The attack of Venezuela is so bizarre. I thought Mexico was the problem due to the cartels? Or was it China/NK due to meth?
I've never heard about Venezuela being a problem outside cocaine (90s) and when their government critiques the US.
It's awfully suspicious that both parties in congress support this, and the Venezuelan opposition leader is all for it too.
My bet is on money -I bet someone got paid a lot of it to swap leadership there.
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So I went looking for Schumer's position on this. Several months ago, he said a regime change in Venezuela would be fine and "everyone would like that" but now it's "oh this is horrible".
Maybe it's "just politics" but my guess is still on the money.
Maybe after this, Venezuela will suddenly open their oil ports up to the US.
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@egeexyz i think you’re spot on. Venezuela currently has the largest proven oil reserves on the globe and they are barely exploited right now.
that weird foreplay about drugs is nothing but a smokescreen in my opinion to at least have the appearance of a reason to start an attack. the real target, as so often in USA politics, is oil
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@root There's a twist - the opposition leader (María Corina Machado) is pro-us and just so happens to be the daughter of a Venezuelan steel tycoon who got their assets frozen by Maduro.
This might be the most poorly veiled regime change yet!
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* It's all about the oil. US president said so themselves. Outright imperialism is on the menu again
* Issue here is that the way this was approached flies against constitutional standards. Acts of war requires Congress approval. It also flies against international norms so that's why it's not getting much positive fanfare
* This act greenlights China's takeover of Taiwan and Russia's takeover of Ukraine. Major powers should take over their neighbors and carve up the world like an open buffet because they are bigger and more powerful than the victims. Forget democracy, rules, and morals. Might makes right.
* What's to say the same will not happen to Canada (the 51st state?) or Greenland (Which Trump wants really really bad)
* Schumer is a weak majority leader and has a politics stuck in the 90s. Guy needs to resign last year
So yeah, even if the international world has seen Venezuela's leadership as bad and corrupt, the approach here is not justified. That's what all the fuss is about.
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