing a lot from Marco Rubio and the US State Department about international law and the Strait of Hormuz, and that Iran cannot legally close the Strait. Under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, that's true!

There's just one problem.

The US never ratified that treaty.

Show threadtkissing1d ago
@theleftistlawyer "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." - Frank Wilhoit
Show threadXenotime, Librarian of Æther 21h ago
@theleftistlawyer @tkissing 10/10 quote reference but just a note that that quote is actually from a random internet person who happened to share a last name with that guy

still a great quote
Show threadtkissing17h ago
@xeno @theleftistlawyer The "random Internet person" is Francis 'Frank' Wilhoit, a composer usually going by Frank Wilhoit. "That guy" was Francis Marion 'Frank' Wilhoit, a political scientist going by Francis M. Wilhoit. So based on the names these people used in their publish work, I did attribute correctly :)
Show threadXenotime, Librarian of Æther 
@theleftistlawyer @tkissing oh my bad lol
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