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Miles Archer

(24,303 posts)
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 02:05 PM Oct 2025

Greg Palast says Trump wants war with Venezuela for the same reasons that fully aroused Dick Cheney over Iraq.

I met with Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez just days after he was kidnapped. I’ll tell you about that, and the current President Nicolás Maduro’s visit to my New York office. But first you must know three things about Venezuela, to understand why Donald Trump has ordered a covert operation to overthrow their government.

1.Venezuela has the largest reserves of oil on the planet.
2.Venezuela has the largest reserves of oil on the planet.
3.Venezuela has the largest reserves of oil on the planet.


(By the way, Donald, when you announce a “covert” operation, it’s no longer covert. But never mind.)

https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-venezuela-2674228487/

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Greg Palast says Trump wants war with Venezuela for the same reasons that fully aroused Dick Cheney over Iraq. (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2025 OP
It's probably because Maduro and Hussein look alike...and their countries both have oil. sop Oct 2025 #1
Previous post with comments and recs. Thanks for cbabe Oct 2025 #2
A war would distract from EPSTEIN BOSSHOG Oct 2025 #3
After cut 'n run Ronnie left 241 dead Marines behind in Beruit Submariner Oct 2025 #4
Racist, white supremacist Bible thumpin' Protestant covets dark Catholic guy's oil barrels. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 2025 #5
fully aroused Dick Cheney... GreenWave Oct 2025 #6
No, he wants the chaos. He wants the war time title. He wants all of the bullshit. themaguffin Oct 2025 #7
I just thought of this yesterday TexasBushwhacker Oct 2025 #8

sop

(19,288 posts)
1. It's probably because Maduro and Hussein look alike...and their countries both have oil.
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 02:09 PM
Oct 2025

Submariner

(13,436 posts)
4. After cut 'n run Ronnie left 241 dead Marines behind in Beruit
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 02:16 PM
Oct 2025

he wagged the dog big time and invaded Grenada 2-3 days later.

Cankles might go to war to quiet or bury the Epstein file news in "U.S. Troops Invade Venezuela" headlines in the Bezos rag and 24/7 Fox battlefront news!!1!!

Nobody is mentioning a pathological liar has the nuclear codes, while Putin is positioning his submarines around the Arctic rattling the nuclear saber. We're in peril by a psychotic.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(2,244 posts)
5. Racist, white supremacist Bible thumpin' Protestant covets dark Catholic guy's oil barrels.
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 02:22 PM
Oct 2025

Any word from the Vatican?

TexasBushwhacker

(21,283 posts)
8. I just thought of this yesterday
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 11:55 AM
Oct 2025

Glad to know someone with a higher profile is thinking the same thing.

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