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U.S. Seizes Second Oil Tanker Near Venezuela

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25 points JumpCrisscross | 1 comments | 20 Dec 25 19:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.229s | source
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tehwebguy ◴[20 Dec 25 20:20 UTC] No.46339261[source]▶
Seems pretty bad that there are US soldiers willing to participate in this.
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1. johng ◴[20 Dec 25 23:28 UTC] No.46340690[source]▶
They took a lot of their oil infrastructure from US companies didn't they? Basically, stole it? I'm confused how enforcing these sanctions that have been on the books for a long time means soldiers should disobey valid orders?