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The reasoning is simple, Marc Rubio holds a grudge against the anti-conservative forces throughout South America. This likely grudge comes from his parents and
by shimman 10mo ago
The reasoning is simple, Marc Rubio holds a grudge against the anti-conservative forces throughout South America. This likely grudge comes from his parents and Miami Cuban conservative community (they are all big on South American regime change). It also happens to coincide that oil corporations want to sell more of the oil on the global market.
If you want to learn more about the why, I suggest the book "Gangsters of Capitalism" by Jonathan M. Katz it's about the military exploits of Smedley Butler and how they helped American imperialism.
- andsoitis 10mo ago> holds a grudge against the anti-conservative forces Maduro, the president of Venezuela, is a dictator - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolás_Maduro#Dictatorship_charges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolás_Maduro#Dictatorship_ch...
- tharmas 10mo agoYou should look into the history of Venezuelan oil. Then you will understand why Chavez nationalized it. The Americans never forgave him for that. > Maduro, the president of Venezuela, is a dictator Saudi Arabia? The Saudi ruling elite and the USA are best buddies.
- andsoitis 10mo agoI'm not saying that there aren't dictators that the US does business with. What I am pushing back against is that it is simply a "grudge against anti-conservatives".
- tharmas 10mo agoFair enough. It is Rubio who is the driving force behind this. Rubio et al are very anti-communist/socialist ideologically. Maduro offered everything basically to Trump except removing himself from power, which is what this "war" is really all about: removing Maduro.
- andsoitis 10mo ago> Rubio et al are very anti-communist/socialist ideologically. The EU has condemned Maduro's attacks on democracy and human rights and imposed sanctions related to repression and democratic rollback. However, the EU has not endorsed the US military action. The European Parliament has urged tougher stances (including potentially terrorism designations, like the US has done) but has not become EU policy.
- piva00 10mo agoMaduro is a left-wing dictator though, not the right kind of despot for the Trump administration. It's a grudge against anything socialist/communist-adjacent. Rubio is a warhawk, hoping it all backfires in this administration's face. Unfortunately now we all have to resign ourselves on living in a more unstable world, the multipolar world order Putin wants so much is in flux...
- rjsw 10mo agoThere is Butler's own book "War is a Racket" [1] too. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket
- shimman 10mo agoYes! But after reading the two I'd honestly recommend gangsters of capitalism as it explains how his exploits directly benefited American corporate imperialism.