Trump's Venezuela Vendetta

[Darth Wagtaros]

Trump's supporters are all over the place.  On one hand Maruro was a drug kingpin and we needed to get rid of him over that. On the other, the oil is the important part because oil.  Their approval comes down to: Trump said its good.  

So, US oil companies are going to be heavily involved? How?  PMCs going to be controlling the territory?  

[Syt]

A new age of Filibustering? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_(military)

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Trump's supporters are all over the place.  On one hand Maruro was a drug kingpin and we needed to get rid of him over that. On the other, the oil is the important part because oil.  Their approval comes down to: Trump said its good. 

So, US oil companies are going to be heavily involved? How?  PMCs going to be controlling the territory? 

Dronewarfare might make that difficult

[crazy canuck]

Much like Iraq war II - now what?

I assume there are many in the American institutions responsible for military strategic thinking who learned that lesson, but I doubt very much any of them are informing the decision makers in the current administration.

[Legbiter]

Indeed, "Mission Accomplished" as they say.

This would just be another Monroe Doctrine episode for me much like Panama and Noriega was, that is an understandable bit of gunboat diplomacy, kick out Chinese and Russian influence, based as the kids say in the way in how it was effortlessly carried out, really. Except Trump has stated territorial ambitions on Greenland. This is such a prime example of shitting on an ally that has fought and bled with the US that it concentrates the mind.   

The old regime in Venezuela is finished because nobody (except the Cuban bodyguard around Maduro) lifted a finger to save it and it's not going to host any Chinese weapons systems anytime soon. It will consume all available bandwith the US has wrt to foreign policy so at least the demands on Ukraine to surrender should evaporate. 

[Razgovory]

Interim-President of Venezuela is blaming "Zionists" for the attack.

I think she has a point, if it is viewed as another variant of the military-industrial complex, corporatist government, tech bros terms banded about for this sort of thing.

It still surprises me that people try to rationalize this sort of rhetoric.

[Valmy]

Interim-President of Venezuela is blaming "Zionists" for the attack.

Guess we need to do more regime change.

[Tamas]

Interim-President of Venezuela is blaming "Zionists" for the attack.

I think she has a point, if it is viewed as another variant of the military-industrial complex, corporatist government, tech bros terms banded about for this sort of thing.

It still surprises me that people try to rationalize this sort of rhetoric.

Around a millenia of the Jews being the root of all problems is a deep tradition that won't be easy to get rid of, especially since it's even more prevalent in Muslim cultures.

[Maladict]

Trump notified the oil companies of the plans before the attack, and Congress afterward. Says it all, really.

[Zanza]

They gave him money for his re-election, he gave them privileged information for insider trading. Probably a fair quid pro quo in the Trumpian swamp.

[Valmy]

Trump notified the oil companies of the plans before the attack, and Congress afterward. Says it all, really.

Congress is irrelevant and powerless, unlike the oil companies.

[Razgovory]

Interim-President of Venezuela is blaming "Zionists" for the attack.

I think she has a point, if it is viewed as another variant of the military-industrial complex, corporatist government, tech bros terms banded about for this sort of thing.

It still surprises me that people try to rationalize this sort of rhetoric.

Around a millenia of the Jews being the root of all problems is a deep tradition that won't be easy to get rid of, especially since it's even more prevalent in Muslim cultures.

I really thought we were past that.  The world just gets worse and worse it seems.

[celedhring]

So, I saw that the judge on the Maduro case is 92 years old.

Is it forbidden in the US to retire if you hold an office?

[Zanza]

Half of the US Senate is above retirement age. It's a gerontocracy.

[Tamas]

So, I saw that the judge on the Maduro case is 92 years old.

Is it forbidden in the US to retire if you hold an office?

WTF