Billowing smoke catches the eye and masks the horror below.

. . .

I consider this ship and its crew. Although I do not know who died here, they had mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, brothers, sisters, friends known from childhood, people they loved more than any in the world. Someone who loved them more than any in the world. 

They are no more. The love they could give is no more.

They have been killed for being the enemy, when the enemy of love is war. 

. . .

The Iranian warship Iris Dena was sunk in International Waters without warning by an American submarine. Of the 128 crew, 35 were rescued. Over twenty ships were destroyed by the US in one week during the first week of March in 2026. Many died inside each and every ship. 

The Right of Self Protection Article 3 of The Rights of Living Things states: A living being has the right to defend and protect itself with a proportionate response when in imminent risk, but not to carry out a pre-emptive attack.

Imminent: an attack is manifestly prepared, the intent is clear, and the execution is moments or hours away.

Pre-emptive: an attack taken as a measure against something possible, anticipated, or feared.

ORIGINATOR · Mike de Sousa

ART FORM · Political Art

COMPLETED · 2026

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