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Scoop: Trump mused about "military option" in Venezuela with Graham
Axios ^ | 27 January 2019 | Jonathan Swan

Posted on 01/28/2019 7:39:43 AM PST by Candor7

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To: Candor7
Unless Venezuela sends terrorists to kill a few thousand Americans in the US, or allows Putin to set up multiple ICBM sites on their soil, we are not going to invade Venezuela with Trump in office.

There is no upside for us.

41 posted on 01/28/2019 8:34:08 AM PST by going hot (happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: Candor7

No need any country that has 1,000,000 percent inflation is doomed anyway.


42 posted on 01/28/2019 8:35:37 AM PST by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: All

Maduro’s election last year was not absurd cheating nor a bizarre one-off never happen again sort of thing.

Chavez won election twice this century, and the vote count was legit and not even close. He was a socialist. Maduro is his picked heir apparent, and he has won twice so far.

People are going to have to come to terms with either hating socialism or loving democracy. If the people vote for socialism, which they have done several times now, are you going to accept it or are you going to talk about military options.

Venezuela has oil. Oil that will last far longer than shale. China and Russia own large percentages of it via loans — loans that the US had every opportunity of making and refused. So are we going to not only reject the vote of the people, but also reject the rule of contract law and expunge those loan contracts after the invasion?

Have we no shame?


43 posted on 01/28/2019 8:50:40 AM PST by Owen
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To: gaijin
I don't want them China/Russia in our back yard

So why are we meddling in theirs?

44 posted on 01/28/2019 8:54:41 AM PST by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: gaijin

That did happen in Granada, and during the first weeks of the liberation of Baghdad. But it’s not to be expected.


45 posted on 01/28/2019 8:54:50 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: gaijin

Give war a chance


46 posted on 01/28/2019 8:55:21 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Honduras must be invaded to protect America from invasion)
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To: jalisco555

Doesn’t sound like a serious idea. Just seeing what Graham’s thoughts were. But watch the MSM jump up and down and make angry chimp noises over this. Every day it’s something.


47 posted on 01/28/2019 8:56:39 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Venezuela and Russia are allies>>>>>>>>>>

Not according to President Gaido.


48 posted on 01/28/2019 8:57:57 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: amnestynone

No one even knows how corrupt the designated interim President is. Corruption is endemic to Latin American government and politics.


50 posted on 01/28/2019 8:59:33 AM PST by kabar
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To: Candor7

Trump is hawkish when it comes to protecting America and the People....that’s why Maduro opted to back off the deadline for kicking our Ambassadors out....I bet the Army has also been warned that if they opt to go on an anti-Maduro killing spree, they will be fertilizing the fields.


51 posted on 01/28/2019 9:02:19 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: Little Ray

Exactly how many American lives and how many taxpayer dollars is getting “the Russians and the Chinks out of Venezuela” worth?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I dunno, what do you think?

Or maybe we can say how many lives is it worth not to have Russian Naval Control of the Caribbean poised for invasion of the homeland.

How many lives was it worth in WWII to keep America safe?

Maybe you have to decide for yourself. But not for the country. We will discuss it and decide.

I don’t think that even Kamala Harris wants to speak Russian, she can barely speak English.


52 posted on 01/28/2019 9:02:58 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: trebb

Thankful for that.

But lets see wht the Russians push Maduro to do ( We beat Trump in Syria, we can handle him here?)

The UN will chime in and eff things up today.


53 posted on 01/28/2019 9:04:45 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: DesertRhino
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54 posted on 01/28/2019 9:05:01 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Candor7

Not our circus, not our monkeys.

Good God, haven’t we learned?

I don’t want one taxpayer cent spent on any ‘regime change’


55 posted on 01/28/2019 9:05:25 AM PST by RedStateRocker
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To: gaijin

I’ve heard that Iran is also there alongside the Russians.


56 posted on 01/28/2019 9:06:09 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: DoodleDawg

Well, Iraq welcomed us, set up that giant statue of GWB and is now a thriving democracy and bulwark of stability.

What could go wrong?


57 posted on 01/28/2019 9:07:12 AM PST by RedStateRocker
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To: laweeks
Oh, horrors! Or president was caught musing!

Isn't Aggravated Musing a cause for impeachment?

58 posted on 01/28/2019 9:08:51 AM PST by Lazamataz (McCain's passing ended up being + 2 net Republican Senators. Him, and Lindsey Graham.)
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To: RedStateRocker

Not our circus, not our monkeys.>>>>>>>>>>

Not true. This is in the Western hemisphere, and we need to make sure we are the “hegemony” here.

Or maybe you would like to learn how to speak Russian , Chinese or both?

I don’t even want to learn Spanish!


59 posted on 01/28/2019 9:13:47 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: DesertRhino

Exactly, which is why we have to step up.


60 posted on 01/28/2019 9:14:58 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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