Originally Posted by
BEagle
...Having told the Spam who we were, we were told "You are clear to proceed". To which I replied "We are indeed proceeding in accordance with our clearance from the FIR controller. Thank you for your interest, but we do NOT need any clearance from Americans sailing their boats in the Red Sea to fly on international airways. Goodbye!".
You're brave, dumb and conceited to think that your "rights" according to your civil ICAO IFR Clearance will prevail over instructions from a military controller.