“This Is Legally Insane”: New Info Makes the U.S. Drug-Boat Strike Even LESS Defensible

[jmdrake]

You're all focusing on how they did it. The right questions are why and why now?

Because Venezuela went off the petro dollar and sold oil to China in Yuan.

https://www.financialexpress.com/market/venezuela-to-sell-oil-in-indian-rupee-chinese-yuan-among-other-currencies-848997/

 

[nikcers]

Because Venezuela went off the petro dollar and sold oil to China in Yuan.

https://www.financialexpress.com/market/venezuela-to-sell-oil-in-indian-rupee-chinese-yuan-among-other-currencies-848997/

They funded terrorist groups that killed Americans fighting over seas.

They only went off the dollar because we cut them off of it for doing that.

 

[69360]

Because Venezuela went off the petro dollar and sold oil to China in Yuan.

https://www.financialexpress.com/market/venezuela-to-sell-oil-in-indian-rupee-chinese-yuan-among-other-currencies-848997/

Possibly I've also read that Russia may have nukes in Venezuela. That seems possible but if so, why all the drug war nonsense, just come out and tell the public if there is proof. The government told the population during the Cuban missile crisis.

 

[nikcers]

Possibly I've also read that Russia may have nukes in Venezuela. That seems possible but if so, why all the drug war nonsense, just come out and tell the public if there is proof. The government told the population during the Cuban missile crisis.

If Venezuela has nukes then we can just bomb their nukes.

We bombed Iran's nuclear materials and that wasn't the end of the world.

Russia's not going to nuke us for bombing Venezuela.

They didn't nuke us for bombing Iran.

We have heard this argument before and over and over people said the USA can't defend itself because if they attack a country and Russia doesn't like it then its going to be world war 3. We heard it a million times.

People said that about Iran and it just wasn't true. It wasn't true then and it wont ever be true.

 

[jmdrake]

Possibly I've also read that Russia may have nukes in Venezuela. That seems possible but if so, why all the drug war nonsense, just come out and tell the public if there is proof. The government told the population during the Cuban missile crisis.

I think you answered your own question. There are no nukes in Venezuela. There is a lot of oil though and Trump just siezed an oil tanker. We don't have to guess about the real motive. He just showed up.

 

[nikcers]

I think you answered your own question. There are no nukes in Venezuela. There is a lot of oil though and Trump just siezed an oil tanker. We don't have to guess about the real motive. He just showed up.

The oil tanker was going through finance networks that have and still are funding terrorists that have killed Americans overseas and that have attacked global shipping routes and that have tried to overthrow nations that are our trade partners that are crucial for the US economy that is necessary for our ability to pay for our military defense that would leave the usa defenseless without it.

They tried to destroy us and we are simply defending ourselves.

 

[TheCount]

The oil tanker was going through finance networks that have and still are funding terrorists that have killed Americans overseas and that have attacked global shipping routes and that have tried to overthrow nations that are our trade partners that are crucial for the US economy that is necessary for our ability to pay for our military defense that would leave the usa defenseless without it.

How does a boat go through a finance network?

Is it an idea boat?

 

[jmdrake]

The oil tanker was going through finance networks that have and still are funding terrorists that have killed Americans overseas and that have attacked global shipping routes and that have tried to overthrow nations that are our trade partners that are crucial for the US economy that is necessary for our ability to pay for our military defense that would leave the usa defenseless without it.

They tried to destroy us and we are simply defending ourselves.

'Trump admin sending Taliban $45M sparks Republican backlash'

Dec 10, 2025

So are those the only two choices? Bomb or bribe? We can't just leave well enough alone?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-admin-sending-taliban-45m-sparks-republican-backlash/ar-AA1S20NC?ocid=wispr&pc=u477&cvid=6939ba5629e94e51b524e906c899621b&ei=28

Trump admin sending Taliban $45M sparks Republican backlash​

Republicans are calling out the Trump administration after $45 million was reportedly sent to the Taliban in Afghanistan by the Department of State on Monday.

Among those reacting to the reports was Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett, who has...

• jmdrake
• Replies: 3
• Forum: U.S. Political News

 

[acptulsa]

The oil tanker was going through finance networks that have and still are funding terrorists that have killed Americans overseas and that have attacked global shipping routes and that have tried to overthrow nations that are our trade partners that are crucial for the US economy that is necessary for our ability to pay for our military defense that would leave the usa defenseless without it.

What is it about meth that makes it impossible to use punctuation?

 

[nikcers]

'Trump admin sending Taliban $45M sparks Republican backlash'

Dec 10, 2025

So are those the only two choices? Bomb or bribe? We can't just leave well enough alone?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-admin-sending-taliban-45m-sparks-republican-backlash/ar-AA1S20NC?ocid=wispr&pc=u477&cvid=6939ba5629e94e51b524e906c899621b&ei=28

Trump admin sending Taliban $45M sparks Republican backlash​

Republicans are calling out the Trump administration after $45 million was reportedly sent to the Taliban in Afghanistan by the Department of State on Monday.

Among those reacting to the reports was Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett, who has...

• jmdrake
• Replies: 3
• Forum: U.S. Political News

Trump signed a peace agreement with the Taliban. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A lot of people didn't like it when we originally started trading with red China but it helped us keep the Soviet Union in check.

 

[Invisible Man]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Modern problems require modern solutions.

We are the prisoners and the prison guards of our own home.

Do you work for a fortune cookie company?

 

[acptulsa]

Do you work for a fortune cookie company?

There's a reason I call it the Cliché-O-Matic.

 

[nikcers]

Do you work for a fortune cookie company?

I work for the meat god.

 

[nikcers]

How does a boat go through a finance network?

Is it an idea boat?

We do this all the time. People buy weapons to attack us so we cut off their funding to buy weapons to attack us with to prevent us from being attacked.

The boat was carrying resources that go towards funding the finance networks because its the resources and the trade that makes money valuable.

Venezuela is in our back yard its not a problem we have the luxury of ignoring.

They are a lot closer than a lot of people think. Its sort of like if New York was taken over by a dictator thats militarily aligned with our enemies and people over in California said well thats not a big deal we are far away from New York.

 

[acptulsa]

People buy weapons to attack us so we cut off their funding to buy weapons to attack us with to prevent us from being attacked.

So why were we funding them in the first place, bot? To attack someone else? Maybe that's what convinced them the US government is what needs attacked.

It's working on me.

 

[nikcers]

So why were we funding them in the first place, bot? To attack someone else? Maybe that's what convinced them the US government is what needs attacked.

It's working on me.

Americans do business with everyone because thats how capitalism generates wealth.

People attack us because they want to steal wealth and power.

They think they are Robin Hood and they think that makes them the good guys.

Useful idiots fall for their propaganda and believe that the people stealing from them and trying to steal from them are the good guys.

 

[acptulsa]

 

[asurfaholic]

I’m not all up in arms over the drug boat destruction. I say it’s good. For too long the “war on drugs” has been a war on Americans who got addicted. The battle should have always been on the cartels who are importing mass quantities of deadly narcotics.

Trump and team have alluded to a possible ground war. I support that too. Cartels are not good people who deserve defense from rational Americans.

 

[TheTexan]

I’m not all up in arms over the drug boat destruction. I say it’s good. For too long the “war on drugs” has been a war on Americans who got addicted. The battle should have always been on the cartels who are importing mass quantities of deadly narcotics.

Trump and team have alluded to a possible ground war. I support that too. Cartels are not good people who deserve defense from rational Americans.

Also probably need to invade Mexico. I'm a bit shocked honestly we don't invade them more often

 

[acptulsa]

I’m not all up in arms over the drug boat destruction. I say it’s good. For too long the “war on drugs” has been a war on Americans who got addicted. The battle should have always been on the cartels who are importing mass quantities of deadly narcotics.

I would call it a good point and discuss the merits of it -- if I believed that this was really about Fentanyl. But, unfortunately, unprecedented as government lying is, I see reason enough to bet you a million cubic feet of natural gas that Venezuela has a better way to make a living than making fentanyl.

What's that Trump 45 2016 campaign quote about taking the oil?