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Invasion of Venezuela - Megathread (use for all Venezuela-related news until further notice) (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

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Please include sources for any claims; baseless speculation is counterproductive. Remember that this is not a win for the US, just another outburst of a dying empire.

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[–] coolusername@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Oh yeah same thing happened with bessents claim that China was going to remove export restrictions on critical minerals when in reality they tightened them. He straight up lied.

Lying to save face IMO.

[–] Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 week ago

China, Russia, Iran and (surprisingly) Israel seem to be the weak spots for this tactic. I'd say it's hard to intimidate an enemy when they know you can't actually follow through on your threats.