Look, ultimately the ship is kind of irrelevant. We know it was Russia and we know it was China.
What is actually at stake is whether Europe is ready to say it out loud. Apprehending the ship means saying it out loud. And that has consequences. And it is these consequences that are the only relevant thing here. Is Europe ready? Will Europe ever be ready? Perhaps if Europe doesn’t bite the bullet and apprehend the ship, it will never be ready. Perhaps biting that bullet can force Europe into being ready. Or perhaps biting the bullet will create a huge divide between those who are ready and those who will never be.
Droid202020202020 on
China in the meantime is renaming the ship from *Yi Peng* to *Fuk Yi*.
“Urging” state terrorists never work and doesn’t have any effect other than a display of weakness.
Aranthos-Faroth on
It’s mind boggling that the ship was allowed to leave Swedish waters when there was an active investigation into sabotage and this was the highest level suspect.
There must have been reasons they couldn’t board and assume control and if so, that law or the laws around that need to change.
utah_teapot on
So, when do we start shooting?
brambleburry1002 on
Haha…. yeah…. pretty please come back?
Strange-East-543 on
It’s insane how the whole world can just cut European internet cables, and they all just get away with it.
Heldbaum on
I am really concerned.
Dragon2906 on
It was a Chinese with a Russian captain. Is Russia trying to pull China into their conflicts?
MaisJeNePeuxPas on
If a European ship slinks around Chinese waters and is suspected of sabotage, it gets boarded, people get arrested and questioned, we let it go.
If I Chinese ship slinks around European water and is suspected of sabotage, it’s recommended that they leave and we let it go if they don’t.
limpleaf on
They should’ve sinked it long ago and arrested the crew.
Markus292 on
They could always deny passage for chinese ships.
ohnosquid on
Warn them to return, else board them and seize the ship by force
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Look, ultimately the ship is kind of irrelevant. We know it was Russia and we know it was China.
What is actually at stake is whether Europe is ready to say it out loud. Apprehending the ship means saying it out loud. And that has consequences. And it is these consequences that are the only relevant thing here. Is Europe ready? Will Europe ever be ready? Perhaps if Europe doesn’t bite the bullet and apprehend the ship, it will never be ready. Perhaps biting that bullet can force Europe into being ready. Or perhaps biting the bullet will create a huge divide between those who are ready and those who will never be.
China in the meantime is renaming the ship from *Yi Peng* to *Fuk Yi*.
“Urging” state terrorists never work and doesn’t have any effect other than a display of weakness.
It’s mind boggling that the ship was allowed to leave Swedish waters when there was an active investigation into sabotage and this was the highest level suspect.
There must have been reasons they couldn’t board and assume control and if so, that law or the laws around that need to change.
So, when do we start shooting?
Haha…. yeah…. pretty please come back?
It’s insane how the whole world can just cut European internet cables, and they all just get away with it.
I am really concerned.
It was a Chinese with a Russian captain. Is Russia trying to pull China into their conflicts?
If a European ship slinks around Chinese waters and is suspected of sabotage, it gets boarded, people get arrested and questioned, we let it go.
If I Chinese ship slinks around European water and is suspected of sabotage, it’s recommended that they leave and we let it go if they don’t.
They should’ve sinked it long ago and arrested the crew.
They could always deny passage for chinese ships.
Warn them to return, else board them and seize the ship by force