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MiHale

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4. Now we must start asking...

Reply to zanana1 (Original post)

Fri Dec 12, 2025, 08:33 AM

Dec 12

Who seized the ship?…Was it legal?….Who gave the orders? If the orders were not legal and they were followed by the american military what are the consequences?….Is this now considered an Act of War against Venezuela?

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Talk to me like I'm a six- year old. [View all] zanana1 Dec 12 OP

Because we are Merkans doc03 Dec 12 #1

I think it's an act of piracy, Trump has no idea what he's gonna do with it Walleye Dec 12 #2

It IS an act of piracy--- lastlib Dec 12 #8

Has anyone asked why? hot2na Dec 12 #3

They had a warrant jonstl08 Dec 12 #12

I guess we got a quit trying to make sense of anything. Trump does. He's a madman. Walleye Dec 12 #14

Now we must start asking... MiHale Dec 12 #4

Justified by the EDA. usonian Dec 12 #5

Because you are six (my, aren't you cute), you are too young to understand ... Intractable Dec 12 #6

I heard one news story that said a judge issued a warrant Justice Dec 12 #7

An important point. The only viable explanation is... lastlib Dec 12 #9

We don't have the right. How can we seize a huge tanker ship Emile Dec 12 #10

There are reports the ship beamed different cachukis Dec 12 #11

They got a court to issue a warrant Fiendish Thingy Dec 12 #13

What is the next thing that the US has been allow this mad man to get away with? Walleye Dec 12 #15