Soon we will realize that the USA is just like Ruzzia. The world thought Ruzzia was a super power but quickly realized it was not when they invaded Ukraine.
amprather on
…and they think they will invade Venezuela and be able to hold it?
adthrowaway2020 on
Yea, I was wondering how we were planning on the logistics of this. Our military hasn’t been preparing for this war and Trump’s been taking a baseball bat to our readiness via his culture wars and massive brain drain in the upper echelons of our military. We don’t even have a coast guard leader since he fired the admiral for being a woman, do we?
MortgageAware3355 on
Next step is sinking it.
vasta2 on
Losers
MentokGL on
So we’re not just craven murderous pirates, we’re incompetent murderous pirates.
ugottabekiddingmee on
Translation, they are armed now. We won’t attack anyone that could fight back. We only attack the helpless. We are weak and will do anything so that you don’t realize that.
Ijnefvijefnvifdjvkm on
How do Somali terrorists do it?
MixtureSpecial8951 on
Hmm, almost like decades of underfunding is a problem. Who knew.
Everyone. Everyone knew.
Also… can’t they put a few shots across the bow and force them to stop and then board via RHIBs?
lurklyfing on
I’m sorry, Reuters is paywalled now??
edit: h/t u/thescorch below: it’s only an issue if you open it directly in the Reddit app
Common-Concentrate-2 on
He needs to be removed from power. Impeached, convicted and removed
PraysLikeARoman on
Why would this be a Coast Guard responsibility? This is WAY outside of US territorial waters? Isn’t this a job for the Navy?
Scary-Membership-978 on
Is this the one with the oil that belongs to China?
LayneLowe on
Really? One ship born helicopter with 12 Marines seems like it would do it.
jaybizzleeightyfour on
The U.S. has really embarrassed itself this year huh
Pride_and_PudgyCats on
The U.S. is a global embarrassment
10v1 on
That’s about what I’d expect from this cobbled together administration. Levels of incompetence unseen ever before!
ManInACube on
Not only pirates but failed pirates.
Not_Sure__Camacho on
Man I hope this means that a military draft is coming and I call on all people drafted to list bone spurs as reason for turning down the draft. Â
Cali_Cobarde on
Translation – they’re going to let the China-bound tanker go after there probably was massive diplomatic pressure not to commit more acts of piracy. This way they can save face
MixtureSpecial8951 on
If they are evading sanctions it kinda doesn’t matter what flag they are under.
Andreas1120 on
The navy cant do it?
Creative-Bread6319 on
Why hasn’t every news media outlet called for Trumps resignation and arrest?
Acroph0bia on
I swear to fucking god if I get drafted into the fucking coast guard to go be a LITERAL FUCKING PIRATE I’m shooting myself and sending them an invoice for the fucking bullet
CaptainMagnets on
How the fuck does the US military not have enough money for a mission? They have all the money
-Yazilliclick- on
How close is the US coast that’s being guarded to Venezuela?
eagleshark on
This is all fascinating. I guess it’s a reminder that the ocean is a vast expanse and ships like Coast Guard cutters are relatively slow-moving. The oil tanker probably deliberately took a route that was as far away as possible from every known large U.S. vessel. The boarding team will eventually assemble nearby, so I think this delay is just delaying the inevitable.
Gildenstern2u on
Oh man…are we in TACO town AGAIN?! Dozy Don the Dick?
JaVelin-X- on
was this the one they were chasing a couple days ago?
CrapoCrapo25 on
The SEALs are doing the boarding.
Eagle_Chick on
Are our armed forces quietly quitting?
Please yes..
Separate-Park8184 on
They should have just enough resources to 1. Guard 2. the U.S. Coast. It’s literally in their name. They are not guarding anything, and they are no where near the U.S. Coast therefore they are outside their resource obligations by pirating boats.
dannylew on
Well, we don’t have a Coast Guard big enough to get into Piracy.
Since our servicemen and women are too fucking cowardly to refuse committing crimes, being logistically incapable of perpetuating crimes seems like a silver lining?
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Soon we will realize that the USA is just like Ruzzia. The world thought Ruzzia was a super power but quickly realized it was not when they invaded Ukraine.
…and they think they will invade Venezuela and be able to hold it?
Yea, I was wondering how we were planning on the logistics of this. Our military hasn’t been preparing for this war and Trump’s been taking a baseball bat to our readiness via his culture wars and massive brain drain in the upper echelons of our military. We don’t even have a coast guard leader since he fired the admiral for being a woman, do we?
Next step is sinking it.
Losers
So we’re not just craven murderous pirates, we’re incompetent murderous pirates.
Translation, they are armed now. We won’t attack anyone that could fight back. We only attack the helpless. We are weak and will do anything so that you don’t realize that.
How do Somali terrorists do it?
Hmm, almost like decades of underfunding is a problem. Who knew.
Everyone. Everyone knew.
Also… can’t they put a few shots across the bow and force them to stop and then board via RHIBs?
I’m sorry, Reuters is paywalled now??
edit: h/t u/thescorch below: it’s only an issue if you open it directly in the Reddit app
He needs to be removed from power. Impeached, convicted and removed
Why would this be a Coast Guard responsibility? This is WAY outside of US territorial waters? Isn’t this a job for the Navy?
Is this the one with the oil that belongs to China?
Really? One ship born helicopter with 12 Marines seems like it would do it.
The U.S. has really embarrassed itself this year huh
The U.S. is a global embarrassment
That’s about what I’d expect from this cobbled together administration. Levels of incompetence unseen ever before!
Not only pirates but failed pirates.
Man I hope this means that a military draft is coming and I call on all people drafted to list bone spurs as reason for turning down the draft. Â
Translation – they’re going to let the China-bound tanker go after there probably was massive diplomatic pressure not to commit more acts of piracy. This way they can save face
If they are evading sanctions it kinda doesn’t matter what flag they are under.
The navy cant do it?
Why hasn’t every news media outlet called for Trumps resignation and arrest?
I swear to fucking god if I get drafted into the fucking coast guard to go be a LITERAL FUCKING PIRATE I’m shooting myself and sending them an invoice for the fucking bullet
How the fuck does the US military not have enough money for a mission? They have all the money
How close is the US coast that’s being guarded to Venezuela?
This is all fascinating. I guess it’s a reminder that the ocean is a vast expanse and ships like Coast Guard cutters are relatively slow-moving. The oil tanker probably deliberately took a route that was as far away as possible from every known large U.S. vessel. The boarding team will eventually assemble nearby, so I think this delay is just delaying the inevitable.
Oh man…are we in TACO town AGAIN?! Dozy Don the Dick?
was this the one they were chasing a couple days ago?
The SEALs are doing the boarding.
Are our armed forces quietly quitting?
Please yes..
They should have just enough resources to 1. Guard 2. the U.S. Coast. It’s literally in their name. They are not guarding anything, and they are no where near the U.S. Coast therefore they are outside their resource obligations by pirating boats.
Well, we don’t have a Coast Guard big enough to get into Piracy.
Since our servicemen and women are too fucking cowardly to refuse committing crimes, being logistically incapable of perpetuating crimes seems like a silver lining?