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Old Dec 7, 2017, 11:40 am
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LukeO9
 
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Originally Posted by C17PSGR
This is not a blockade. Aircraft and ships are free to come and go from Qatar. If it was a blockade, they would not be. There are travel restrictions but a blockade is a military action, whereas this is a diplomatic action.
I'm sure posters here are using the word 'blockade' figuratively, in a forum where such use is not restricted by nomenclature / terminology.
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