"Venezuela’s government condemned what it said was a 'very serious grave military aggression.'"...
We "will continue to pursue the illicit movement of sanctioned oil that is used to fund narco terrorism in the region. We will find you, and we will stop you."...
"We have always taken the position in the United States that we can use force to protect our vital national interests"...
“This would mark the second time in recent weeks that the United States has seized a tanker near Venezuela,” Reuters reported....
"When they move on these kinetic kinds of strikes, you know, they have absolute confidence in who’s on it and what’s on it."...
Another golden opportunity for the Trump administration team to make a deal that secures the U.S. critical mineral supply chain....
"For multiple years, the oil tanker has been sanctioned by the United States due to its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations."...
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"They’re now one of the prime drug trafficking networks into the United States and Europe, and use their military positions ...
War Secretary Pete Hegseth deploys U.S. Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier strike group to achieve Trump's strategic vision for drug traffickers: Death....
It's the first strike to leave behind survivors....
The US Navy has certainly been effective in striking drug boats, so the next set of cartel targets may be land-based....
"This highly provocative move was designed to interfere with out counter narco-terror operations."...
"I mean it certainly seems like extrajudicial murder to me. ...
"There is no finding that this mass immigration was an armed, organized force or forces."...
"The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike."...
The USS Lake Erie (a guided missile cruiser) and the USS Newport News (a nuclear submarine) are due in the region next week....
