US Navy seizes Venezuelan oil tanker
Link to quote: US forces seize tanker off the coast of Venezuela -- caught on dramatic video | New York Post
Yesterday, US forces surprised the Maduro regime by seizing one of its oil tankers. The tanker was carrying Venezuelan oil, and a government official said that a judge recently issued a warrant for the operation because the ship had been smuggling oil to Iran. The President intends to confiscate the oil and I personally hope that it will be added to the national strategic oil reserve which Joe Biden famously depleted.
More bad news for Maduro is that the US Navy is conducting training missions over Venezuelan air space. One retaliatory move by Maduro and he could find himself deceased. I don't think the naval force that the President has deployed near Venezuela can just sit there much longer, thus the President will likely force the issue.
María Corina Machado Jonas Been Henriksen/NTB Scanpix, via Associated Press
In the meantime, Maria Corina Machado, the brave Venezuelan patriot, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, appeared on a hotel balcony in Oslo in the middle of the night. She was greeted with applause.
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I think I'm really starting to enjoy this.
enjoy what? a criminal traitor in the oval office trying to start a war to misdirect the focus on him being involved in sex trafficking?
I'm enjoying the defeat of Maduro.
Is he a hero for the left?
Is he a communist? Does he torture and kill his citizens indiscriminately?
Then I would say no
Maduro is first a dictator and second a cartel member who thinks he can give the finger to the US.
Does he torture and kill his citizens indiscriminately?
Our readers can judge:
UN accuses Venezuela of crimes against humanity in post-election violence - ABC News
Then I would say no
He is defying Trump, so I would say YES.
who cares. I'm too busy planning a massive party for the same day of a state funeral parade down pennsylvania avenue to worry about some south american country that trump is inviting russia and china to arm with nukes.
I don't support him. But he has the right to defy trmp. As a matter of fact I defy trmp every day
Still with the unfounded opinionated accusations?
Trump won the election. Remember what the great divider said: "Elections have consequences!"
what's your point?
My point is that Trump gets to put forth his agenda just like Obama and Biden did.
Why is it that Trump has activist judges issuing injunctions to slow everything down?
Why are blue district officials obstructing federal officers enforcing immigration law?
Why are we facing the specter of endless impeachments if democrats retake the House?
In Venezuela? How does defying a dictator want to be, from a different country, invite invasion?
Drug trafficking within the American hemisphere warrants a US response. There won't be an invasion or a war. It will be a very brief military action.
Because much of what Trump is doing is against the law and that is the job of the judicial branch.
Because they are trying to prevent ICE from kidnapping America citizens off the streets because of the color of their skin.
Because Trump keeps committing high crimes and misdemeanors.
Here's a question for you.
Why are Trump and republicans putting so much effort into protecting a pedophile's list of clients?
Prove there are drugs on the oil tanker. In fact, prove that there are drugs on any of the boats our military has blown up.
is trump looking for another payoff from a drug lord that isn't available to be pardoned from a US prison?
And just like you I have the right to bitch and moan and mock that agenda the same as you did. And I really reserve the right to call trmp Dopey Donald just like you called Biden Sleepy Joe. Lord only knows what you called Obama in the shadows
Well.....that's going to be difficult since it was seized for transporting "sanctioned oil".
I suggest you talk to Vic then since he's the one that brought it up.
You want to respond to my 2nd question?
I thought Americans got over Joe McCarthy.
Vic never said there where drugs on an oil tanker, you conflated his answer to the oil tanker.
The intel the government has, what do you think is on a boat with 4 outboards, no fishing gear, no nets, no bait, no lights, no flagging. but, full of bails or drums of hmmm.......what could that be.
Apparently it a cycle that started with the revolution, repeated through the Civil War, WWII and the Cold War, now the war on civility.
I was thinking of the people's attitude, moreso than governments.
The people routinely elect assholes, like McCarthy, etc.
It's just that when they are poorly educated and more interested in their smart phones and Tik Tok, they continue to make poor decisions instead of learning and improving.
SCOTUS included.
I have no respect whatsoever for your SCofUS, not caused by the minority liberals, but by Trump's enablers. "No man is above the law, except our dear leader."
keep telling yourself that....until a Chinese nuke falls on your head
I hope I don't bust a gut laughing when maga oligarch yachts start getting blown out of the water ...
I guess we should have listened to Gen MacArthur.
Something we agree on. Stop the communist hordes at their own doorstep
That's gonna anger the orcas. Those yachts are theirs to terrorize
Good.
Stop the communist hordes at their own doorstep
From the get-go: Nobody but the US gets to have a nuclear weapon.
owning a half billion dollar yacht that can't venture into international waters without fear of getting blown away is going to suck for trump's billionaire pals. I wonder how many maga passengers bezo's, zuckerberg's, and murdoch's yachts can carry ...
Do you know how many nations already have nuclear weapons?
Warmongering?
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aww...I had some of my best lines in that thread!
I was wondering when the severe maga butt hurt would begin to take effect ...
What, having your own twisted view of American history?
Presidents who "famously" depleted the oil resaves include Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George Bush and Barak Obama; I would say that's pretty good company to keep.
You really get off on criminally-questionable shit, don't you?
What were you in prison for again? Embezzling? I forget.
They got a warrant!
Maduro needs Roger Stone to put in a good word for him.
the check is in the mail ...
Trump told him to leave, but Maduro kept saying wait, it's my country!
It isn't his country?
How would you feel if Denmark told trmp to leave the US?
He is a dictator.
So is Putin. So is Orban. So is Erdogan.
He's not telling them to leave their countries
They are not killing Americans with drugs are they?
So is DJT - and DJT is killing Americans by routinely pardoning big time drug dealers and putting them back on the streets.
Venezuelans aren't either. There is no fentanyl in Venuzuela
I think it's sad that you have to resort to whataboutism and deflection to try and make an argument. It's not working
Americans kill themselves with drugs. Very willingly in fact. I would refer you to my ex if that was possible, but alas...
I know, it's a very subtle difference.
I don't think anything can help him now. He should have listened to Trump.
that lame horse won't be crossing the finish line, just look at him now ...
What did you have in mind?
ridiculing his POS sycophants to the point of performing acts of violence that will lead to quick self defense jury verdicts for their intended victims ...
It's no secret Stone's good word starts at $1M and goes up from there.
Peanuts compared to Soros.
Sure... two bad things make it all okay?
Anytime you'd like to stop all political contributions, I'll back you.
Stone's getting money to 'put in a good word' is not a political contribution, it's a 'consulting fee' that looks more like a bribe. If we were talking about political contributions I would agree with you.
Vic is doing the usual - inventing circumstances where Trump is doing the most heroic, patriotic and selfless thing anyone could conceivably do.
It sounded like he's salivating over Trump's claim to the oil.
And I want the tanker converted to a Naval supply oiler.
And let's get some more of those warrants out on tankers bringing oil to Iran!
Why do you want America to be a pirate nation ?
The US is protecting US citizens who have been dying from various drug overdoses. On top of that John, we have an embargo against Iran.
Yippie oy vay! The ship in question was not carrying oil to Iran ... they have their own.
There are better, less costly and more effective ways to do that. This has to be the stupidest excuse to fuck around in another country.
an embargo that hasn't applied to connected republicans for decades ...
It worked for England during QE I's reign
Yes, drug addicts aren't to blame, of course.
A report proves that it had:
What to know about Skipper, the covert Venezuelan oil tanker seized by the US | New York Post
Piracy is the word used by Venezuela's drug leader.
Do you and John really want to side with him?
How about we enforce the law?
By Karoline Leavitt in a far right rag? You need to get out more often ...
what a stupid thing to say
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"The tanker, identified as Skipper by maritime analysts Vanguard, was allegedly the same “sanctioned shadow vessel known for carrying black-market sanctioned oil ” to Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday.
Leavitt confirmed that the US plans to keep the oil inside the tanker, which has a history of skirting detection and was holding cargo worth more than $62 million, according to current market prices."
What to know about Skipper, the covert Venezuelan oil tanker seized by the US | New York Post
"It took an American private rescue team 15 to 16 hours to get Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado out of her country and safely on her way to Norway to collect her Nobel Peace Prize , and to be reunited with her family on Wednesday. The vast majority of that time was spent in rough seas, and the man who led the operation and met Machado on a boat told CBS News, "no one was enjoying that ride, especially Maria!"
"No one's blood pressure was low, throughout any phase of this operation, including mine," said Bryan Stern, a U.S. special forces veteran who heads the Grey Bull Rescue Foundation. "It was dangerous. It was scary. The sea conditions were ideal for us, but certainly not water that you would want to be on ... the higher the waves, the harder it is for radar to see. That's how it works."
Inside the very tense, very wet secret mission to get María Corina Machado out of Venezuela - CBS News