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> It's a win-win Bold statement considering the history. win-win: Panama, Grenada. not win-win: Brazil, El Salvador, Bolivia, Iran, Nicaragua, Chile, Haiti,
by Quothling 9mo ago
> It's a win-win
Bold statement considering the history.
win-win: Panama, Grenada.
not win-win: Brazil, El Salvador, Bolivia, Iran, Nicaragua, Chile, Haiti, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya.
- aglavine 9mo agoWin-win: France, Germany, Korea...
- WarOnPrivacy 9mo ago> Win-win: France, Germany, Korea These countries don't well match those on the overthrowing-the-dictator list, which now includes Venezuela. For Germany we defeated it's government with a crap-ton of help, after Germany had declared war on us. For France we ousted an invading foreign power (again, with a crap ton of help). For the third we were effectively partitioning the country in prep for the proxy war with the Soviet Union.
- Quothling 9mo agoJapan is also a good example. If the US is going to marshall aid (or the equivalent) Venezuela for the next many decades then I think it'll certainly be a win-win.
- zelphirkalt 9mo agoUnlikely to happen though. More likely they will just engage in resource extraction. The US doesn't have the mindset of the past any longer.
- RivieraKid 9mo agoFair point, it's not certain that this will be a win for Venezuelans. But I think it probably will be. Economically it can't get much worse.
- johnsmith1840 9mo agoI mean this kinda implies that there's a chance it could fail but failure basically is no worse than doing nothing? Most of those examples were failed or problematic countries before and after US intervention. If there's a chance of sucess that's better than doing nothing no?
- 8note 9mo agogiven that the US again intends to attack and conquer panama, i dont think you could consider that a win