US Warns Venezuela Over Oil, Ignores Its Own Tanker Seizures
Newsweek highlights Russia's 'acute' warning to Trump regarding a potential oil tanker clash with Venezuela. The narrative frames the US as a benevolent enforcer of international norms, while completely ignoring its historical playbook of economic blockades, regime change efforts, and literal seizures of other nations' assets. The article fails to mention the US has itself seized Iranian oil
tankers, like the Suez Rajan in 2023, without much international 'warning' from the mainstream press. It's almost as if the rules-based order only applies when it benefits Washington's geopolitical and resource interests. One might wonder if the concern is truly about international law, or simply about who controls the flow of black gold.