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I tend to pacifism. Now I am considering taking a firearms course to qualify applying for a Fire Arms Acquisition Certificate.

This invasion should lead to not buying anymore F35s along with a beefed up reserve program
 
I think he's going to be tied up in Venezuela for a while and Congressional approval for any future adventures, even sending troops to "secure the oil" in Venezuela, could be hard to get. Even the GOP, including MAGA, is balking at this idea of a longterm US occupation. And as I understand it, the V-P of Venezuela is officially in charge right now regardless of what Trump thinks. The US doesn't have boots on the ground there other than CIA and I imagine those agents were evacuated as part of the operation. Maduro's "arrest" was an in and out raid by Delta Force, not a full-on invasion. For the US to "run" the country and control the oil, he needs the US Army to go in and even the current Congress might make that difficult.

As for here, I doubt they'd bother invading. They can basically buy us fairly easily, just work to get a compliant, pro-American party like the CPC in control. Even the Liberals are not as hostile to the US as they sometimes try to make us think they are and if Trump goes in 2028, we'll be happily back in their sphere eventually.
 
Mendalla said:
I think he's going to be tied up in Venezuela for a while and Congressional approval for any future adventures, even sending troops to "secure the oil" in Venezuela, could be hard to get. Even the GOP, including MAGA, is balking at this idea of a longterm US occupation. And as I understand it, the V-P of Venezuela is officially in charge right now regardless of what Trump thinks. The US doesn't have boots on the ground there other than CIA and I imagine those agents were evacuated as part of the operation. Maduro's "arrest" was an in and out raid by Delta Force, not a full-on invasion. For the US to "run" the country and control the oil, he needs the US Army to go in and even the current Congress might make that difficult.

As for here, I doubt they'd bother invading. They can basically buy us fairly easily, just work to get a compliant, pro-American party like the CPC in control. Even the Liberals are not as hostile to the US as they sometimes try to make us think they are and if Trump goes in 2028, we'll be happily back in their sphere eventually.
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The USA has started over 100 wars or conflicts without formal congressional declarations...which include some big ones....

-Korean war,1950's,
Pres. Truman; Vietnam War, escalated by the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, but no declaration of war;

-Gulf War, Congress authorized use of force but no declaration of war;

-Interventions in Kosovo, Libya, Granada and
Panama executed by presidents by using executive authority or NATO obligations.

-Afghanistan and Iraq wars, authorized by broad congressional resolutions, after 911, but no declaration of war.

So not just Trump.....
 
The capture of Venezuelan President Maduro comes exactly 36 years to the day when Panamas President Noriega was captured by the US.
 
And did all the nation's help Singapore when China took over? And now that they see nothing much happening with Venezuela, will that embolden a Taiwan takeover? Or Russia with the Ukraine?
President Trump is all over the place with his priorities with little focus on planning, before he moves on to another big thing, IMO.
And now he wants to tackle Mexico and Cuba.
 
What can one justify with large (abstract) willies?

Does it need to be for the greater good?

Nah ... as long as it is covered with a great lyre ... thus the blinding forces! Few are curious to know reason in virtue of what they laid waste to ... thus dark sheathes ... fatal ladies! In there is an unseen narrative ...

If one cracks open a narrative ... what then? That inn it moment ... it is not straight but goes round and round ... rounder than a NFLD'r could imagine ... CIRCAE?
 
Maybe Sur Kaye as she rises in dissonance ... there are those that find Eris unbelievable ... an outside rim mere ... BPD ... dead ringer?

Much of this is lost in the interpreter ... 2 out of 3 syndrome ... so much to gather in an environment where folk like to scatter ... its eclectic!

Was there a character ... lightening? Mist AE ...
 
Waterfall said:
And did all the nation's help Singapore when China took over?
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Huh? When did China take over Singapore? There was a China-backed communist insurgency pre-independence (i.e. when it was still a British colony) and it briefly became part of Malaysia, but it's been independent since I was born. There's a strong ethnic Chinese population and the island's post-independence leaders have tended to come from that population but they have nothing to do with the PRC. It's an independent, multi-ethnic, very capitalist republic.
 
Mendalla said:
Huh? When did China take over Singapore? There was a China-backed communist insurgency pre-independence (i.e. when it was still a British colony) and it briefly became part of Malaysia, but it's been independent since I was born. There's a strong ethnic Chinese population and the island's post-independence leaders have tended to come from that population but they have nothing to do with the PRC.
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There it goes once more ... they unknown thingy! We do not understand the theme of the great dragon ... breathes heat!
 
Waterfall said:
And now that they see nothing much happening with Venezuela, will that embolden a Taiwan takeover? Or Russia with the Ukraine?
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Neither of these situations is really a good parallel with Venezuela, though. The countries that are likely to support Taiwan and that are supporting Ukraine are mostly already not fans of Maduro due to what happened in 2024 (he stole the election). His downfall is very much related to that. A lot of nations are objecting to the idea of the US "running" Venezuela, but are also not exactly upset that he is gone. The general run I am hearing is that the opposition should be installed as the government. However, the latest analyses that I am seeing are that Rubio and Trump are probably aiming to cut a deal with the V-P (now President) and leave the current government in power, just without Maduro in charge.
 
Mendalla said:
Huh? When did China take over Singapore? There was a China-backed communist insurgency pre-independence (i.e. when it was still a British colony) and it briefly became part of Malaysia, but it's been independent since I was born. There's a strong ethnic Chinese population and the island's post-independence leaders have tended to come from that population but they have nothing to do with the PRC. It's an independent, multi-ethnic, very capitalist republic.
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Correction noted.... thanks
 
Mendalla said:
Neither of these situations is really a good parallel with Venezuela, though. The countries that are likely to support Taiwan and that are supporting Ukraine are mostly already not fans of Maduro due to what happened in 2024 (he stole the election). His downfall is very much related to that. A lot of nations are objecting to the idea of the US "running" Venezuela, but are also not exactly upset that he is gone. The general run I am hearing is that the opposition should be installed as the government. However, the latest analyses that I am seeing are that Rubio and Trump are probably aiming to cut a deal with the V-P (now President) and leave the current government in power, just without Maduro in charge.
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There ... another disconnect! The unified world degrades ... for the sake of profiteers ... happens regularly ... as if we didn't know any better ... perhaps that is the enigma ... is that like metaphor? TU 've a kind ... large to*oph ...
 
Mendalla said:
However, the latest analyses that I am seeing are that Rubio and Trump are probably aiming to cut a deal with the V-P (now President) and leave the current government in power, just without Maduro in charge.
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Why bother putting the VP in charge......wasn't he supportive of Maduro and the way he governed? Wouldn't the drug working networks that are running through police and state officials still continue?
 
Waterfall said:
wasn't he supportive of Maduro and the way he governed
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She. The VP and currently Acting President of Venezuela is a woman, Delcy Rodriguez.
Waterfall said:
Wouldn't the drug working networks that are running through police and state officials still continue?
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Well, no. Rubio is apparently having regular calls with her so they are probably negotiating some sort of agreement that would shut that down and enable the return of big oil to Venezuela. I'm sure the US will make it worth her while. No one sane politician actually wants to invade if they can negotiate. The whole US "running the country" may end up amounting to them providing support to a regime that behaves the way they want (i.e. lets the US manage their oil supply).
 
Remember aggression is far more effective than what goes on in the mind which is often diminished for unknown reason ... in this manner thought and intellect escapes us without knowing ...
 
WhyCzar said:
You can vote your way in to Socialism but will have to shoot your way out?
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I do not see being ready to resist a US invasion as shooting my way out of socialism. Please provide your definition of socialism. What we clearly have is corporate socialism. Subsidies for battery plants, a pipeline, steel companies, tax breaks for companies, reductions in government services.
 
That could mean anything. Democratic socialism includes a measure of income redistribution, sharing part of the cost of health care, education, housing, infrastructure like roads, and regulation of key services along with national tasks like defense, border regulation, natural resources.
 
jimkenney12 said:
That could mean anything. Democratic socialism includes a measure of income redistribution, sharing part of the cost of health care, education, housing, infrastructure like roads, and regulation of key services along with national tasks like defense, border regulation, natural resources.
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Democratic Socialism sounds a lot like Collectivism to me.
All forms of collectivism/statism subjugate and subordinate the individual to the collective.
 
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