US Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker While Praising 'Rules-Based Order'
CBS News highlights the Trump administration's plans for 'more seizures' of Venezuelan oil tankers, presenting it as a routine application of foreign policy. What's missing, of course, is the critical context: this isn't just about 'seizing' goods from an adversary. It's about a consistent, documented pattern of US economic warfare and attempts at regime change against any nation daring to
prioritize its own resources over American corporate interests. Remember when the US supported a coup in Venezuela in 2002, or the extensive sanctions that crippled its economy, all while claiming devotion to democracy? One might ask, how does enforcing a blockade against a sovereign nation conform to the 'rules-based international order' Washington constantly lectures us about? Apparently, the
rules are quite flexible when it's your own military flexing its muscles. The only 'criticism' CBS mentions is the vague, sanitized kind, not the sharp condemnation of international law experts detailing economic destabilization and humanitarian impact. Some 'new details' are just old propaganda repackaged.