US launches strikes against Venezuela, captures Maduro

[81usaf92]

Twitter to the rescue.
View attachment 55036

Yeah where was that in 01 and 03?

 

[92tide]

so, we're "taking back" the oil, and said oil will pay for the operation.

 

[Tidewater]

Yeah where was that in 01 and 03?

I think the DC establishment was following the conventional wisdom of "you break it, you own it."

 

[Bazza]

Chairman of the joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Dan Caine has detailed the timeline of operation to capture Nicolás Maduro.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2007503097824964802

 

[92tide]

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/latin-america/live-blog/venezuela-explosions-trump-maduro-live-updates-rcna251053

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said on state TV that the U.S. actions constituted an attempt at regime change in an effort to capture the country’s oil and natural resources. She later added that Venezuela stands ready to defend those resources.

 

[Bazza]

 

[bamacpa]

Yall are smarter and more well read than me. We pardoned one Latin American president convicted of drug smuggling - what's the difference ?

 

[arthurdawg]

Yall are smarter and more well read than me. We pardoned one Latin American president convicted of drug smuggling - what's the difference ?

Drugs are not the point... Oil is the point!

 

[spidermayin]

With Trump, there are always ulterior motives.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

With Trump, there are always ulterior motives.

That and an inability to think beyond the first step.


And it might just be me, but forcibly removing another country’s leader from power isn’t very FIFA Peace Prize winning of Trump.

 

[crimsonaudio]

 

[jthomas666]

Yall are smarter and more well read than me. We pardoned one Latin American president convicted of drug smuggling - what's the difference ?

Trump needs something to distract from the Epstein files. (actually, might not need the blue font here...)

In the presser, Trump claimed that Hernández had been persecuted by the Biden administration.

 

[Bazza]

 

[spidermayin]

I am just curious how this is going to play out. How are we going to "run" Venezuela? Just because a bunch of Venezuelans are happy doesn't mean it's a great decision for America. Maybe do something that makes a bunch of Americans happy. With that said,i am glad nobody in our military was hurt,so great job there.

 

[bamacpa]

View attachment 55041

Has nothing to do with supporting Maduro, it's about following our own laws.

 

[Padreruf]

I think the DC establishment was following the conventional wisdom of "you break it, you own it."

The Pottery Barn rule of diplomacy...I really do not know what to think here...my initial reaction is "what has DJT wrought now?" I am waiting to see how this plays out, however.

Why doesn't he capture Putin and his wife and end the Ukrainian War? Oh, that's right, Russia can fight back...

 

[crimsonaudio]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2007657974115049623

 

[Huckleberry]

NYT gift link

This Is What Venezuelans Really Want (Guest Opinion Essay)​

President Nicolás Maduro is finally gone from Venezuela. He was captured by U.S. forces and flown out of the country early in the morning on Saturday. President Trump has said that the United States will run the country for the foreseeable future.

For Venezuelans, our situation will not be fixed by Mr. Maduro’s departure, let alone by a foreign occupying force. We are not a nation held together by a government or a social contract, but a collection of individuals trapped in a struggle for survival. Replacing the man at the top will not dismantle the web of bosses, private loyalties, corrupt practices and institutional ruins that have replaced public life here.

 

[92tide]

Has nothing to do with supporting Maduro, it's about following our own laws.

you must be new here, welcome

 

[92tide]

NYT gift link

This Is What Venezuelans Really Want (Guest Opinion Essay)​

President Nicolás Maduro is finally gone from Venezuela. He was captured by U.S. forces and flown out of the country early in the morning on Saturday. President Trump has said that the United States will run the country for the foreseeable future.

For Venezuelans, our situation will not be fixed by Mr. Maduro’s departure, let alone by a foreign occupying force. We are not a nation held together by a government or a social contract, but a collection of individuals trapped in a struggle for survival. Replacing the man at the top will not dismantle the web of bosses, private loyalties, corrupt practices and institutional ruins that have replaced public life here.

one despot replaced with another one. rinse and repeat