Um, I repeat: an act "of war" is not the same as "a war". Should be obvious.
Sanctions allow interdiction of banned goods. Using "ghost ships" to bypass those sanctions doesn't make it legal. It makes them pirates: those committing illegal acts at sea without flying a national flag.
Every image of blown up boats has bails of drugs everywhere. There's no question these boats exist, and no evidence that actual fishing boats have been attacked.
I'm not condoning ALL acts of war, sanctions or blowing up drug runners. Every event needs to be judged on its own merit.
It makes them pirates: those committing illegal acts at sea without flying a national flag.
No. A trade embargo with Venezuela is a sanction. Freezing Venezuelan assets inside your own country is a sanction. A blockade that prevents a country from trading with third parties is an act of war.
The US has no legal jurisdiction to physically inhibit trade between Venezuela and other nations. If they were sneaking it into the US, that would be a different story.
I'm not even saying it's bad but they aren't pirates for shipping oil.
It's not piracy when WE do it!
Just like the Iran war wasn't a war but "just bombing their nuclear facilities, bro".
An act of war (like bombing military instillations) and a declaration of war are entirely different things.
Intercepting pirates at sea is not "piracy" it's trying to stop the pirates. Just like blowing up drug runners isn't "attacking fishing boats". 🙄
Yes? It's still war, or Iraq wasn't a war.
Today I learned that people transporting their own oil are "pirates".
Blowing up fishing boats is, though. I have little faith in the people who've been manufacturing consent for one war after another.
Um, I repeat: an act "of war" is not the same as "a war". Should be obvious.
Sanctions allow interdiction of banned goods. Using "ghost ships" to bypass those sanctions doesn't make it legal. It makes them pirates: those committing illegal acts at sea without flying a national flag.
Every image of blown up boats has bails of drugs everywhere. There's no question these boats exist, and no evidence that actual fishing boats have been attacked.
I'm not condoning ALL acts of war, sanctions or blowing up drug runners. Every event needs to be judged on its own merit.
No. A trade embargo with Venezuela is a sanction. Freezing Venezuelan assets inside your own country is a sanction. A blockade that prevents a country from trading with third parties is an act of war.
The US has no legal jurisdiction to physically inhibit trade between Venezuela and other nations. If they were sneaking it into the US, that would be a different story.
I'm not even saying it's bad but they aren't pirates for shipping oil.