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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted this on the other thread...

Senator Murphy just said on IG that he got his first briefing on this and while he obvs can't share details, he said:

1. There was zero justification.

2. The briefing said there is no fentanyl coming from Venezuela, but that it's cocaine and it's going to Europe NOT to the US. Ergo, we are literally spending taxpayer money to fight drug crimes in Europe![/quote]

No we aren't. Don't be naive. This is about imperialism. [b]We're demanding access to their oil and land which we somehow claim they took from us. Trump said as much in his post about the blockade.[/b] [/quote]

Just a bit of history to inform you.

Venezuela started nationalizing its oil industry in the mid-1970s.  ExxonMobil, Chevron, Texaco, Gulf, ConocoPhilips etc. all had major oil operations there.  Those operations were appropriated by Venezuela piecemeal since then and the only US oil player who remains is Chevron.  And Chevron does so through special licenses granted by the US Treasury, Department of Commerce and Venezuela.  So, yes, Venezuela did take land and oil from US companies.  Thisis a pretty stupid solution to crap that occurred 25-50 years ago, though.[/quote]

It's called risk assessment. Corporations do this all the time. They're supposed to absorb the hit and write it off. It's not the 1880s anymore and gunboat diplomacy no longer exists. The US military should stay out of it.[/quote]

I didn't suggest otherwise.[/quote]

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