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[–] ForestGreenGhost@literature.cafe 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Capturing a vessel is very different than performing a boarding action. If the U.S. captured the Iranian vessel then there wouldn't be any risk of "getting beaten with a pipe" because the Iranian vessel surrendered.

~~Deeper~~ Dumber reason: Given the state of technology today and with all of the jamming, electronic warfare tech, and counter drone and missile stuff that the U.S. Navy has, it wouldn't make a lick of difference whether the Iranian vessel was right next to a U.S. warship or not.

Edit: lol at getting beaten with a pipe. Jesus fucking Christ. Get off of LLMs, they're clearly ruining your ability to reason

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world -4 points 51 minutes ago (1 children)

Putting aside your other bullshit, you answered the question yourself then. They did not capture it because it did not surrender.

[–] ForestGreenGhost@literature.cafe 2 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 25 minutes ago)

In a warfighting context, to capture an enemy vessel or position means you coerced them to surrender with overwhelming firepower or threat of force. Also is semantics the only counterargument you have?

Normally I wouldn't care this much, but the whole reason for this conversation was that you were defending the murders of unarmed sailors who were not at war. So fuck you, you fucking shitwhistle.