U.S. destroys Venezuelan vessels | US seizes Venezuelan oil tanker.

[mynameisbond]

Russia committed, and is still committing, war crimes by invading Ukraine. There are international sanctions against them selling their oil. Was this one carrying Russian oil, or just Venezuelan?

 

[ZenMode]

@ZenMode - thoughts on this one?

I'm not sure. There's a lot to this story, it seems. I've heard the Venezuela is violating international law with how it's handling oil, as it relates to Cuba, Iran and possibly China.

So, if the US is legally justified in taking the tanker, is it ok to take the property that is the focus of the crime?

 

[pspsps]

I could take seriously this administration’s decisions regarding international law if they themselves followed international law.

 

[ChapelHillSooner]

If we had a POTUS who could articulate anything, he would have explained all of this instead of “we had a good reason.”

 

[sringwal]

If we had a POTUS who could articulate anything, he would have explained all of this instead of “we had a good reason.”

It is one step up from “Trust me bro.”

 

[nycfan]

Conceptually, I have no complaints about using economic sanctions to try to force Maduro out of office he shouldn’t be clinging to after losing the last election.