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The US used to post videos of ISIS being blown up for propaganda purposes since ISIS loved to release their own snuff flicks. The cartels also love video propag

The US used to post videos of ISIS being blown up for propaganda purposes since ISIS loved to release their own snuff flicks. The cartels also love video propaganda. Venezuela is an actual enemy of the US, it just hasn't sunk in. They have now had two elected presidents that Maduro refused to allow into power. Maduro's administration is working with the cartels. He himself has profited from drug cartels. At this point it's being dishonest to mischaracterize Venezuelan cartels as simply just low level criminals when they are working with the occupied Venezuelan government. Therefore this falls into operations presidents have the power to do. Was it democratic when the US bombed ISIS? I don't know what you mean by democratic. Should there be a vote before every bombing? Should a (un-elected, mind you) judge sign off on targeted strikes before they happen?

jauntywundrkind 1y ago
Not acting like ISIS or the Taliban is something I wish I saw more of from the US government. The way we portray and carry ourselves, how we treat others should reflect a higher standard. But antagonism, griefing, and courseness, the infinite low grievance machine, all while increasingly repressing our own people, invading our own lands, forcing our moral doctrine atop th natural liberty of our citizens all seem to be the sad low age we are in.
- onetimeusename 1y ago
  I would probably agree and I don't even know what our moral doctrine is anymore. Not only is it unclear during some presidency, but it changes dramatically between presidencies. However right or wrong, my two points are slightly orthogonal. 1) That Venezuela looks like it's just about an active enemy at this point and Maduro and his admin are closely tied to a couple cartels. (Also side note, Venezuela still has not claimed those 11 were innocents but denied anything happened and said the video was AI generated which kind of confirms to me those were cartels). So now the war on terror has expanded once more to the drug industry. Shucks, looks like another never ending war this guy promised to end. 2) That in the modern video sharing era, propaganda is key and if they use videos to recruit I guess we use videos to dissuade now. I guess that means snuff vids made by the USA are probably going to be a thing now. Sure, we lose decorum but I guess it has a logic to it although I would not want to be the person responsible for our propaganda PR campaigns.

jauntywundrkind 1y ago

Not acting like ISIS or the Taliban is something I wish I saw more of from the US government. The way we portray and carry ourselves, how we treat others should reflect a higher standard. But antagonism, griefing, and courseness, the infinite low grievance machine, all while increasingly repressing our own people, invading our own lands, forcing our moral doctrine atop th natural liberty of our citizens all seem to be the sad low age we are in.

onetimeusename 1y ago
I would probably agree and I don't even know what our moral doctrine is anymore. Not only is it unclear during some presidency, but it changes dramatically between presidencies. However right or wrong, my two points are slightly orthogonal. 1) That Venezuela looks like it's just about an active enemy at this point and Maduro and his admin are closely tied to a couple cartels. (Also side note, Venezuela still has not claimed those 11 were innocents but denied anything happened and said the video was AI generated which kind of confirms to me those were cartels). So now the war on terror has expanded once more to the drug industry. Shucks, looks like another never ending war this guy promised to end. 2) That in the modern video sharing era, propaganda is key and if they use videos to recruit I guess we use videos to dissuade now. I guess that means snuff vids made by the USA are probably going to be a thing now. Sure, we lose decorum but I guess it has a logic to it although I would not want to be the person responsible for our propaganda PR campaigns.