He said during one camapaign that “Great nations do not fight endless wars.”
alabasterskim on
No new wars btw
nikkothirty on
Greenland is rich in rare earth elements. Canada, rich in numerous natural resources. Venezuela, the largest known reserve of oil in the world. Even more than Saudi Arabia. Sorry, in general we, especially Republican Administrations, are still imperialists if we don’t check the corporate greed.
invalidpassword on
Trump is picking out a uniform as we speak. It will be 20% latex to accommodate his expanding girth.
jediporcupine on
Donald Dublyah Trump desperately wants his own Iraq.
Pattihere on
The Trump Administration would love to raid Venezuela’s natural resources. The United States would be interested in Venezuela’s resources, including its crude oil.
The US is Venezuela’s trading partner, so I wonder why the Trump Administration is so keen to start a war.
JPMorgansStache on
If you believe the narrative of the White House, and it is a doozy, so hold onto your Confederate hat here, but…
They have designated various gangs foreign terror organizations, and claim Madura in Venezuela is the leader of narco gangs, as they declare a new department by tweet called War, and then release unsubstantiated videos of them bombing so-called drug boats claiming they killed terrorists who they are at war with.
I personally doubt the veracity of the original boat bomb videos, and do not submit to the administration’s view of nearly anything, however, in their world, they are at war and have attacked their enemy.
The level of cognitive dissonance surrounding the situation is extreme, though.
Because, fundamentally, South America is a proxy for resource entanglements between the Western world and new alliances of China, Russia, and others, given Venezuela has the world’s largest known oil reserves. It is unacceptable to the energy sector of American business, that anywhere in the world should have a natural advantage in production, so they bomb Iran for punishment and threaten Venezuela or other regimes which have the audacity to resist U.S. monopoly.
psykikk_streams on
yes.yes they will.
desperatly trying to provoke any kind of action to be able to claim a real “reason” to do so.
at this point the current US administration is at, they might as well just do it without any reason.
Koutagami2 on
Sounds like something someone trying to distract from a failing economy, a shuttered government, the impending release of the Epstein files, and the largest protest in US history would do. So most likely, yes.
KamKorn on
The attacking started weeks ago. What are we doing here?
Laves_ on
Has the US been attacking Venezuela, yes.
mateusjay954 on
As a Colombian American person, this really scares me. About the reverberation effect and possible destabilization of the country of my birth for being a neighboring country. While many are upset that the president is leftist, and a lot of problems haven’t gone away, it’s still in a relatively stable position but super delicate. Some thing this catastrophic can make things go south fast.
TheBalzy on
Part of the calculus is obviously that a “War Time President” tends to get a boost in popularity which helps in elections like the midterms. But…the thing is, both the Right and the Left and the middle are now HISTORICALLY anti-war/military interventionism in the world. To the point that longstanding allies like Israel, whose support was almost never universally criticized, is considered on the chopping block for most Americans for the first time in a generation.
Han_Yerry on
Check out how much oil is under Venezuela and see the U.S. move away from renewable/”green” energy sources.
It’s pretty easy.
Asconce on
Just waiting for the moment the Epstein Files are released, then they will drop the bombs
bootnab on
Proxy wars are like franchises. They pop up with little or no notice. The US hasn’t done super good in uh forested terrain, as our primary punch is air support. Distractions!!! Go!
telos2020 on
Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world, estimated at around 303 billion barrels, which is more than five times that of the United States. That’s all you need to know.
mapoftasmania on
The legal basis for this is dubious, at best. Any declaration of war would need to be ratified by Congress. They will try to claim this is part of the “War on Terror” under that authorization, but it is clearly not.
However, this would need to go to SCOTUS if Congress doesn’t ratify. But here’s the thing- the President can ignore SCOTUS since this is an “offical act” and he is immune. In order to do so, he would just need to preemptively pardon everyone in the chain of command who follows his orders and they cannot be touched. This is why the SCOTUS finding on “official acts” was so dangerous
calgeorge on
Haven’t we already? I don’t understand. We fired on Venezuelan civilians with no proof they were drug smugglers, which means according to our own constitution, they weren’t.
THX450 on
TBH Trump is looking to start some sort of war so he can use it as an excuse to override democracy.
AerieWorth4747 on
Duh. US is already baselessly and illegally attacking them.
Independent_Tie_4984 on
Assume the stupidest thing you can imagine is going to happen.
Then make it unnecessarily cruel and a plan to funnel billions of tax dollars to GOP members and donors.
Add a crypto coin and you’ve got boots on the ground in Venezuela.
_Sauer_ on
The USA is already at war with Venezuela. They’ve been murdering random Venezuela fisherman for a few weeks now presumably so Steven Miller can crank it to the vids.
dd113456 on
Anything to draw attention away from the FILES
rapax on
He really wants that peace prize, and he’s willing to use lethal force to get it.
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Its been a couple of years since America has started a pointless war they ultimately lose.
Fucking feels that way
Yep. And a guy who dodged Vietnam is going to send our kids to a land war in a jungle because no one learned anything at all.
“So, about those Epstein files….”, “VENEZUELA!!!”
Is there a Nobel Fascist Prize?
The US is already attacking Venezuela.
It didn’t start already, with Trump just blowing Venezuelan boats out of the water??
If any other country started bombing boats coming out of the US, I feel like that would be considered some kind of aggressive attack, no?
We’ve always been at war with Venezuela.
Boner spurs, activate!
BREAKING: Draft Dodger starts pointless war with Venezuela
Likely
CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP: “In this future, we are also going to keep our country out of the endless wars that have defined Hillary Clinton’s career.” ( [NPR ](https://www.npr.org/2016/09/15/493915412/inside-donald-trumps-stump-speech-annotated), 09/15/16)
He said during one camapaign that “Great nations do not fight endless wars.”
No new wars btw
Greenland is rich in rare earth elements. Canada, rich in numerous natural resources. Venezuela, the largest known reserve of oil in the world. Even more than Saudi Arabia. Sorry, in general we, especially Republican Administrations, are still imperialists if we don’t check the corporate greed.
Trump is picking out a uniform as we speak. It will be 20% latex to accommodate his expanding girth.
Donald Dublyah Trump desperately wants his own Iraq.
The Trump Administration would love to raid Venezuela’s natural resources. The United States would be interested in Venezuela’s resources, including its crude oil.
The US is Venezuela’s trading partner, so I wonder why the Trump Administration is so keen to start a war.
If you believe the narrative of the White House, and it is a doozy, so hold onto your Confederate hat here, but…
They have designated various gangs foreign terror organizations, and claim Madura in Venezuela is the leader of narco gangs, as they declare a new department by tweet called War, and then release unsubstantiated videos of them bombing so-called drug boats claiming they killed terrorists who they are at war with.
I personally doubt the veracity of the original boat bomb videos, and do not submit to the administration’s view of nearly anything, however, in their world, they are at war and have attacked their enemy.
The level of cognitive dissonance surrounding the situation is extreme, though.
Because, fundamentally, South America is a proxy for resource entanglements between the Western world and new alliances of China, Russia, and others, given Venezuela has the world’s largest known oil reserves. It is unacceptable to the energy sector of American business, that anywhere in the world should have a natural advantage in production, so they bomb Iran for punishment and threaten Venezuela or other regimes which have the audacity to resist U.S. monopoly.
yes.yes they will.
desperatly trying to provoke any kind of action to be able to claim a real “reason” to do so.
at this point the current US administration is at, they might as well just do it without any reason.
Sounds like something someone trying to distract from a failing economy, a shuttered government, the impending release of the Epstein files, and the largest protest in US history would do. So most likely, yes.
The attacking started weeks ago. What are we doing here?
Has the US been attacking Venezuela, yes.
As a Colombian American person, this really scares me. About the reverberation effect and possible destabilization of the country of my birth for being a neighboring country. While many are upset that the president is leftist, and a lot of problems haven’t gone away, it’s still in a relatively stable position but super delicate. Some thing this catastrophic can make things go south fast.
Part of the calculus is obviously that a “War Time President” tends to get a boost in popularity which helps in elections like the midterms. But…the thing is, both the Right and the Left and the middle are now HISTORICALLY anti-war/military interventionism in the world. To the point that longstanding allies like Israel, whose support was almost never universally criticized, is considered on the chopping block for most Americans for the first time in a generation.
Check out how much oil is under Venezuela and see the U.S. move away from renewable/”green” energy sources.
It’s pretty easy.
Just waiting for the moment the Epstein Files are released, then they will drop the bombs
Proxy wars are like franchises. They pop up with little or no notice. The US hasn’t done super good in uh forested terrain, as our primary punch is air support. Distractions!!! Go!
Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world, estimated at around 303 billion barrels, which is more than five times that of the United States. That’s all you need to know.
The legal basis for this is dubious, at best. Any declaration of war would need to be ratified by Congress. They will try to claim this is part of the “War on Terror” under that authorization, but it is clearly not.
However, this would need to go to SCOTUS if Congress doesn’t ratify. But here’s the thing- the President can ignore SCOTUS since this is an “offical act” and he is immune. In order to do so, he would just need to preemptively pardon everyone in the chain of command who follows his orders and they cannot be touched. This is why the SCOTUS finding on “official acts” was so dangerous
Haven’t we already? I don’t understand. We fired on Venezuelan civilians with no proof they were drug smugglers, which means according to our own constitution, they weren’t.
TBH Trump is looking to start some sort of war so he can use it as an excuse to override democracy.
Duh. US is already baselessly and illegally attacking them.
Assume the stupidest thing you can imagine is going to happen.
Then make it unnecessarily cruel and a plan to funnel billions of tax dollars to GOP members and donors.
Add a crypto coin and you’ve got boots on the ground in Venezuela.
The USA is already at war with Venezuela. They’ve been murdering random Venezuela fisherman for a few weeks now presumably so Steven Miller can crank it to the vids.
Anything to draw attention away from the FILES
He really wants that peace prize, and he’s willing to use lethal force to get it.