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US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast
(www.theguardian.com)
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So who had written "blatent piracy" on his trump bingo card at the beginning of the year? He took almost to the very end to also make you cross out this, but he did.
So, "nuclear test und an uninhabited island" next?
Boarding ships & enforcing sanctions is not necessarily a bad thing, albeit im missing details on this specific case.
France & Finland have both done this to shadow fleet tankers in recent time as well.
Go home with your pro-Trump Russian propaganda, Ivan
wtf? Finland & France siezed Russian shadow fleet tankers, an aggressive act against the Putin regime. This vessel is also related to the axis shadow fleet.
Supporting these shadow fleet oil tankers breaking sanctions & financing illegal wars is literally pro-russian. Seizing them is literally an act of aggression AGAINST Russia. You have it completely backwards.
And this tanker was anyway sanctioned by Biden, Trump is now enforcing the biden administration's sanctions.
Sure, supporting Agent Krasnov's military policy that will push it further from the EU, good try Ваня
You didn't address anything I said. Enforcing Biden's sanctions against Iran/Russia/NK is not pushing anyone further from the EU. The EU has literally sanctioned the Maduro government, and Norway is currently protecting the Venezuelan opposition party.
I mean you are broadcasting that the US determines your foreign policy, whether that's attractive or not depends on whether a leader's interests are more closely aligned with America's or the European unit as a whole.