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You should look into the history of Venezuelan oil. Then you will understand why Chavez nationalized it. The Americans never forgave him for that. > Maduro, th
by tharmas 9mo ago
You 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 9mo 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 9mo 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 9mo 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 9mo 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...