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In reply to the discussion: Mulvaney won't rule out military action in Venezuela [View all]Perseus
(4,341 posts)1. This would not be a war. Venezuela has limited military capabilities, even if they have new war planes, or tanks, their military is ill prepared, and the fact that all of the Venezuelan military are real cowards, they only shoot at people who cannot shoot back.
2. Venezuela is a very strategic country for the USA, have you wondered why Putin wants to get involved? It is a big question why the USA allowed Hugo Chavez to take power, he even came to the USA and insulted GW Bush in New York. Venezuela has been controlled by the Castro, the non-intervention by the USA has allowed the spread of communism in the area. To have Putin get hold of Venezuela would be devastating to the entire World.
3. Venezuela has the biggest reserves of oil in the World, you want to continue driving your car? Then Venezuela needs to be helped. The regime has devastated the oil industry in Venezuela, they just pocket the money.
4. The Venezuelan people are struggling, there is no food, no medical assistance, you cannot find medicines, people are dying of hunger.
5. As I said, this would not be a war, I don't see the Venezuelan military putting any opposition, they will run like rats when/if the USA/Brazil/Colombia decide to move their forces in, as I said before, the high rank military are as corrupt as the people in power, the lower ranks are suffering the same as the rest of the citizens.
If the orange buffoon can do one thing right, that would be to help Venezuela get rid of the regime, because the corruption has spread to other countries in the region, USA without a more stable S. America is in trouble.
It is not as simple as you make it sound, the communist regime in Venezuela has also allowed Iran, Hezbollah, China, Russia, and other groups who are not friends of the USA operate in Venezuelan territory extracting its steel, oil, and building weapons as well. Also, the regime is involved in drug traffic, Diosdado Cabello has become a drug lord in Venezuela, and he is part of the government. Maduro's nephews are in jail in New York, they were found bringing loads of cocaine to the USA, they are also implicated in the killing of some politician.
As I said, its not as simple as you think, things are bad in a country that used to be considered one of the best countries in the World, they used to call it the South American Switzerland. If you lived in the current condition you would be praying for a good power to come and help.
The Venezuelan regime has thousands of students, young kids, boys and girls in an dungeon in the middle of Caracas called "the Tomb" because its underground. They are being tortured, raped, killed every day by Cuban and Venezuelan thugs.
I can go on and on, but I suggest every one read more and try to find out the realities of what many S. American countries are suffering at this time, and it all started with Hugo Chavez, and now Maduro who is as stupid as the orange buffoon and as incompetent, because the Cuban want him there. You can search for the mansions where these "Socialists" live in, and not one, but the many they have in Venezuela and other parts of the World...etc., etc., etc.