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Trump says US has "captured" Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife in "large scale strike" - latest (www.bbc.com)

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[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I watched Trump’s advisor tell the BBC that Venezuela is not like Iraq because it’s homogenous and surrounded by democracies.

They’re massively overconfident. This could go downhill very badly. Rebels could damage the pipelines and sabotage the oil industry, requiring the US to put troops on the ground.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

it’s homogenous

Ah so the US will be even more of a common enemy.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mercenaries and carried out like Iraq was done

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

That’s the point, it will turn into Iraq. And mercenaries will still require congressional authorization.