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04.12.25 - 18:48
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What Trump′s Saber Rattling Means for Venezuela′s Oil (Bloomberg)
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On Nov. 11, the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, arrived in the Caribbean Sea as part of a military deployment that President Donald Trump says is intended to counter narco-traffickers from Venezuela. It's the biggest US military mobilization in Latin America since 1989....
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04.12.25 - 06:51
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How Obama Paved The Way For Trump′s Venezuelan Killings (ZeroHedge)
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How Obama Paved The Way For Trump's Venezuelan Killings
Authored by Jim Bovard
The Trump administration's killings of scores of Venezuelans are justifiably provoking outrage. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently proclaimed, "We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists." Donald Trump and Hegseth are cashing a blank check for carnage that was written years earlier by President Barack Obama.
In his 2017 farewell address, Obama boasted, "We have taken out tens of thousands of terrorists." Drone strikes increased tenfold under Obama, helping fuel anti-US backlashes in several nations.
As he campaigned for the presidency in 2007, then-Senator Barack Obama declared, "We will again set an example for the world that the law is not subject to the whims of stubborn rulers." Many Americans who voted for Obama in 2008 expected a seachange in Washington. However, from his first weeks in office, Obama authorized widespread secret attacks against foreign suspects, some...
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04.12.25 - 04:15
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GOP Divide Deepens Over Venezuela: Ron Johnson Says "Get Rid of Maduro" While Rand Paul Calls It "Offensive War Of Choice" (ZeroHedge)
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GOP Divide Deepens Over Venezuela: Ron Johnson Says "Get Rid of Maduro" While Rand Paul Calls It "Offensive War Of Choice"
Authored by Liam Cosgrove,
Tensions are brewing within the Republican party over the Trump administration's stance on Venezuela - with some populist conservatives like Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) supporting all out regime change in the South American country, while Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has explicitly rejected regime change.
Via BBC
Most republicans have thus far granted Trump leeway on the strikes which the administration says are strictly targeting cartel boats, however there are rumblings among the party that if regime change or a ground invasion is the goal, congressional approval will be required.
The party is largely split into three camps.
Hardliners: 'Long Overdue' and No Need for Congress
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) said the strikes didn't require congressional approval, arguing forcefully that the U.S. had waited too long to confront what he de...
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