(2 hours ago)Fireball Wrote:(3 hours ago)Mister Agenda Wrote: The US Navy has seized an oil tanker near Venezuela.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...-seized-us
Like Somalia, but with better tech and armament.
I think the seizure is legal. As I understand it, the ship in question has been sanctioned since 2016 or so for being used to help Iran and Russia both get around the sanctions imposed on those countries. I don't think this is piracy, though I do think it's unwise to do at this time. It also shows that propaganda aside, this confrontation with Venezuela has nothing to do with drugs, as @BrianSoddingBoru4 has noted elsewhere.


