Options are: shoot at people who don't pay your toll?
In Iran's case, yes.
Which is also why it might be harder for the US to enforce its blockade than for Iran to. Would the US really fire at a Chinese flagged vessel who docks at at an Iranian port to pick up fuel?
The asymmetric nature of the conflict frustrates me. I don't support the US's actions, but it also feels like we're dealing with a side that gives less of a s*** if it fires on civilians. Maybe that's just the nature of a conflict with a massive asymmetry in hard power
In Iran's case, yes.
Which is also why it might be harder for the US to enforce its blockade than for Iran to. Would the US really fire at a Chinese flagged vessel who docks at at an Iranian port to pick up fuel?
The asymmetric nature of the conflict frustrates me. I don't support the US's actions, but it also feels like we're dealing with a side that gives less of a s*** if it fires on civilians. Maybe that's just the nature of a conflict with a massive asymmetry in hard power