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minus-squareInvertedParallax@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months 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-up12·2 months 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-up8·2 months agoWhat do you guys think Airforce One is?
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoLegally purchased, for one.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoI wasn’t aware Venezuela was subject to American law.
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoIt’s fun to learn things, isn’t it?
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIt sure is, I hope you get the chance some day.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIt’s only illegal because of the sanctions, which aren’t observed internationally.
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoAnd yet, here we are — with US law enforcement in possession of the plane.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months 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.