Did the USA do good to seize a Venezuelan oil tanker?

[Couchpotato]

Has the Trump administration did the people of Venezuela a favour by seizing a Venezuelan oil tanker?

I personally believe that Maduro is no better than Adolf Hitler or Stalin or Mao or any other criminal who rises to a place of political power.

Maduro must be toppled so I believe that the Trump administration has done the people of Venezuela a favour by taking away a lot of Maduro's supply of cash, [which could easily force him to flee from Venezuela]?

Remind me how all the other regime change wars of choice we entered into have turned out....

 

[Norm Paperman]

Remind me how all the other regime change wars of choice we entered into have turned out....

I seem to recall Trump running on the promise of not doing this kind of thing.

 

[Hafar1014]

I seem to recall Trump running on the promise of not doing this kind of thing.

Trump is doing the right thing to force an overthrow of Maduro. He is defending Central and South America from China Cuba and Russia. The main reason why there was so much immigration from these countries is socialism and communism. Its funded by oil and drugs. Trump is cutting off their financial lifeline

 

[Norm Paperman]

Trump is doing the right thing to force an overthrow of Maduro. He is defending Central and South America from China Cuba and Russia. The main reason why there was so much immigration from these countries is socialism and communism. Its funded by oil and drugs. Trump is cutting off their financial lifeline

Did they ask for the US to defend them? What gives the US the right to choose who a sovereign country does business with?

We have come full circle back to the 80s and the days of the US thinking that the area south belongs to them.

This is why the rest of the world is growing to despise the US each passing day. The US today is no better than Russia

 

[ColonelAngus]

It seems none of you TDS honks can properly articulate why the vessel was seized.

 

[Norm Paperman]

It seems none of you TDS honks can properly articulate why the vessel was seized.

Neither can the current administration.

It comes down to “we wanted to so we did”

 

[ColonelAngus]

Neither can the current administration.

It comes down to “we wanted to so we did”

 

[ColonelAngus]

Neither can the current administration.

It comes down to “we wanted to so we did”

The tanker had been sanctioned by the US since 2022 for allegedly participating in an illicit oil shipping network linked to Venezuela and Iran. The seizure as part of efforts to stop the transport of oil that violates long-standing sanctions.

SINCE 2022! WHO WAS POTUS IN 2022?

THE TANKER HAD NO FLAG.

The tanker was also tied the network that operated the tanker to finance Hezbollah.

So, you can disagree with the move, but to say there was no reason is ignorant at best and a ******* lie in all reality.

 

[Norm Paperman]

The tanker had been sanctioned by the US since 2022 for allegedly participating in an illicit oil shipping network linked to Venezuela and Iran. The seizure as part of efforts to stop the transport of oil that violates long-standing sanctions.

SINCE 2022! WHO WAS POTUS IN 2022?

THE TANKER HAD NO FLAG.

The tanker was also tied the network that operated the tanker to finance Hezbollah.

So, you can disagree with the move, but to say there was no reason is ignorant at best and a ******* lie in all reality.

So the US government sanctions ships and then gets to steal them and all their cargo.

Isn’t that convenient for them.

I am sure if other nations started doing the same things that none of you would have any issues with it?

 

[ColonelAngus]

So the US government sanctions ships and then gets to steal them and all their cargo.

Isn’t that convenient for them.

I am sure if other nations started doing the same things that none of you would have any issues with it?

You hate Trump, so you disagree with anything this administration does.

Just be honest and say that.

 

[JWBooth]

Did the USA do good to seize a Venezuelan oil tanker?​

Kinda depends on your definition of good.
Acts bordering on piracy good? This is great.
Bullying small countries just because you can? This is wonderful.

 

[Norm Paperman]

You hate Trump, so you disagree with anything this administration does.

Just be honest and say that.

I do not hate anyone.

I am against the US doing things like this no matter who the president is. The US does things that if any other nation did we would not allow it.

It is one of the reasons we left the US more than 6 years ago. It js the reason I will have a second passport within 2 years so I can travel without the stigma of being an American.

 

[Hafar1014]

Did they ask for the US to defend them? What gives the US the right to choose who a sovereign country does business with?

We have come full circle back to the 80s and the days of the US thinking that the area south belongs to them.

This is why the rest of the world is growing to despise the US each passing day. The US today is no better than Russia

We are defending ourselves from real threats. Come on man up grow a backbone

 

[JWBooth]

We are defending ourselves from real threats. Come on man up grow a backbone

Bullshit

 

[Hafar1014]

Bullshit

There isnt a damn thing you can do about it

 

[Norm Paperman]

We are defending ourselves from real threats. Come on man up grow a backbone

These are not threats against the US. The US is butt hurt because other counties are choosing to do business with China instead of the US.

 

[JWBooth]

US oil engineers exploring for resources in Venezuelan waters.

 

[JWBooth]

There isnt a damn thing you can do about it

True, bullying oil producers that will not bend a knee to the empire is a long established US policy and that isn't going to change.

 

[ColonelAngus]

That one hour of use from seizure of the tanker is VERY IMPACTFUL.

You lefties continue to ignore the reasons for the seizure.

REFUTE THE REASONS, BUT TO CLAIM NONE WERE GIVEN IS A LIE.

When do you motherfuckers ever tell the truth?

I bet you lie to your servers, you really did want a booth, but you asked for a table just because you are so used to lying.

 

[Norm Paperman]

That one hour of use from seizure of the tanker is VERY IMPACTFUL.

You lefties continue to ignore the reasons for the seizure.

REFUTE THE REASONS, BUT TO CLAIM NONE WERE GIVEN IS A LIE.

When do you motherfuckers ever tell the truth?

I bet you lie to your servers, you really did want a booth, but you asked for a table just because you are so used to lying.

We sanction a ship and then use that as a reason to steal the ship and its cargo.

It is a great system as long as you have the military force to back it up.

The US Navy has become the Barbary Pirates of the day.