Venezuela, Americas Kiev?

[vonclod]

You are trying to establish a moral equivalence of Russia invading a sovereign nation that posed no harm to it with the US possibly putting an end to a narco-terrorist state that is responsible for 1000's of American deaths a year.


Fail

You must not have been around in the 80s..when US govt agencies where the biggest importers of blow/crack, the whole US govt should have snuffed itself by that reasoning.

The moral grandstanding is laughable.

[Kurokage]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/214...ro-support

Putin calls Venezuela president to offer Russian support as US WW3 fears explode.Vladimir Putin has offered his support to Venezuela amid growing tensions between Donald Trump's administration and the South American country's leader, Nicolás Maduro. The Kremlin said in a statement that Putin spoke with Mr Maduro by phone and re-affirmed his support for the policy stand taken by the Venezuelan leader in the face of growing external pressure.
The call on Thursday (December 11) came a day after US forces seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in the latest tactic from Mr Trump's administration to ramp up pressure on Mr Maduro, who has been charged with narco-terrorism in the United States. Caracas said in a statement that Putin told Mr Maduro that direct communication between Russia and Venezuela would remain permanently open and the Kremlin would continue to support the country's "struggle to assert its sovereignty, international law, and peace throughout Latin America".
Michelle Weise Bockmann, a senior analyst at maritime intelligence firm Windward, said there are hundreds of flagless tankers which have been a lifeline for sanctioned oil revenues for regimes including Venezuela, Iran and Russia.
 
The ships cloak their locations by altering their automated identification system — a mandatory safety feature intended to help avoid collisions.
They either go entirely dark or "spoof" their location to appear as if they are navigating miles away under a false flag or with fake registration information from another vessel.
Mr Maduro's government has for the most part succeeded in using such tactics to get its oil to market.
The country's oil production has increased about 25% in the last two years, according to OPEC data.
But experts say Wednesday's seizure could mark a turning point, foreshadowing a possible oil blockade which could deter smuggling from even some of the shipping industry's worst actors.

Thinks are definitely heating up.

[Moon68]

You must not have been around in the 80s..when US govt agencies where the biggest importers of blow/crack, the whole US govt should have snuffed itself by that reasoning.

The moral grandstanding is laughable.

Sure I was around 40+ years ago, serving my country at that time. What were you doing?

Trying to create a moral equivalency between blowing up narco-terrorists and Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a fail on the poster I was responding to.

Do you disagree with that?

Do you support cartels and why?