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International Politics is "might makes right," so good luck to Venezuela.
Based, don't let the Empire bully you.
Yes! Gotta stand up to this idiotic administration. Sen. Kelly is doing it, showing everyone that you should not let this asshole bully and silence you into submission. These fools shall one day soon pay for their abhorrent war crimes.
Gonna be honest, I don't consider the DNC to be opposition, more collusion. The US Empire has always been a genocidal plunderer, at a global scale too.
What does based mean in this context?
there's needs to be a gen-z translator out there somewhere.
Very cool and good.
Based is used approvingly to describe someone who projects a lack of concern about how others feel about their actions or opinions. It can also describe a thing, such as an action or event, perceived as both bold and commendable, especially if it challenges or flouts convention in some way.
Thank you helpful person.
This is the game Trump wants them to play. The should get their client-countries and allied neighbors to do this for them. Build pipelines or transport by rail to ports in other SA countries. He might like that too, but its harder for him to escalate like-so.
the united states has re-inserted itself to interfere in the elections of all of the neighboring countries in the last few years (and painfully obviously so this time around). only brazil has successfully defended itself (so far), so the incoming administrations will be hostile to venezuela.
but the point is moot since colombia is the only neighboring country whose geography & development lends itself towards pipeline/transport, but the interior of the country is controlled by paramilitaries that have been fostered by the united states since the days of the iran-contra.
also, this status quo won't change since brazil is energy independent, so it doesn't need venezuela's oil anyways and it's still a capitalist country that can't block american election interference forever.
Venezuela borders Brazil, which has deep-sea ports itself and borders Peru, which is getting its own mega-port. Technically, a line down to the Rio Negro River would be sufficient on the Brazil side; Might require dredging in some spots, but its average depth is more than deep enough for the largest tanker-ships, and its wide-enough to fit more than a dozen-abreast.
The US is playing a stupid, stupid game. Committing acts of terrorism and piracy on the high-seas. I don't want the Amazon contaminated, but should it happen, its not Venezuela or Brazil to blame.
Nice, I wonder who's going to shoot first or at all? Taking an unarmed boat is one thing, but the next ones might have backup.
Kegsbreath is deadset on being a warmongering piece of shit. I have no doubt he will order the first strike upon the Venezuelan Navy, covering it up somehow, making it look like they started it, or whatever other weasley tactic the nazi fuck can muster.
Even simpler, they will send helicopter with soldiers to seize the tanker, so the Venezuelan navy ship will have the choice to shot it down or not. If not, massive propaganda L, if yes, war "started by Venezuela" even though using armed response against piracy attempt is perfectly legal according to basically every maritime law.
sometimes, the old classics never stop working. lol
To avoid that, i imagine they would post armed men on the tanker itself. Perhaps post signs, in english, at the ingresses that state that any gunshots on the deck of an oil tanker could result in the destruction of the entire vessel.
this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2025
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