US Seizes Venezuelan Oil, Calls It 'Freedom' on the High Seas
Mainstream outlets like RT dutifully report the US seizure of another oil tanker off Venezuela, framing it as America's consistent stance against the Maduro regime. Conveniently omitted is the fact that the US, with its unparalleled military and economic might, has a long and storied history of 'interfering' with nations daring to nationalize their own resources. From United Fruit in Guatemala to
Aramco in Saudi Arabia, the pattern is disturbingly consistent: US corporate interests dictate 'international law.' One might wonder where this fervent dedication to maritime law goes when, say, Israeli settlements expand on illegally occupied Palestinian land, or when billions in US tax dollars flow to military operations that disregard international humanitarian law. The 'rules-based order'
always seems to apply most stringently to those without a seat at the rule-making table, especially when they're sitting on vast oil reserves.