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Also, he didn't steal it, he paid for it. The charge isn't that he stole it, but that he violated export controls. I'm not sure of the details, but it seems t
by aguaviva 2y ago
Also, he didn't steal it, he paid for it.
The charge isn't that he stole it, but that he violated export controls. I'm not sure of the details, but it seems to have to do with using shell companies to conceal the identity of the purchaser.
As an aside: Maduro is a thug, and everything he buys is bought with stolen money. This is how rich people get their hands on stuff they're not supposed to have -- by making it look like they're just "buying" it. Through shell companies and other shenanigans.
How is this a win that the US enforces its laws beyond its borders?
I'm just as much an anti-imperialist, and critic of most of what the US does in the world as you are; probably even more so.
But hey, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. And Maduro is an imperialist warmonger himself, remember. So if the seizure helps to clip Maduro's wings (and is in itself in accord with international law), I'd call that a win.
- hulitu 2y ago> but it seems to have to do with using shell companies to conceal the identity of the purchaser. Like Crypto AG.