Looks like we may have gotten involved in Venezuela

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In reply to Ag with kids • 3:32p, 1/7/26
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Ag with kids said:
aggiehawg said:
Rossticus said:
If you REALLY want to find out in a hurry, this is how you do it, Russia. Think veeeeery carefully. I have to think that this guy must be the Duma's "village idiot" but it's hard to tell with the extreme rhetoric those guys like to toss around.


American military can only fire under one of two circumstances: Direction of the President OR they are fired upon.

A torpedo strike upon one of our military ships? Yeah, then we go "proportional" on their ass.


Our definition of "proportional" is a little more harsh than everyone else's…
you would think that Russia would learn not to mess with us.

There are a few examples, especially when Russian forces started firing on a base. We used our back channels to ask if they had assets in the area. They said no. We then turned the area into complete desolation and sent back, no assets remain in the vicinity.

They learn nothing from WWII? Fighting on two fronts quickly becomes lose on all.
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In reply to Line Ate Member • 3:41p, 1/7/26
"Yeah but"

Russia has never cared about losing people, military or otherwise.
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3:42p, 1/7/26
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...hmm... I wouldn't **** with American boats. We have a history of overreacting to other countries messing with our boats.
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3:45p, 1/7/26
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A Russian lawmaker, Aleksey Zhuravlyov, threatened retaliation by sinking US vessels with torpedoes and referenced nuclear doctrine. Official Russian statements condemn the action as piracy but stop short of threats.
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In reply to Martels Hammer • 3:46p, 1/7/26
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Martels Hammer said:
"Yeah but"

Russia has never cared about losing people, military or otherwise.
I agree, but eventually your meat shield is depleted and then the commanders have to go to the front…
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In reply to aggiedata • 3:50p, 1/7/26
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It looks like one of the ships wasn't even flagged. I'm sorry, but if you have no flag, I'm assuming you are a pirate and we are boarding. We protect the global shipping lanes and have done so, FOR FREE, for the last 80 years.

And Russia playing games with swapping flags? I mean, we're also guilty of that kind of ****ery in the last 250 years, but it's now the age of the internet and social media. We all know what they are doing and aren't playing that game with them.

In the grand scheme of things, this isn't that bad. Firing missiles at a US-Flagged ship? That's a red line you don't **** with.
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3:52p, 1/7/26
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Russia taunts the USA with an old sub and now we have assets following it back to Russia. Paper tiger
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4:49p, 1/7/26
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Look we're all about proportional response.

10:1 is a proportion...
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In reply to aggiedata • 6:09p, 1/7/26
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A Russian lawmaker, Aleksey Zhuravlyov, threatened retaliation by sinking US vessels with torpedoes and referenced nuclear doctrine. Official Russian statements condemn the action as piracy but stop short of threats.


OMG, please let one, just one, Russian FA so the entire country can FO.
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In reply to Decay • 6:11p, 1/7/26
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Decay said:
Look we're all about proportional response.

10:1 is a proportion...

Yes, it certainly is...I was thinking 2 : 1, but your proportion is so much more FAFO...
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In reply to No Spin Ag • 6:26p, 1/7/26
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I know this sounds cool and all for you to say,
but Russia is no Venezuela. We do not want any type of war with Russia. Not saying we can't win, but it would likely get super ugly super quickly for both sides.
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6:29p, 1/7/26
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I want to know what is really on that tanker
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In reply to IDaggie06 • 6:31p, 1/7/26
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IDaggie06 said:
I know this sounds cool and all for you to say,
but Russia is no Venezuela. We do not want any type of war with Russia. Not saying we can't win, but it would likely get super ugly super quickly for both sides.

100%
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In reply to DCPD158 • 6:36p, 1/7/26
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DCPD158 said:
I want to know what is really on that tanker

BINGO, this is the million-dollar question. What the hell was on / in that tanker?

Im thinking weapons were being removed and sent back to Russia would be my guess? someone in Venezuela on the inside gave them inside information on something. Then this entire event that has been unfolding over the last few months started. As soon as Trump went in with force and took Maduro out, Russia got nervous and wanted to get the weapons out. This is my 2 cents peasant opinion
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In reply to Decay • 6:36p, 1/7/26
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Decay said:
Look we're all about proportional response.

10:1 is a proportion...

LOL.

And the thing was, US miltary had a specific list. And then Iranians aren't on it, go away as the ships advised.

In case some posters don't know about this.

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In reply to No Spin Ag • 6:38p, 1/7/26
No Spin Ag said:
aggiedata said:


A Russian lawmaker, Aleksey Zhuravlyov, threatened retaliation by sinking US vessels with torpedoes and referenced nuclear doctrine. Official Russian statements condemn the action as piracy but stop short of threats.


OMG, please let one, just one, Russian FA so the entire country can FO.

Are you insane? This isn't a movie or Nintendo game.
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In reply to Rossticus • 6:46p, 1/7/26
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Rossticus said:


Hey China,

USA is asshoe now.
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In reply to fullback44 • 6:46p, 1/7/26
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fullback44 said:
DCPD158 said:
I want to know what is really on that tanker

BINGO, this is the million-dollar question. What the hell was on / in that tanker?

Im thinking weapons were being removed and sent back to Russia would be my guess? someone in Venezuela on the inside gave them inside information on something. Then this entire event that has been unfolding over the last few months started. As soon as Trump went in with force and took Maduro out, Russia got nervous and wanted to get the weapons out. This is my 2 cents peasant opinion

Bella 1 never made it to Venezuela. It originated in Russia and turned back around for Russia after we tried to interdict off the coast of Venezuela.
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In reply to Ducks4brkfast • 6:50p, 1/7/26
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ok maybe the weapons were on their way and they turned around ? either way, I hope we all find out what was in or on that ship
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In reply to fullback44 • 6:59p, 1/7/26
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What weapons would they send there that wouldn't be needed for their war with Ukraine?
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In reply to Ducks4brkfast • 7:06p, 1/7/26
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Ducks4brkfast said:
fullback44 said:
DCPD158 said:
I want to know what is really on that tanker

BINGO, this is the million-dollar question. What the hell was on / in that tanker?

Im thinking weapons were being removed and sent back to Russia would be my guess? someone in Venezuela on the inside gave them inside information on something. Then this entire event that has been unfolding over the last few months started. As soon as Trump went in with force and took Maduro out, Russia got nervous and wanted to get the weapons out. This is my 2 cents peasant opinion

Bella 1 never made it to Venezuela. It originated in Russia and turned back around for Russia after we tried to interdict off the coast of Venezuela.


Ah. I think I missed that during this whole ordeal. Assumed it left VZ.
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7:09p, 1/7/26
Colombian pres got the message?


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In reply to IDaggie06 • 7:15p, 1/7/26
IDaggie06 said:
I know this sounds cool and all for you to say,
but Russia is no Venezuela. We do not want any type of war with Russia. Not saying we can't win, but it would likely get super ugly super quickly for both sides.



Ripping bandaid off.

Besides, Putin doesn't have the balls, much less anywhere near what it would take to actually last one round with us, even going full ugly. And that would have been before Putin invaded Ukraine and lost an eff ton on men and equipment.

He's relying on North Korea FFS, and even then he's barely not losing in Ukraine. Barely.

We're fine by so much it isn't even funny.
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In reply to No Spin Ag • 7:30p, 1/7/26
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No Spin Ag said:
IDaggie06 said:
I know this sounds cool and all for you to say,
but Russia is no Venezuela. We do not want any type of war with Russia. Not saying we can't win, but it would likely get super ugly super quickly for both sides.



Ripping bandaid off.

Besides, Putin doesn't have the balls, much less anywhere near what it would take to actually last one round with us, even going full ugly. And that would have been before Putin invaded Ukraine and lost an eff ton on men and equipment.

He's relying on North Korea FFS, and even then he's barely not losing in Ukraine. Barely.

We're fine by so much it isn't even funny.

I don't know. I guess I'd rather not see two megalomaniacs going at it personally. I hope we know what we are doing on this one. Mistakes have been made in history before.
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In reply to TRM • 7:43p, 1/7/26
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TRM said:
What weapons would they send there that wouldn't be needed for their war with Ukraine?

I have no clue, but we (the US) wanted to look at something on those ships. tankers are huge vessels; it would be very easy to go in and separate and conceal all kinds of stuff in vessels that size. just weld in a sealed off compartment that looks like one of the oil tanks and then use it for what ever they want. anything from ballistic missiles or drones to baby elephants i suppose
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In reply to fullback44 • 9:34p, 1/7/26
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The point is why would they send anything advanced that we don't have intel on to VZ instead of using it in the battlefield.

My guess is drug precursor or money.
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In reply to TRM • 10:02p, 1/7/26
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TRM said:
The point is why would they send anything advanced that we don't have intel on to VZ instead of using it in the battlefield.

My guess is drug precursor or money.

Yeah I don't know …. I'm just spitballing based on some of the info I read…. What ever it is it seems important
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10:19p, 1/7/26
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Is this related to Russia's issues in Venezuela?

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In reply to Naveronski • 10:23p, 1/7/26
Kimdotcom says the Israelis are going to nuke iran tomorrow and the end is nigh

Seriously, the dude is melting



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10:52p, 1/7/26
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Bella1 was not headed for Venezuela from Russia. It was coming from Iran.
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In reply to Ag83 • 11:10p, 1/7/26
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Speculatively, what would that imply? Honest question.
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In reply to boulderaggie • 11:27p, 1/7/26
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boulderaggie said:
Speculatively, what would that imply? Honest question.

Equipment for Hamas or Hezbullah?
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In reply to boulderaggie • 11:34p, 1/7/26
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boulderaggie said:
Speculatively, what would that imply? Honest question.

No idea - maybe arms? But it seems others were thinking the ship had come from Russia. It didn't. Just trying to clarify that point.
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In reply to Ag83 • 11:52p, 1/7/26
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Ag83 said:
Bella1 was not headed for Venezuela from Russia. It was coming from Iran.

Whatever enriched uranium they had left?
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In reply to Ag83 • 11:52p, 1/7/26
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Ag83 said:
boulderaggie said:
Speculatively, what would that imply? Honest question.

No idea - maybe arms? But it seems others were thinking the ship had come from Russia. It didn't. Just trying to clarify that point.

It was coming from Iran.
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