Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Bell again.

And welcome to the Roads with Bell.

Today is September 7th, 2025, and this is episode 107 of the Roads Not Taken, which is a weekly series where we go over the news.

That was unreported, underreported, didn't get the coverage we thought

it deserved or we just found it interesting. And then we go through some questions from y'all.

Today is September 7th and today is national neither snow nor rain day. So thank a postal worker.

And on this date in 1813, Uncle Sam was first used to reference the United States. And starting with foreign policy. Trump has denied knowledge of a reported

2019 C-L-Team Six incursion into North Korea that went horribly wrong.

Not only failing and planting listening devices, but also reportedly taking out a boat full of

North Korean civilians. It's not clear if he was simply denying the action because it's the

diplomatic thing to do,

or if he's legitimately forgotten about it.

The U.S. destroyed a civilian boat from Venezuela that the administration says was a drugboat.

The idea was clearly to engage in a show of force. Venezuela has responded by engaging in

armed flybys of American naval vessels. If the United States hadn't just engaged in its attack,

these flybys would be viewed as a major provocation and condemned internationally. As it stands, most experts are just

glad they didn't respond and start a war. The U.S. is deploying a number of fighters to Puerto Rico

for potential strikes on cartels. A U.S. judge ruled ending legal protections for Venezuelans and Haitians in the U.S. is unlawful.

Ukrainian drones have continued to pound Russian refinery capacity.

There is growing concern over Russia's economic stagnation.

Israel is gearing up for another major offensive in Gaza.

Experts suggest that moves in the West Bank may cause the Abraham Accords to fail.

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