2025 U.S. - Venezuela conflict

[Altair]

Gonna be very interesting seeing what comes out of House and Senate Armed Services Committees on this. They should be able to get the full imagery, audio, logs, who ordered what, how, etc.

This is the president who pardoned blackwater guards for the Nisour Square killings.

The only thing that's interesting is how fast the pardons get issued.

 

[brihard]

This is the president who pardoned blackwater guards for the Nisour Square killings.

The only thing that's interesting is how fast the pardons get issued.

I recognize the likely inevitability of that. It will still be good to see whatever shred of accountability this administration is capable of.

Those responsible may also have limited their options for international travel post-office.

 

[AmmoTech90]

Only the best people.

That chopper is fucked. Along with the turtle.

A prediction?

 

[Czech_pivo]

I recognize the likely inevitability of that. It will still be good to see whatever shred of accountability this administration is capable of.

Those responsible may also have limited their options for international travel post-office.

Maybe, hopefully.
The US did allow both Putin and Bibi into their country without being bundled off to Den Hague.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

He's not been found guilty yet. Nor do we have all the facts. Speculation and innuendo are not reasonable doubt or absolute truth. We should put the torches and pitchforks away until the story develops further.

 

[brihard]

He's not been found guilty yet. Nor do we have all the facts. Speculation and innuendo are not reasonable doubt or absolute truth. We should put the torches and pitchforks away until the story develops further.

I’m taking WaPo’s reporting at face value. They’re solid and have broken a number of stories from inside the pentagon in the past year that proved accurate. Much of this story is already admitted or corroborated. They’re a hell of a lot more credible than the current administration. The White House spokeswoman today admitted, after explicit denials by DoD, that the bulk of the substance of the second strike allegations and simply tried to claim it was legal. We have numerous lawyers offering informed input on the legality of such a strike. We have the early resignation of the SOUTHCOM commander. We have several members of committees who have access to classified reports urging US s vice members to disobey illegal orders just weeks after this. We have the video of the first strike where the target bot was very clearly dead and burning. We have bipartisan support from the armed services committees of both houses of Congress for getting to the bottom of this.

We have enough audible quacking and visibly waddling waterfowl to say there’s a duck here. Who, specifically, individually ordered what and is accountable for what remains to be seen, but every credible interpretation at this point is that there has been a crime of some sort committed.