Trump Proposed Invading Venezuela

[applegrove]

https://politicalwire.com/2018/07/04/trump-proposed-invading-venezuela/

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Associated Press: “As a meeting last August in the Oval Office to discuss sanctions on Venezuela was concluding, President Trump turned to his top aides and asked an unsettling question: With a fast unraveling Venezuela threatening regional security, why can’t the U.S. just simply invade the troubled country?”

“The suggestion stunned those present at the meeting, including U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and national security adviser H.R. McMaster, both of whom have since left the administration… McMaster and others took turns explaining to Trump how military action could backfire and risk losing hard-won support among Latin American governments to punish President Nicolas Maduro for taking Venezuela down the path of dictatorship.”

“But Trump pushed back. Although he gave no indication he was about to order up military plans, he pointed to what he considered past cases of successful gunboat diplomacy in the region, according to the official, like the invasions of Panama and Grenada in the 1980s.”

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[roamer65]

1. Not with a President Obrador.

Mexico would then become the vehicle for the invasion of the US.

[sunonmars]

2. Oil stealing no doubt.....

[Frustratedlady]

3. Might as well have...everything else has happened to them.

What a mess. If we don't get control of our political situation, we'll be going down the same road before it's all said and done.

Just sayin'.

[Turbineguy]

4. Venezuela needs help.

But not from trump.

[AlexSFCA]

5. yes they do but US only makes matter worse when it invades and 'help'

way to destabilize the world like we did in middle east under bush.

[Turbineguy]

9. The Europeans.

The Dutch might work. Maduro would have to announce an exit strategy.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Trump treats every conquest like getting moving on distressed properties.

He wouldn't invade Venezuela if there weren't an opportunity offered b/c of internal chaos.

[trof]

7. It's a safe bet that Donnie Two-Scoops can't even SPELL Venezuela, let alone find it on a map.

[hedda_foil]

8. Okay, who told him about the invasions of Panama and Grenada?

Nevermind.

[moondust]

10. Pruitt's & Drumpf's big oil puppeteers

DEMAND CONTROL OF ALL THAT FUCKING OIL AND THEY MEAN RIGHT NOW BEFORE ANYBODY CAN STOP THEM!!!!

[3_Limes]

11. Doesn't Rosneft have significant interests in Venesuala's oil reserves?

I recall hearing something about that, but I can't recall all the details.

It would explain a lot though, if that's the case.