Posted on 04/02/2020 3:53:41 PM PDT by lowbridge
“Take that!! Now, stay out of our waters before we ram you and sink our own ship again!!”
“Tis a mere flesh wound”
“Why was a German made cruise ship, flying a Portugal flag, in the waters near Venezuela with NO passengers?
Some kind of drug running deal?”
From what I understand, due to the downturn in travel, they were “deadheading” from one port to another. While in transit, they had to stop out at sea to conduct repairs on one of the engines.
And it’s not unusual for ships to be flagged in other countries. Every ship owned by U.S. cruise lines are not even flagged in the U.S., they’re usually flagged in Panama or other such country
So Venezuela just committed an act of war on a NATO member?The cruise ship, which had no passengers on board and was flying under a Portuguese flagum . . . I think they meant to say it was sailing under a Portuguese flag - or else flying one.
Portugal is a NATO member.
Yup. So 2 NATO members potentially.
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