Trump Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker En Route to Cuba (belly-of-the-beast.kit.com)

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[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 1 month ago

For those wondering, this article is from a week ago and references the first stolen ship, the US did not yet capture a second ship.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago

Venezuelan tankers are now escorted by the Venezuelan navy, so siezure would likely have meant open war instead of normal crimes against humaniity.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago

The multiple near-collisions with US military jets make me think they just want to generate a Gulf of Tonkin incident first.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

Wouldn't surprise me

[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Exactly why I clicked through to clarify quickly with alarm. I still think it's worth discussing and demonstrating the US's piracy, but I also think it's important to clarify what I did lest someone else think we're already at war.