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I can't think of a realistic, non-cynical reason that doesn't begin and end with "oil" for even looking funny at Venezuela. The whole "drugs 'r bad" thing doesn
by drivingmenuts 9mo ago
I can't think of a realistic, non-cynical reason that doesn't begin and end with "oil" for even looking funny at Venezuela. The whole "drugs 'r bad" thing doesn't wash.
- SanjayMehta 9mo agoOther countries are run by an oligarchy, the US is run by an oilygarchy.
- lostmsu 9mo agoI'm guessing you don't consider drugs to be on the top 3 issues in the US.
- rascul 9mo agoSo few drugs come to the USA from Venezuela that if there's a list of issues, this is near the bottom in importance.
- tim333 9mo agoThere are a couple of things I can think of. There's the human rights stuff with torture chambers and a third of the population leaving which doesn't seem to bother Trump but the Venezuelans don't much like. There's also Maduro's dancing which seems to have been a thing oddly enough https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360920843/maduros-dancing-may-have-been-last-straw-trumps-team https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360920843/maduros-dancing...
- jacquesm 9mo agoAnd this will change now?
- tim333 9mo agoThere already seems less dancing. Human rights I don't know. Rubio is saying "we all want to see" it. https://youtu.be/V8-tT22SJMo?t=44 https://youtu.be/V8-tT22SJMo?t=44
- drivingmenuts 9mo agoGotta be honest: "the human rights stuff with torture chambers" sounds like a bonus to a Trumpista. MAGA is not known for its progressive stance on human rights. More the opposite, really, as long as it's not them doing the suffering (or even being mildly inconvenienced).