• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    If my history serves me correct … America is about to tell everyone that Venezuela fired first or attacked them in some way and killed American service men … and now the US has no choice but to defend itself -> by attacking and invading the country.

    • mrfriki@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      …only to lose the subsequent war 10 years down the road but never admit they lost because they only withdrew their army since the country is safe again (AKA they already taken as much oil as they possibly can so they are no longer interested in waging a war).

      • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        I have to wonder, are you and people like you just making a common joke? Or do you really think the US extracted oil from Afghanistan? Because they didn’t. They used the invasion to strong arm OPEC; but they themselves didn’t take oil. It wasn’t about increasing oil supply.

        The US grew heroin there instead. And only left when stronger synthetics (fentanyl) made heroin unprofitable.

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          3 months ago

          I was under the impression that the point was to decrease the oil supply to force people to buy more American oil.

  • MrMakabar@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    The force is not large enough to invade Venezuela. This is more of a force you position if you want to do some larger scale regime change operation. You know some mercenaries combined with Venezuelans who hate the government. Remove Maduro and US puppet. The flyover is meant as as sign that the Venezuelan military is behind Maduro.

    Also just to say it, this can backfire badly. Venezula has a shit ton of gangs, is a massive country and to a large part covered in rainforest. Not a good combination.

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    3 months ago

    Nothing ever happens, this is just posturing that will be followed by more posturing

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      3 months ago

      2 people already fucking died. Pretty sure their relatives think this is a bit more than posturing.

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    3 months ago

    Central and South America nations need the nuclear bomb yesterday. I’m dead ass serious. So does every African nations. Western nations are testing the waters for a middle east style take over. As we continue down this self destructive process it’s a matter of when, not if. Having the bomb is the only way to get true self determination in today’s world.

    • Mrkawfee@feddit.uk
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      3 months ago

      They should just regime change themselves and hand over the oil if they know what’s good for them.