Privateers are private individuals. Not military. They just happened to be paid by a state.
The only distinction is for Venezuela to make. They won’t handle an act of war the same way as an act of piracy - and they shouldn’t be expected to be responsible for US internal politics, or give a shit.
Did you mean to reply to me? I’m pretty sure I made it very clear these were not privateers and was instead the military.
When I said “They committed state sanctioned piracy” I was replying to a comment asking about historical privateers. “They” refers to those historical privateers not the current situation with the US military being used
Right so that has a word. Those individuals would be privateers. They commit state sanctioned piracy.
If you’re using your country’s military that’s not piracy by any definition
Privateers are private individuals. Not military. They just happened to be paid by a state.
The only distinction is for Venezuela to make. They won’t handle an act of war the same way as an act of piracy - and they shouldn’t be expected to be responsible for US internal politics, or give a shit.
Did you mean to reply to me? I’m pretty sure I made it very clear these were not privateers and was instead the military.
When I said “They committed state sanctioned piracy” I was replying to a comment asking about historical privateers. “They” refers to those historical privateers not the current situation with the US military being used