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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please post a credible link stating that the U.S. is going to invade Venezuela.[/quote]
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So, again - zero about the U.S. actually *invading* Venezuela.  Thanks.[/quote]

The US won't invade Venezuela. The country is bigger than Iraq. And its geography is very favorable to defenders and insurgents and rebels and cartels and so on. It would take hundreds of thousands of troops to pacify Venezuela. And it'd be awful, like all these stupid, ill-informed adventures are - from Vietnam to Iraq.

But we can absolutely cripple the country by other means. In principle, I don't have a problem boarding and confiscating the "shadow fleet," the ghost ships that Russia and others use to evade international sanctions. That is within international law. But America's purpose is not pure. It's old-time 19th Century imperialism. The US wants Venezuela's oil. Trump thinks he's Genghis Khan. And South America is his. He wants his tribute and the revenue and wealth. He feels it's owed to him. Putin gets Ukraine. Xi gets Taiwan. Trump wants to be a big boy in his sphere of influence to show he's just as "tough" as Putin and Xi. And he's settled on Venezuela.

It's all very pathetic. The result from this course of action will be that all of South America - including their right wingers - will regard the United States as the enemy. And that will last for generations. We are the baddies. And that will have consequences for years. [/quote]

We WILL BE the enemy if we take this course of action. When will this country learn????[/quote]

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