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The "no blood for oil" sign hits hard. I saw that when I was young and we invaded Iraq 🤮
I've seen a theory that even World War One had oil involved in part of the contribution to its cause and tensions.
Can't speak to the cause, but the west carved up the ottomans after the war for oil and some of that can be directly tied to the shit on the past 30 years
The existence of Israel and possibly even Syria are both direct results of Britain and France fucking over the Hashemite. Oh also Faisal I also wanted to shitcan the Saudis so add Saudi Arabia to the list.
Israel is it's own can it worms. It was an imperialist project from the start.
Not much of a theory, there was a reason Churchill converted warships from coal to oil.
Well... okay that's mainly because oil is superior to coal in almost every logistical and mechanical respect. Even bunker oil is a superior fuel.
I see a lot of people comparing this to Iraq but I need to illustrate that Bush, Cheney, and the CIA worked hard to present (inaccurate) intel of aluminium tubes to US Congress, NATO, and the UN.
That doesn't compare in the slightest to Trump's reckless disregard for laws, democracy, diplomacy, or human life. This is actually a much worse start than Iraq, so far.
no blood for oil
Republicans are a one trick pony. There will always be blood for oil if you elect them.
Wasn't his whole campaign based around isolationism? I think it's the one policy that pretty much everybody actually agreed with.
The US needs to stop getting involved in situations because it always ends badly. Always.
Of course it turns out he was lying about that too. Classic.
Oh shit the americans actually are doing something about it
Well, some tiny fraction of americans, but I didn't expect even that
The protests in the summer were huge. These were last-minute.
Our corporate media censored them HARD. Largest protest in US history and it was reported underneath Kim Kardashian's underwear in the NYT. Not making it up.
Yup.
Our media has utterly failed our democracy. It's one of the most blatant indicators of a democracy coming to an end.
Buckle up.
Yeah it's not as if there have been near constant protests exactly like this about basically everything that's been happening.
We all saw the slave markets that happened when gaddafi fell. Oil CEOs need to burn (ideally in some kind of legal process) for this. This kind of intervention always results in a corrupt colonial leader (best case) or an absolute power vacuum (worst case). Either way I'm sure that the number of people fleeing from venezuela are about to skyrocket.
Its money that would be better spent on healthcare imo. Oil companies are the most subsidized "private" businesses in existence.
Way to go Americans, general strikes are the only thing that scares them. No one producing the goods they can exploit and lucrate from is the best way to scare those rich parasites and make them reconsider their infamous decisions.
"Military intervention"? We're applying the Russian tactics of calling an act of war something different? "Special military operation" style. Right.
They had fuckin better
The media will ignore them, and most people won't even realize they now live under a fascist regime.
But hey. Trump sure showed those Ghayze a thing or two.
Anyone celebrating this has no grasp of U.S. history and the other times we've done this and how badly it went every time.
There are repercussions for invading a nation and abducting their leader (and then stealing their oil).
Discourse 5 years from now: Why are there so many Venezuelans trying to cross our southern border? No solution other than increasing immigration enforcement I guess.
I mean, it's good Maduro is gone, he was really bad for that country. Buuuut that's about it, being positive about all of this. This isn't the way to deal with it. The US has no right doing this (war crime). This isn't about what's best for Venezuela, it's about what's best for Trump his pockets. Maybe the US should think of dealing with it's own dictator first.
All the armchair radicals about today. Try harder!
All those fucking guns dude. What's the point of'em?