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Re: Venezuela
By: SodaPop Date: December 2, 2025, 11:53 pm
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US lawmakers probe 2nd strike on alleged drug boat | DW News
[quote]US lawmakers are investigating an attack on an alleged
Venezuelan drug boat, after the White House confirmed that the
navy admiral in charge ordered a follow-up strike on the boat.
The operation in September was the first in what has since
become a regular occurrence. Boats are targeted that Washington
claims are trafficking drugs to the US. But the 'double tap'
strike, in which survivors of the first attack were killed in
the second, has raised fresh questions over its legality, even
among Republicans. Eleven people were killed.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the
order came from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, although she
denied reports that Hegseth specifically ordered everyone
killed.
More on this from Ben Hodges, a retired Lieutenant General of
the United States Army - he served as the commanding general of
US Army Europe from 2014 to 2017. And he has extensive
operational experience in Iraq and Afghanistan.
00:00 US probe into double strike on alleged Venezuelan drug
boat
01:07 Ben Hodges, Retired US Army Lieutenant General [/quote]
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Comments:
[quote]Admiral Holsey saw the writing on the wall when he
resigned. This new, eager commander wasn't so smart.[/quote]
[quote]Hegseth's preparation for his role as secretary of
defence was watching Sicario 2.[/quote]
[quote]I suppose Russia also is fighting "alleged drug" vehicles
in Ukraine![/quote]
[quote]Last time I checked even drug traffickers are arrested,
not murdered. The Secretary Of War described them as “enemies of
the people”. This fellow known as Stalin was also very fond of
that phrase.[/quote]
[quote]Thats a snuff film. That's way different from
combat[/quote]
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Re: Venezuela
By: PotatoChip Date: December 9, 2025, 11:08 pm
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Two US fighter jets circle Gulf of Venezuela in escalation of
hostilities
[quote]Two US fighter jets circled the Gulf of Venezuela on
Tuesday, in what appeared to be an escalation of the Trump
administration’s ongoing hostilities toward the South American
country and its leftist leader, Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuelans and South American media followed the flights in
real time using websites like FlightRadar24, which showed a pair
of F/A-18 Super Hornets flying together into the narrow Gulf of
Venezuela for about 40 minutes. The jets flew just north of
Maracaibo, Venezuela’s most populous city.
FlightRadar24 described the flights as the site’s most watched
in a tweet.
A pair of Navy EA-18G Growler electronic warfare jets also flew
just north of the Gulf of Venezuela on Tuesday, according to the
War Zone.
Venezuela claims the gulf as part of its national territory. But
the United States has historically challenged Venezuela’s
definitions of its boundaries, saying they butt into
international waters and airspace.
The Department of Defense played down the development in a
statement to the Guardian.
“The Department conducts routine, lawful operations in
international airspace, including over the Gulf of Venezuela,” a
Pentagon official wrote. “We will continue to fly safely,
professionally, and in accordance with international law to
protect the homeland, monitor illicit activity, and support
stability across the Americas.”
The reported flights come amid rising tensions between the two
countries over the Trump administration’s rebranding of drug
traffickers as enemy combatants. Trump’s military campaign
against accused international drug smugglers has so far killed
some 87 people off the coasts of Latin American
countries.[/quote]
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Re: Venezuela
By: 90sRetroFan Date: December 10, 2025, 5:09 pm
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Re: Venezuela
By: SodaPop Date: December 12, 2025, 2:10 pm
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US admiral leading US troops in Latin America to step down
[quote]MIAMI, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The admiral in charge of U.S.
military forces in Latin America will retire two years early on
Friday, amid rising tensions with Venezuela that include
Wednesday's seizure of an oil tanker and more than 20 deadly
strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats.
Three U.S. officials and two people familiar with the matter
told Reuters that Admiral Alvin Holsey was pushed out by Defense
Secretary Pete Hegseth. Two officials said Hegseth had grown
frustrated with Southern Command as he sought to flex U.S.
military operations and planning in the region.
One official confirmed that discussion of whether Hegseth would
dismiss Holsey surfaced roughly two weeks before the surprise
announcement of his departure.
Holsey has not publicly explained his early retirement. Some
officials have privately speculated he opposed recent U.S.
strikes on suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean. However, in
a closed-door meeting with senior lawmakers on Tuesday, Holsey
insisted his decision had nothing to do with the operations in
his command, according to comments by Republican lawmaker Mike
Rogers published in Politico.
Holsey will formally hand over command to his deputy, Air Force
Lt. Gen. Evan Pettus, during a ceremony Friday morning. Pettus
will serve as acting head of U.S. Southern Command.
One source familiar with the matter said President Donald Trump
is expected to nominate Lieutenant General Frank Donovan, vice
commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, as Holsey’s
permanent successor. The source cautioned that the nomination
has not yet been formalized and could change.
Holsey's premature retirement is rare but not unprecedented. In
2008, Central Command commander Admiral William Fallon also
retired a year into his term overseeing U.S. forces in the
Middle East after making comments about Iran and other issues
that irked the Bush administration.
Holsey is the latest in a series of senior officers to leave
their positions since Hegseth took over the Pentagon. Some
departures have been abrupt, including those of the chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, C.Q. Brown and the top naval officer,
Lisa Franchetti, who was the first woman to hold that post.
MONROE DOCTRINE REVIVAL?
Holsey's departure comes as the Trump administration signals a
major foreign policy shift. A strategy document released this
week called for reviving the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine, which
declared the Western Hemisphere to be Washington's zone of
influence.
A major U.S. military buildup of warships in the Caribbean --
including the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group --
has underscored that policy shift, along with new U.S. training
deployments to a revived jungle school in Panama.
In recent months, Trump has intensified pressure on Venezuelan
President Nicolas Maduro, a close ally of Russia and China whom
Washington accuses of drug trafficking -- allegations Maduro
denies. Maduro claims the U.S. military buildup aims to topple
him and seize Venezuela's oil resources.
The U.S. Coast Guard's seizure of an oil tanker on Wednesday was
the first interdiction of Venezuelan crude amid U.S. sanctions
that have been in force since 2019. Reuters reported on Thursday
that the United States is preparing to intercept more ships
carrying Venezuelan oil.
Trump's military operations against alleged drug smugglers have
been under intense scrutiny following a September 2 decision to
launch a second strike on a suspected drug boat in the
Caribbean.
The Defense Department's Law of War Manual forbids attacks on
combatants who are incapacitated, unconscious or shipwrecked, as
long as they abstain from hostilities and do not attempt to
escape. The manual cites firing upon shipwreck survivors as an
example of a "clearly illegal" order that should be refused.
The Trump administration has framed the attacks as a war with
drug cartels, calling them armed groups and saying the drugs
being carried to the United States kill Americans.
(Reporting by Phil Stewart; additional reporting by Idrees Ali;
Editing by Ros Russell)[/quote]
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Re: Venezuela
By: SodaPop Date: December 14, 2025, 2:41 pm
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Venezuelans March Against 'Yankee Piracy' After Oil Tanker
Seizure | Dawn News English
[quote]Thousands of Venezuelans marched to protest what they
called “Yankee piracy” after the seizure of an oil tanker linked
to the country.[/quote]
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Re: Venezuela
By: Pop Date: December 16, 2025, 3:25 pm
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‘Outrageous’: JetBlue pilot blames US military plane for close
call near Venezuela[quote]
A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao
halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a US Air Force
refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military
plane for crossing his path. The incident involved JetBlue
Flight 1112 from Curaçao, which is just off the coast of
Venezuela, en route to New York City’s John F. Kennedy
International Airport. #CNN #News[/quote]
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Re: Venezuela
By: Pop Date: December 16, 2025, 7:32 pm
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US-Colombia Tension: Clan del Golfo designation reshapes
Colombia conflict dynamics| NewsX World
[quote]The United States designates Colombia’s Clan del Golfo as
a terrorist organization, tightening sanctions as peace talks
continue and Washington targets drug trafficking and migrant
smuggling networks.
#clandelgolfo #colombianews #USTerrorDesignation
#DrugTrafficking #LatinAmerica #GlobalSecurity #BreakingNews
#USForeignPolicy[/quote]
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Re: Venezuela
By: Pop Date: December 16, 2025, 7:33 pm
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We all know what Trump does to his rivals in a game of Golf...
;)
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Re: Venezuela
By: 90sRetroFan Date: December 18, 2025, 2:47 am
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Re: Venezuela
By: PotatoChip Date: December 20, 2025, 7:18 pm
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US forces stop second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
[quote]U.S. forces on Saturday stopped an oil tanker off the
coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as
President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
#venezuela [/quote]
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