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[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 90 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The real reason donald invaded venezuela.

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 62 points 3 days ago (2 children)

He literally said it tho

Like it's not even like prior admins where they came up with a pretext, he literally said it was about the oil

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 18 points 3 days ago

At least Bush had the decency to announce he was attacking Iraq before it occured.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 points 3 days ago

I mean he set up the super weak drug trafficking scapegoat.

But yeah.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 3 days ago

The real reason for every military action out of the festering shithole that is 'Murica

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

Secondary to Epstein deflection IMO

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 68 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The best time to start building organized resistance communities in the US and Europe was ten years ago. The second best time is today.

Fascism is coming for all of us. Apes together strong.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago

Don't forget Canada. We urgently need to take steps to defend ourselves, including deepening our alliances with other countries.

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 days ago

Cheers from Pacifica.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Regime change in South America. We just keep falling farther and farther back in time. Someone remind me how all the previous US lead regime changes in South America went? I'm sure this time will be different. History never repeats.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We got a really cool legally invisible forever-prison/torture-dungeon on stolen Cuban land, but that's not technically South America.

[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Anything south of USA is south america per US education reasoning

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Falling back in time to the far gone time of... 2019

They signalled their handpicked the new prez like a couple of months ago if not more? That lady Judas who was awarded some Peace Prize when Trump couldn't and still said he should've gotten it, remember? This was expected, there's not even a hint of a coverup, the empire is raping in broad daylight.

  • annex Venezuela
  • make Venezuela your vassal
  • loot and pillage Venezuela

Reminder: the vestiges of Blackwater now operate under the auspices of Constellis, so watch for them to get PMC contracts in Venezuela.

[–] pyrinix@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 3 days ago

It's George Dubya all over again.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

No, he said US based oil companies will...

From one of the many other posts about this:

In his remarks, Trump did not clarify what it would mean for the U.S. to “run” Venezuela but said that U.S. oil companies were prepared to make major investments in the country.

“We’re going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country,” he said.

[–] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

More taxpayer money funneled to oil oligarchs. Great fucking system we have here.

[–] Foni@piefed.zip 4 points 3 days ago
[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just wait after dem's win big in midterm elections. He'll announce to run the country alone without senate or house till things are "settled".

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Dems won't be winning big in the midterm elections. Please stop hanging on to this ambiguous future hope and take aggressive action starting today.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

And even if they do win big, its more ambiguous future hope. They've proven time and time again that they prefer things exactly the way they are currently.

[–] BigBolillo@mgtowlemmy.org -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Where do you think the government giveaways came from? Impossible to be only tax funded you need to rape resources from other "places"