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		amenhotep 18 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Venezuela's Navy Begins Escorting Ships as U.S. Th... This is a bit like saying "isn't it completely standard for cars to have random meaningless characters on their number plates"?

vkou 18 days ago [–]

The rules for ships are a bit different for rules for cars.

There's a number of countries (some of them land-locked) that sell flags of convenience, but in that particular case, it's possible that didn't happen.

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