US Seizes Venezuelan Oil, Calls It 'Freedom'
The story: the US is impounding a Venezuelan tanker, with more seizures potentially on the horizon, as Russia's Putin expresses support for Maduro. The headline conveniently bypasses decades of financial strangulation by the US. Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves, a fact that historically triggers American 'democracy promotion' efforts (see: Chile in '73, Iraq in '03). This is
not about human rights; it’s about control over resources, rebranded as 'sanctions enforcement.' One might wonder: how many 'national security threats' boil down to a nation owning something America wants? The US claims to be protecting an 'order' it routinely violates through economic warfare and asset seizures, while lecturing the world on international law. It's almost as if the rules only
apply to those without aircraft carriers.