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Venezuela begins war games after US sanctions, threat from Trump
France24 ^ | Aug 26, 2017 | News Wires

Posted on 08/26/2017 9:41:12 AM PDT by Oatka

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To: ilovesarah2012
"Why would we go to war with Venezuela?"

There's a big lobby for Venezuelan immigrants working highly paid jobs in the U.S.A. including defense contractor employees. They focus on trying to influence politicians to get the U.S. Army down there to fight for them.

Majorities in every country south of our southern border are very much against it. Where communism isn't in control of governments down there, evil forms of fascism are. ...no good guys. ...only bad and ugly ones.


21 posted on 08/26/2017 11:21:32 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Oatka
"Venezuela begins war games after US sanctions, threat from Trump"

How the exercise concludes:

Okay, it's the Argies in the Falklands, but same outcome.

22 posted on 08/26/2017 11:34:23 AM PDT by PLMerite ("Government should be done to cattle and not human beings." - John Milius)
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To: familyop

Having grown up in Miami (Hialeah) I am aware of problems in South America and I know Venezuela is a mess but I can’t imagine getting our military involved. We can’t fix the world.


23 posted on 08/26/2017 11:38:20 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ETL

Where is NK getting money?


24 posted on 08/26/2017 11:40:11 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

Because they’re women are too hot and Elizabeth Warren doesn’t like it one bit. /s.

My personal bombing recommendation is Ft. Tiunas outside Caracas. Get the chavistas wing of the military and it’s also their national gold repository. And do some surgical strikes on the Iranians and Cubans who run the place and actually keep Maduro in power. If Trump wants to pick a fight with the Iranians, LatAm is the place to do it. They’re all over the place right now.


25 posted on 08/26/2017 11:48:28 AM PDT by ameribbean expat ("I lasted 49 Scaramucchis". - Steve Bannon)
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To: ilovesarah2012

The Norks aren’t as stupid as everybody thinks.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/11/germany-shut-hostel-run-north-korean-embassy-berlin/

Their missile tech may be stolen, but they’ve still got the brains to run it.

The Norks are basically The Sopranos on kimchi.


26 posted on 08/26/2017 11:53:20 AM PDT by ameribbean expat ("I lasted 49 Scaramucchis". - Steve Bannon)
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To: ameribbean expat

I wish we could not be at war for a couple of years.


27 posted on 08/26/2017 11:55:35 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Oatka
That moron "soldier" in the pic is carrying his M60 all wrong. I can park 3 rounds in the center of his chest before he can even think about getting the pig into firing position.

What is it with idiot tin-pot dictators threatening us? They're like snarling little chihuahuas. We can punt them into the next county.

28 posted on 08/26/2017 12:03:38 PM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: ilovesarah2012

I do too. As long as the dollar is the international reserve currency, not likely. As long as the supply of higher ed facilities in the US exceeds domestic demand, not likely. As long as Congress fellates K Street while lying to its constituents, not likely.

The biggest difference, IMO, that Americans have not come to grips with is the Internet. For over 2 centuries, we had the Atlantic and the Pacific as formidable barriers to migration and attack. Not true today. Air travel and the Internet have dissolved what protected us from foreign influences.


29 posted on 08/26/2017 12:06:38 PM PDT by ameribbean expat ("I lasted 49 Scaramucchis". - Steve Bannon)
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To: SpaceBar

yep


30 posted on 08/26/2017 1:14:25 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ....)
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To: ilovesarah2012

They sell drugs, human traffic, counterfeit money and some minerals.

They also made big score selling ballistic missile and nuclear weapons technology to Iran. I guess Iran came into a large sum of money recently.


31 posted on 08/26/2017 1:59:05 PM PDT by PJammers (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Oatka

We will only send a few troops if any. We will work with our regional partners in the region and they will take care of Venezuelan. Same for Afghanistan.

We will send equipment though.


32 posted on 08/26/2017 2:02:32 PM PDT by PJammers (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: rovenstinez

At least he’s using a great gpmg. The c6 is the world’s best gpmp. I think the USA started using it in recent history too.


33 posted on 08/26/2017 7:19:00 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: ilovesarah2012

Frankly I wish we FOUGHT a war instead of conducted a halfassed occupation.


34 posted on 09/13/2017 9:53:06 AM PDT by ALongRoadAhead
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