USA just sunk a drug boat from Venezuela

[imitator]

Well, this raises a question.

Why is the Coast Guard boarding ships and seizing drugs according to international law in the Pacific, but the Navy (or maybe the CIA) is ignoring international law and summarily executing people with drone strikes in the Caribbean?  Shouldn’t they be applying a consistent policy?

Is the smaller amount of drug smuggling coming out of Venezuela somehow more dangerous than the larger amount coming out of Colombia?

I think it's all about Venezuela working with China, which now buys most of its oil... a lot of oil. I would guess the real goal is to break Venezuela’s independence, stop oil sales to China, and cause regime change... using "drug cartels" as an excuse.

This goes way back to Obama imposing heavy sanctions on Venezuela, he collapsed their oil industry and financial system... 

I would guess Trump is working for Obama... he's gotta finish the job to satisfy our global overlords.  

[Sky727]

The munition used for this latest sinking is interesting... 

[UltraBudgie]

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

The development comes as the U.S. military is drawing up options for President Trump to consider, including possible strikes inside the country.

The Trump administration has secretly authorized the C.I.A. to conduct covert action in Venezuela, according to U.S. officials, stepping up a campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian leader.

The authorization is the latest step in the Trump administration’s intensifying pressure campaign against Venezuela. For weeks, the U.S. military has been targeting boats off the Venezuelan coast it says are transporting drugs, killing 27 people. American officials have been clear, privately, that the end goal is to drive Mr. Maduro from power.

The new authority would allow the C.I.A. to carry out lethal operations in Venezuela and conduct a range of operations in the Caribbean.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/po...zuela.html

Well if Trump doesn't sink all the ships there then the New York Times' loose lips will. Way to go, guys.

[chr0naut]

Where were the drugs stored?

It looked like a speedboat with several passengers.

[chr0naut]

Do you have all access to US Intelligence?

Because if you do, I'll apologize.

Is this from the same source that said there were WMD's in Iran, and then after they got rid of Saddam, no-one could find any WMD's? The same source that, again and again, failed to identify imminent attacks against American infrastructure (like 911)?

Hmm?

[DBCowboy]

Is this from the same source that said there were WMD's in Iran, and then after they got rid of Saddam, no-one could find any WMD's? The same source that, again and again, failed to identify imminent attacks against American infrastructure (like 911)?

Hmm?

There were WMD's in Iran.

[UltraBudgie]

There were WMD's in Iran.

I think he meant "Iraq".

There too.

They were called "cheese and veggie omelette MREs", and the Americans brought them in, but yeah, for sure.

[DBCowboy]

I think he meant "Iraq".

There too.

They were called "cheese and veggie omelette MREs", and the Americans brought them in, but yeah, for sure.

No, there were Chemical warheads, and Biologicals.

No nuclear that I was aware of though.

[Maxmars]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/po...zuela.html

Well if Trump doesn't sink all the ships there then the New York Times' loose lips will. Way to go, guys.

Seriously???

A CIA plan in the news???

I can honestly say I don't get the disconnect between "journalism" and reality anymore....


It might as well say "covert" is just something we emblazoned on their T-shirts...

[UltraBudgie]

Seriously???

A CIA plan in the news???

The real news-worthy headline would be "World Stunned: No Evidence Of CIA Trickery Anywhere Right Now".



Anyway, I really had just sort of assumed that yeah, of course the CIA has been there doing some kind of ratfuckery. I mean, that's their job, right? Seriously.