Orange_Crush
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I'm not saying that at all. I'm questioning LG's accusation that Trump promised on the campaign trail not to engage in ANY foreign military engagements. He's having trouble proving it.
You're trying to convince me that the dog has 9 legs, and having trouble proving it, so you call me insane by attributing an argument that I'm not making. I'm not defending or condemning the engagements in Venezuela or Iran. I'm defining them in comparison to Trump's campaign promises, as I understood them.
So, by saying that it could lead to war, you're admitting that it is not war? Or are you just wanting to keep talking in circles?
It would seem like things might be a little hazy here...At this point Trump will go down as one of the great strategic foreign policy POTUSs in a long time.
If this Venezuela regime change is successful it could have a positive impact felt around the world.
If this Venezuela regime change is successful it could have a positive impact felt around the world.
Chess while some (Dems) want to play checkers.
That's pretty gayLol
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Polymarket refuses to pay bettors who wagered US would ‘invade’ Venezuela
Polymarket, the world’s largest online prediction market, ruled that last weekend’s US military operation did not count as an “invasion.”nypost.com
Go back and read, hombre. It kind of looks like you may need to invest some time learning how, but it will be worth your efforts.Hey man, I learned yesterday that the U.S. could launch its whole nuclear arsenal on the world and its not war or an act of war.
We learn something new everyday.
war, in the popular sense, a conflict between political groups involving hostilities of considerable duration and magnitude. In the usage of social science, certain qualifications are added. Sociologists usually apply the term to such conflicts only if they are initiated and conducted in accordance with socially recognized forms. They treat war as an institution recognized in custom or in law. Military writers usually confine the term to hostilities in which the contending groups are sufficiently equal in power to render the outcome uncertain for a time. Armed conflicts of powerful states with isolated and powerless peoples are usually called pacifications, military expeditions, or explorations; with small states, they are called interventions or reprisals; and with internal groups, rebellions or insurrections. Such incidents, if the resistance is sufficiently strong or protracted, may achieve a magnitude that entitles them to the name “war.”
Military writers usually confine the term to hostilities in which the contending groups are sufficiently equal in power to render the outcome uncertain for a time. Armed conflicts of powerful states with isolated and powerless peoples are usually called pacifications, military expeditions, or explorations; with small states, they are called interventions or reprisals; and with internal groups, rebellions or insurrections.
Go back and read, hombre. It kind of looks like you may need to invest some time learning how, but it will be worth your efforts.
War | History, Causes, Types, Meaning, Examples, & Facts | Britannica
War, in the popular sense, a conflict between political groups involving hostilities of considerable duration and magnitude. Sociologists usually apply the term to such conflicts only if they are initiated and conducted in accordance with socially recognized forms.
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Here. I'll make it even easier.
So, it would appear that if the US unleashed its entire nuclear arsenal against Venezuela, it would not be classified as a war. If we released it against Russia, it may be classified as war if they indeed have the nuclear capacity to respond in kind. If both were destroyed in short order, there probably wouldn't be anyone to call it anything.
But we didn't unleash the entirety of our nuclear arsenal. We selectively and tactically bombed Venezuela, kidnapped their kidnapper, and the cartel regime couldn't do **** about it. It in no way meets the criteria of "endless wars" and "nation building" that Trump promised against--which is the context of the discussion, no matter how badly you wish you could win a debate via red herrings.
But you're not really arguing with me. You seem to be arguing with the general consensus of the definitions of war. Feel free. I'll just reiterate that you are a massive waste of time.
But we didn't unleash the entirety of our nuclear arsenal.
But you're not really arguing with me.
