"Hey sonny, fill 'er up with bunker fuel, and make it snappy."
Posted on 01/03/2026 4:48:31 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 3 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is due to meet on Monday after the U.S. attacked Venezuela and deposed its long-serving autocratic President Nicolas Maduro, a move that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres views as setting "a dangerous precedent."
Colombia, backed by Russia and China, requested the meeting of the 15-member council, diplomats said. The U.N. Security Council has met twice - in October and December - over the escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Washington would run Venezuela "until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition." It is unclear how Trump plans to oversee Venezuela.
'A COLONIAL WAR': VENEZUELA
"This is a colonial war aimed at destroying our republican form of government, freely chosen by our people, and at imposing a puppet government that allows the plundering of our natural resources, including the world’s largest oil reserves," Venezuela's U.N. Ambassador Samuel Moncada wrote to the U.N. Security Council on Saturday.
He said the U.S. had violated the founding U.N. Charter, which states: " All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."
The U.S. military action overnight constitutes "a dangerous precedent," Guterres' spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
"The Secretary-General continues to emphasize the importance of full respect - by all - of international law, including the UN Charter. He’s deeply concerned that the rules of international law have not been respected," Dujarric said.
The Trump administration has for months targeted suspected drug trafficking boats off the Venezuelan coast and the Pacific coast of Latin America. The U.S. ramped up its military presence in the region and announced a blockade of all vessels subject to U.S. sanctions, last...
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Get the U.N. out of the U.S. and the U.S. out of the U.N.
Defund and deport the UN. Just saying.
And just WTH is Pooty-Poot about just to his west?
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/03/president-trump-holds-a-press-conference-following-capture-of-venezuelas-nicolas-maduro-1100am-livestream/#more-279365
January 3, 2026 4:23 pm
Capturing Maduro bad, but murdering Gaddafi good ?
The security council is headed by Somalia.
Why doesn’t the US just stop funding the UN and kick them out of NYC. Make them move their HQ to Burkina Faso or Somalia.
Agreed. Besides, it’s valuable real estate.
You tell us, Paly-Poo!
What did y'all think the Monroe Doctrine meant? Vibes? Papers? Essays?
The UN trying to claim the moral high ground?
That is hilarious.
Quite the impeccable organization.
Somalia is president of the UN Security Council for the month of January, 2026.
I’d be asking the UNSC.
Are they your BFFs?
Seconded.
Why should the U.S. help fund this ridiculous outfit (the UN) with even a contribution of a dime, let alone a disproportionate share of the UN’s obscene operating costs. Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!
Whatever you say, Paly-Poo.
I suspect they will put Trump on double secret probation.
Specifically, a Somali named Abukar Dahir Osman who runs daycare centers out of Columbus, Ohio.
We really need to clean house.
OK, I'm over it.
"Hey sonny, fill 'er up with bunker fuel, and make it snappy."
Good thing the US has veto power.
It also helps to be paying for most of the UN budget.
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