return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoUS seizes Venezuelan President Maduro's plane, DOJ saysabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up181
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minus-squareInvertedParallax@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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-up12·1 year 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.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoWhat do you guys think Airforce One is?
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI wasn’t aware Venezuela was subject to American law.
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIt’s fun to learn things, isn’t it?
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoIt sure is, I hope you get the chance some day.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s only illegal because of the sanctions, which aren’t observed internationally.
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAnd yet, here we are — with US law enforcement in possession of the plane.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year 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.