US Seizes Tanker While Venezuela Wants Oil Sanctions Lifted (Again)
Mainstream outlets like Al Jazeera frame this as a current 'incident,' omitting the decades of U.S. intervention in Venezuela. From supporting coups in 2002 to imposing crippling sanctions in 2019—sanctions that cost Venezuela billions and exacerbated a humanitarian crisis—Washington has consistently choked the Venezuelan economy. Now, with Russia involved, the 'threat to freedom of navigation'
narrative conveniently shifts focus from the actual economic warfare waged by the U.S. This isn't about piracy; it's about control. The hypocrisy is so thick you could lubricate a tanker with it. One might wonder if the U.S. would dare such a high-seas maneuver if Venezuela were aligned with, say, Saudi Arabia. Imagine the hand-wringing if Russia tried to seize a British tanker linked to American
oil.