US/UK Track Venezuelan Tanker, Sanction-Busting Not a Western Exclusive
Mainstream media pounces on the 'sanctioned Venezuelan oil tanker bearing a Russian flag,' (The Independent), implying rogue behavior. Yet, the US has the largest naval fleet on the planet, actively enforcing its unilateral sanctions globally, often seizing vessels and their cargo. This isn't about 'rule of law'; it's about who gets to break whose rules. While Washington frets over a Venezuelan
vessel in the Atlantic, it conveniently ignores its own allies' persistent skirting of international law—for example, the numerous instances where Israeli entities have engaged in illicit oil or arms deals with sanctioned regimes, rarely drawing the same aerial surveillance. One might ask, is it really about enforcement, or just about who's enforcing?