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US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s four-month pressure campaign against the South American country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro.

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The problem is Trump has no credibility. Nobody is going to believe it.

[–] VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The US has no credibility, from the USS Maine to the Gulf of Tonkin to this

[–] almost1337@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago

True enough, but the ghost fleets of oil tankers and ocean fishing vessels are a real problem as well. I would say that I find it unlikely that this administration would go out of their way to do the paperwork for possibly legal targets when they've been so ruthlessly attacking non-legit targets, but the stakes are also higher with the monetary value of the oil.