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Curacao is a few kilometers of the Venezuelan coast, but the Americans have deemed the entire ocean north of Venezuela as military operations. The people in cha
by jeroenhd 11mo ago
Curacao is a few kilometers of the Venezuelan coast, but the Americans have deemed the entire ocean north of Venezuela as military operations. The people in charge probably don't even know Curacao isn't part of Venezuela.
With effectively no military and the Dutch government being an American lapdog, I doubt the people in charge need to care. They're already out there with orders to commit war crimes, shooting down an airliner or two that gets too close to their military aircraft wouldn't make much of a difference in the long run.
- nrhrjrjrjtntbt 11mo agoThe camel has taken a lot of straw in 2025 but: > shooting down an airliner or two that gets too close to their military aircraft wouldn't make much of a difference in the long run. Would surely break its back?
- jeroenhd 11mo agoI used to think that about so many things the Americans have been doing that I no longer have faith that there is a limit to the absurdity.
- nosianu 11mo agoLook, I understand, but we have a concrete event here that is being discussed and there is no evidence anywhere for what you came up with. Adding feeling-based imagination instead of sticking to facts just makes the discussion much worse - and much closer to behavior you seem to object to.
- nucleardog 11mo agoThis same comment could be posted verbatim on practically any past discussion about terrible things that have happened and been happening. At what point is it fair to raise or discuss the bigger problems?
- Fluorescence 11mo agoDid the the camel gain a single stalk when the Vincennes crossed into Iranian territory and shot down a passenger jet?
- sigwinch 11mo agoYes. Of course. It ended the tanker war. Iraq and Iran had been pissant slap-fighting over oil tankers for years. The tanker war ended with the Vincennes incident.
- Fluorescence 11mo agoA "straw on the camel's back" would mean the war crime earned negative domestic political repercussions. "Ending the Tanker War" is clearly not that. It was the deployment's objective so I fear there are ghouls who would celebrate it.
- fusslo 11mo ago> The people in charge probably don't even know Curacao isn't part of Venezuela assuming Lieutenant General Evan Lamar Pettus is in charge """ Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, United States Air Force Academy Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bellevue University Master of Science in Logistics Sciences, Air Force Institute of Technology Master of Strategic Studies, Air War College Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training U.S. Air Force Weapons School graduate Squadron Officer School Air Command and Staff College Combined/Joint Forces Land Component Commander Course Combined Force Air Component Commander Course Senior Joint Information Operations Applications Course Combined Force Maritime Component Commander Course Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course Operational and Leadership Training Qualified as a command pilot with more than 2,700 flight hours in aircraft including the F-15E and A-10, and multiple combat deployments (Operations Northern Watch, Southern Watch, Allied Force, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and Inherent Resolve). Completed F-15E Weapons Instructor Course """ but yeah, he probably doesn't know Curacao isn't part of Venezuela.
- ceejayoz 11mo ago“Lieutenant General Evan Lamar Pettus” is not “in charge”. Trump and Hegseth are.
- fusslo 11mo agoare you suggesting trump and hegseth planned the refueling route? Be real.
- jasonlotito 11mo ago> Curacao is a few kilometers of the Venezuelan coast, but the Americans have deemed the entire ocean north of Venezuela as military operations. Are you suggesting Lieutenant General Evan Lamar Pettus did that? Or Hegseth and Trump? Because that's clearly what hte parent was referencing. So, please, explain to me how Lieutenant General Pettus deemed the entire ocean north of Venezuela as military operations on their own without the involvement of Hegseth or Trump. Or admit you are wrong.
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- TitaRusell 11mo agoThe Americans literally want Venezuela to shoot at them so that they can use it as a justification. But Maduro ain't no fool. What people may not know is that Curacao- like many Carribbean islands- is entirely dependent on tourism. Basically they're fucked.
- t0mas88 11mo agoWell this was a JetBlue airliner, presumably full of American tourists. Probably not a very popular move to shoot that down.