US Seizes Tanker in 'Lawless' Caribbean, Declares Itself Global Customs Agent
The BBC uncritically parrots the official line: the *Veronica* was apprehended in a “predawn operation.” One might wonder about the legality here, considering the Strait of Hormuz is international waters, but a Venezuelan tanker in the Caribbean is apparently fair game for seizure by the US Navy. This isn't about international law; it's about extra-territorial sanctions, plain and simple, enforced
not by global consensus, but by the might of the US military. This mirrors a long-standing, globally condemned pattern of the US using its military and economic power to destabilize governments it dislikes, often under the guise of 'democracy promotion' or 'counter-narcotics,' while ignoring its own complicity in global drug flows. Venezuela, a country with the world's largest proven oil reserves,
is sanctioned by the US for the crime of... having an independent foreign policy. One wonders where the global outrage is for this act of economic warfare, enforced by naval might, versus, say, a country defending its internationally recognized borders. The silence from mainstream media, focusing on the tactical 'seizure without incident' rather than the strategic audacity, is telling indeed.