It's been socially coded as a left-wing issue.

Various forms of nationalism and religion don't have a natural coding. Nationalism of all kinds is just as easily coded as a right-wing concept and Islam was, prior to 9/11, hotly contested in the US between left and right, whether it was right- or left-wing depended on whether you were emphasizing Muslims as outsiders or as staunch social conservatives.

Well, from an American perspective, this is sectarian horseshit that has little place in polite conversation, let alone governance.

In a just world, this would have been resolved as all sides died of shame.

I loved that propaganda video that showed them keyholing at, like, 10 feet.

What’s funny is that the significance is mostly about conquering it from the Byzantines.

If Palestinians and Muslims hadn’t gotten left-coded decades ago, it would be obvious to everyone that this is insane, Confederate monument-level horseshit.

It also doesn’t really matter. That France has been around for over a thousand years doesn’t mean anyone in France has.

The art market is basically concept art, commercial illustration, and furries. Everything else is a sideshow except in dollar terms.

It really isn't mostly used to launder money.

You can’t protect children online without diminishing the freedom of adults because there is not really a way to reliably filter out children. That’s always been the problem and there is no solution to it.

Why though?

From an American perspective, it always looks like the UK is trying to outlaw being vaguely scummy.

Probably not, no.

Controlling entrance to the Black Sea hasn't really been relevant since the 1980s because the Aegean is just as much a shooting gallery for modern ASMs and Turkey's ability to actually accomplish that control is questionable against any actual adversary, including Russia.

That's a Chinese fantasy about their own security that has more to do with Mao-era weirdness than anything else.