We should cut all ties with Venezuela, and stop doing business with them. I am well aware that he has oil, but we still shouldn't let him treat us like that, just because he has oil.
But when I thought about that, I wondered if the USA really did cut ties with Venezuela, and stopped buying his oil, if that would be considered an act of war committed by the US, and Venezuela would then have the right to invade our country, to force us to start buying his oil again.
Thoughts ? If the US stops buying oil, from any country for that matter, does that country have the right to invade us ? The fact is, alot of their economy is dependent upon us buying oil from them, so if we stopped buying their oil, hurting their economy, then that seems like an act of war.
I used the word right, not ability. Our military strength isn't what gives us these rights. Otherwise, we would go around invading countries just based on the fact that our military strength is stronger.
But I'm sincerely asking a question on whether or not they would have the right to invade us, if we stopped buying their oil.
No... next question? You picked an appropriate screen name, I'll give you that much credit.
If everyone in your neighborhood stops buying from the local supermarket, do they have the right to send the cops down and force everyone to hand over some cash?
If we have the right to stop buying Venezuelan products, they have the right to stop buying ours. That's it. Also, remember *we* are not buying Venezuelan oil - privately owned oil companies are, in hopes of selling it to *us* at a profit.
You're trying to make this into an Iraq arguement.
Keep trying, you won't get there troll.
All Chavez is doing is beating his chest and bashing America to order to maintain his domestic standing in Venezuela. He must placate the poor in his country (his political base) as often as he can with anti-American rhetoric, i.e. their poverty and the "country's poverty" are the result of the "greedy imperialist evil yankee power to the north," in order to stay in power. His days are numbered, and I think he knows it.