US Navy Boards Venezuelan Fishing Boat in Venezuelan Territorial Waters

[surfered]

Trump is just nuts. He thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt using Gunboat Diplomacy under the Monroe Doctrine except Trump tweets loudly but carries a little stick (according to Stormy).

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-09-13/venezuela-says-us-marines-raided-a-fishermens-boat-in-the-caribbean-as-tensions-rise

[marble falls]

1. What a comptent White House does not look like ...

... don't need to post a photo, y'all already had it mind when you read the title.

[Ping Tung]

2. Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist

Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.

A pirate, from St. Augustine's "City of God"

[in2herbs]

3. Why don't they invoke protections afforded by the ICC? Venezuela ratified the Rome Statute on June 7, 2000.

The ICC has jurisdiction over Rome Statute crimes committed since July 1, 2002.

If they did, would the ICC be able to issue an arrest warrant for f45?

[Deuxcents]

4. This is a dangerous administration hellbent on violence in our streets and on the high seas

And when the pushback starts, it’s gonna be ugly

[Bev54]

5. It should have been the Venezuelans' boarding the US Navy vessel as it seems they were in

Venezuela's waters illegally.

[struggle4progress]

6. "Which do you prefer to have: an international incident or the Epstein files?"

[pfitz59]

7. The 'closed' Navy Base in Puerto Rico

Roosevelt Roads. Is seeing increased activity. Lots of speculation as to why. Wrong mix of equipment for a 'war on drugs'.