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Apparently the US Department of ~~Defense~~War thinks that they can order non-US citizens not resident in the USA to cease and desist from mailing things.

Uh…

Hilarity of the items involved aside, the gall of the US military postal service to give orders to civilians not under their command and not even of their nation is shocking.

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[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml -1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

For what? Using USPS is not compulsory. Having an APO/FPO is not a protected class. There are already restrictions on what can be sent to an APO (to include things that are illegal in the host country, like Bahrain). And logistics processing outside of your companies "normal" flow is not compulsory just to appease a US grunt.

There are plenty of companies that don't send to APOs and they continue to exist without doing so just fine.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 2 points 6 days ago

To add to this, lots of companies ship exclusively with UPS and FedEx, neither of which can deliver to APOs.

[–] JamieDub86@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If she doesnt send stuff, she is leaving herself wide open to law suits.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean, if she takes money on an order that won't be fulfilled, yeah. But she can just refuse to accept orders with a mailing address that's an APO without risk.

[–] JamieDub86@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah im making an assumption.