The Venezuela thread

[volfanhill]

Exactly...... It's funny watching the talking heads winner why he didn't grab more the regime instead of just 1 person.. It's clownish

Yes that line of questioning is absurdly stupid

 

[BeardedVol]

I don't think Venezuela's so important to them as an oil source though. Russia's right next door if things get tight.

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China consumes 16-17 million barrels of oil per day, and Venezuela can only produce ~ 1 million per day when everything is working, which it rarely is.

Venezuela uses the oil they send to China, to cover the payment on the billions of loans they've taken from them.

 

[BowlBrother85]

You just seem to be repeating the same things.. Like you hoping it come true so you can say you were right... You spoke your piece. Move on... Maybe it from arguing with bb85. He she's the same with his cult bs

This willingness to so quickly shift back to hawkish foreign policy aggression, with goals of nation-building in an oil rich country is the best example yet of how MAGA is a cult of personality.

That is diametrically opposed to Trump's mantra from 2016. It just is.

The allure has never been ideology-based. It's purely an unconditional devotion to one person's politically unconventional personality.

 

[EasternVol]

China consumes 16-17 million barrels of oil per day, and Venezuela can only produce ~ 1 million per day when everything is working, which it rarely is.

Venezuela uses the oil they send to China, to cover the payment on the billions of loans they've taken from them.

Important point.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

They aren't funneling drugs. Stop repeating the lie that even the white house stopped telling
.

Then why was he just charged with drug trafficking?

 

[TheDirector]

clueless Useful idiots….

What's worse is that the LA Government funds these types of orgs with grants under the guise of supporting small business etc... It's a racket that occurs in most big blue cities/states across the country. Not exactly a grassroots or organic protest like it's advertised. Same group "protests" for BLM, Occupy Wallstreet, Pink Hat march and any anti-Trump rally. It's why there are pre-made signs staged at these events and in some cases PPE handed out. Someone pays for all that. Just show up and take one of our signs and chant what we tell you to chant. It's all fake rage for hire.

 

[adam.vol]

Then why was he just charged with drug trafficking?

That’s a very good question. If one ruler can be charged for it leaving their country, then why isn’t a ruler charged for it entering their country?

 

[utvolpj]

Then why was he just charged with drug trafficking?

Because people like you equate the word drugs to bad people who must be removed. It's how they build cheerleaders. Our own intelligence agencies have said it's not true

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Because people like you equate the word drugs to bad people who must be removed. It's how they build cheerleaders. Our own intelligence agencies have said it's not true

LOL What!

 

[allstar34]

Sorry for posting a tweet with curse words in the picture earlier. I definitely didn’t see the F-Bombs in the photo until after it was removed and I went back and looked at what I shared. I just read the stats and hit share.

 

[LSU-SIU]

Yes, Not having a Narco-terrorist funneling drugs into our country is one thing.
The biggest thing is not having a friendly country for China, Russia & Iran and every other terrorist organization a 1,000 miles from our border.

I have no idea what your getting at with the "band" comment?

Well, it would seem like Trump is saying you are not correct....its about oil and China. See Rubio comments.

So..now China and Russia are terrorist countries and you invade countries because they do business with them?

The band is the uniparty...this is just recycled george hw stuff from the 70s, 80s and early 90s.

The groups that have been labeled terrorist have been getting US funding for quite some time....some of them even get invites to the White house.

 

[LouderVol]

That was the neighbor I had in mind but things look to have cooled off.

now, definitely.

after his public grab, Maduro was trying to pull some similar moves with election corruption there trying to basically Crimea the place.

 

[LouderVol]

Then why was he just charged with drug trafficking?

WMDs.

 

[lawgator1]

So if we have the right under the "Donroe Doctrine" to remove the leader of a country and take it over for national security purposes because it is in our hemisphere, does China have the right to take over Taiwan on the same rationale?

 

[hog88]

So if we have the right under the "Donroe Doctrine" to remove the leader of a country and take it over for national security purposes because it is in our hemisphere, does China have the right to take over Taiwan on the same rationale?

Are we "taking over" Venezuela?

 

[Willy P]

It's easier to kill people and use your military for whatever you want if you just slap a terrorist label on.

Terrorists will be found in Greenland next.

 

[LSU-SIU]

So if we have the right under the "Donroe Doctrine" to remove the leader of a country and take it over for national security purposes because it is in our hemisphere, does China have the right to take over Taiwan on the same rationale?

Taiwan is already a part of China, so this would be the equivalent of a civil war.

 

[LSU-SIU]

Are we "taking over" Venezuela?

Semantics

 

[LouderVol]

So if we have the right under the "Donroe Doctrine" to remove the leader of a country and take it over for national security purposes because it is in our hemisphere, does China have the right to take over Taiwan on the same rationale?

I also get a chuckle out of all the claims that it wasn't a military action.

France issues an arrest warrant for Trump, bombed DCs power grid, took out all of our surface to air missiles, and other defensive measures in the region, landed a helicopter on the WH grounds, grabs Trump and Melania, hit Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Parts of Pennsylvania and 40 or so citizens were killed in the attacks we would most certainly call it a military strike.

 

[LouderVol]

Are we "taking over" Venezuela?

Trump said we were going to run Venezuela until a new leader took over...so yeah.

 

[hog88]

Trump said we were going to run Venezuela until a new leader took over...so yeah.

I don't think China taking over Taiwan would be temporary.

 

[LSU-SIU]

I don't think China taking over Taiwan would be temporary.

It's already a part of China, if they all want to fight it out...that is okay too.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Yes, Not having a Narco-terrorist funneling drugs into our country is one thing.
The biggest thing is not having a friendly country for China, Russia & Iran and every other terrorist organization a 1,000 miles from our border.

I have no idea what your getting at with the "band" comment?

Your first comment is BS. Trump just pardoned a guy who sent 400 lbs of cocaine and all kinds of guns into the US

 

[BowlBrother85]

Trump said we were going to run Venezuela until a new leader took over...so yeah.

..... and Rubio just said that the United States will not be running Venezuela "day to day."

 

[LouderVol]

..... and Rubio just said that the United States will not be running Venezuela "day to day."

I think this was yet another case of Trump saying the quiet part out loud. and the admin has to come back around and explain it away.