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Related: About this forumBondi releases video of US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuelan coast - CNN AC360
Attorney General Pam Bondi released video of the US seizing an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast. - Aired on 12/10/2025.
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Bondi releases video of US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuelan coast - CNN AC360 (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
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hedda_foil
(16,944 posts)1. Hang on a minute. Why the hell is the DOJ announcing a military action?
Crowman2009
(3,444 posts)2. Now if that isn't a war for oil, I don't know what is.
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Like I said before, our military are back to being gangsters for capitalism once again. Anyone proud to have taken part in this operation should be ashamed of themselves.
no_hypocrisy
(54,559 posts)3. Trump, DOJ, the "War Department", etc. acting like the Pirates
from Somalia, seizing oil tankers.
The oil doesn't de facto belong to the United States, etc. just because it was seized.
