The move comes after the US seized two tankers transporting Venezuelan oil this month. At an emergency UN meeting requested by Caracas, China and Russia accused the US of "bullying" the South American country.
I don’t want to see what our response would be to that. I’m pretty sure “proportionality” has been thrown out the window, not that we ever knew what that meant if Operation Praying Mantis was considered “proportional.”
Also someone touching our boats is what has gotten us into damn near every war we’ve been in, except for the Civil War, because that was a fort and not a naval base, and that one time we ignored Israel attacking one of our boats.
I don’t want to see what our response would be to that. I’m pretty sure “proportionality” has been thrown out the window, not that we ever knew what that meant if Operation Praying Mantis was considered “proportional.”
https://youtu.be/d5v6hlRyeHE
Also someone touching our boats is what has gotten us into damn near every war we’ve been in, except for the Civil War, because that was a fort and not a naval base, and that one time we ignored Israel attacking one of our boats.
trump already announced he wants to do land strikes. Venezuela might as well use the element of surprise.