"We warned the United States that the orchestrated pumping of weapons from a number of countries is not just a dangerous move, it is a move that turns these convoys into legitimate targets," Ryabkov said in the remarks, which served as a severe warning to the West.
[zerohedge.com]
I seem to remember a certain ship that was sunk by the Kaiser's U-boats in WWI for carrying contraband which the government had encourages US civilians to use to go on vacation in Britain. Same argument.