return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoUS seizes Venezuelan President Maduro's plane, DOJ saysabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down16cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mlpolitics@lemmy.world
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkUS seizes Venezuelan President Maduro's plane, DOJ saysabcnews.go.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square22linkfedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mlpolitics@lemmy.world
minus-squareInvertedParallax@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down5·2 years ago“How dare they take his luxurious private jet, he needs it to serve his people!” https://youtu.be/hiHghDYvpBU?si=ZEz_VL8-fcMoe-2c
minus-squarekboy101222@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoI mean, if anyone needs a private plane, it’s the leader of a country. Shits too tense nowadays for any group to risk that
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·2 years agoWhat do you guys think Airforce One is?
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down6·2 years agoLegally purchased, for one.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 years agoI wasn’t aware Venezuela was subject to American law.
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down7·2 years agoIt’s fun to learn things, isn’t it?
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·2 years agoIt sure is, I hope you get the chance some day.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·2 years agoIt’s only illegal because of the sanctions, which aren’t observed internationally.
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years agoAnd yet, here we are — with US law enforcement in possession of the plane.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·2 years ago “Might makes right” has been described as the credo of totalitarian regimes. source
“How dare they take his luxurious private jet, he needs it to serve his people!”
https://youtu.be/hiHghDYvpBU?si=ZEz_VL8-fcMoe-2c
I mean, if anyone needs a private plane, it’s the leader of a country. Shits too tense nowadays for any group to risk that
What do you guys think Airforce One is?
Legally purchased, for one.
I wasn’t aware Venezuela was subject to American law.
It’s fun to learn things, isn’t it?
It sure is, I hope you get the chance some day.
It’s only illegal because of the sanctions, which aren’t observed internationally.
And yet, here we are — with US law enforcement in possession of the plane.