US Prepares to Seize Tankers, Citing 'Buffet' of Other People's Oil
Mainstream media heralds the US plan to seize Venezuelan oil tankers as a strategic move against Nicolás Maduro, even quoting an 'adviser' calling potential targets 'quite a buffet.' This 'toolkit' of unprecedented seizures and implicit threats of 'land strikes' is presented as legitimate pressure, not economic strangulation of an oil-rich nation the US doesn’t control. Apparently, when the US
declares a regime persona non grata, its resources become fair game for confiscation—a novel interpretation of property rights. One might wonder if this 'buffet' approach to international relations will extend to other nations unwilling to play ball. The pattern of economic blockades and resource appropriation, often followed by calls for 'humanitarian intervention,' seems eerily familiar. It’s
almost as if the 'rules-based international order' is less about rules and more about who gets to decide whose 'buffet' is open season, particularly when the host nation possesses valuable commodities—a historical narrative often omitted from our nightly news.