Nope. Merchant vessels, regardless of what entity owns them, are civilian ships.
Rather appropriate, coming from Mr. Potato Head.
And he’s reputed to have a small “head” as well.
The so called war has just made things worse-
Iran-backed rebels in Yemen captured the strategic Perim Island in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait on Friday, two Yemeni government sources told CNN, potentially expanding Tehran’s influence over another key global shipping route.
A day earlier, the Houthi group captured the port town of Mocha as it sought to take control of the country’s Red Sea coast.
The news sent shockwaves worldwide over the possible impact on shipping and oil prices, as well as the risk of a new front opening in the US-Iran war.
I guess coffee going to become much more expensive now.