Two U.S. F-18 fighter jets flying in tandem entered Venezuelan airspace around noon Tuesday, circling over the Gulf of Venezuela in the latest show of force against the regime of Nicolás Maduro.

The flyover — carried out despite the Venezuelan regime’s possession of a number of Russian-made anti-aircraft batteries — took place less than 100 miles northeast of Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second-largest city. Thousands of Venezuelans tracked the aircraft online through specialized tracking websites, watching as the jets traced a bow-tie-shaped pattern over the gulf.

The fighters remained inside Venezuelan airspace for at least 40 minutes at an altitude of roughly 25,000 feet before heading north and leaving the area.

  • Insekticus@aussie.zoneEnglish
    106·
    2 days ago

    Then the U.S should stay the fuck out of other countries. World’s biggest military ready to be taken over by the world’s biggest fuckwit and his idiot cronies.

    The U.S. needs to be brought down a few pegs to where they belong.

    • foggenbooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      I don’t think you really understand the situation. It’s a bully taunting. They want you to take a swing. Your reaction plays right into their hand.

      • Insekticus@aussie.zoneEnglish
        72·
        2 days ago

        I do. So what’s your response? Lay down and let the bullying beat you until you’re dead?

        America has already broken their airspace and is randomly killing their civilians without any repercussions, and the world is just sitting idly by while it happens.

        • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          For now, yes. They’re trying to get OPEC to ally with them for defense.

        • xenomor@lemmy.worldEnglish
          13·
          2 days ago

          I agree. At some point someone has to figure out a way to go after the US. I don’t know what that is.

          • foggenbooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            1 day ago

            Going after the US and falling for one of their provocations are two totally different things. I’m not condoning this in any way, but look at Osama Bin Laden as a case study. With a handfull of people he sent the US spiraling down such that they still haven’t recovered over 20+ years later. He would not have gotten anything like that through conventional means like shooting at planes. The US has become a shell of what it was in 2001, and while it was a horrible act which can’t be condoned, it must have been an incredible success in his eyes, far more so than he had thought possible.

            Rambling aside, all I’m saying is you don’t win against the strongest military in the world in a fair fight. Asymmetric warfare means taking your time and thinking outside the box.