Not Bombing, Blockade: Is the story of 2003 being repeated in 2026?
Reports suggest that the US did not drop bombs directly on the oil refinery. Instead, tankers were stopped at sea, ships seized and shipping routes disrupted. The result was that Venezuela’s oil exports were almost halved. Oil tankers are standing at sea, there are no buyers. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 was also said to be for moral and security reasons. Later it became clear how important oil and contracts were.