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US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s four-month pressure campaign against the South American country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro.

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[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 days ago (33 children)

we need to organize a bit harder, everyone. seriously!

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[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 28 points 4 days ago (2 children)

“We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela - a large tanker, very large, the largest one ever seized actually. And other things are happening so you will be seeing that later and you will be talking about that later with other people.”

He speaks like a child, a pernicious little child

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 22 points 4 days ago

A little on the nose, no?

It's like a complete package, the actual visual representation of what they want to do with Venezuela.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

In another timeline, Hegseth confusingly bombed the oil tanker and blamed Biden.

[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 16 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Why is it possible to seize assets of weaker countries like Venezuela but not war mongers like Russia and the USA ?

[–] neuromorph@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago

Bullies never go for hard targets they go after weakness

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[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 days ago

Shame. Also fuck you Amerikkka!

Cool I guess we’re doing piracy now 🤦‍♂️

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago
[–] almost1337@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 days ago (12 children)

According to the NY Times the tanker in question is flying under a flag where it is not registered, and is linked to smuggling Iranian oil.

[–] Philippe23@lemmy.ca 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

So is the US going to start seizing all the Russia ghost tankers doing the same?

[–] almost1337@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 days ago

The Chinese ghost fishing fleet too, imo

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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The phrase "is linked to" should be a massive red flag.

If it was smuggling Iranian oil it would say, "is smuggling Iranian oil", not "is linked to smuggling Iranian oil".

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The problem is Trump has no credibility. Nobody is going to believe it.

[–] VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The US has no credibility, from the USS Maine to the Gulf of Tonkin to this

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[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago

It's an oily amuse bouche before the land invasion

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