From today’s Op Eds:
....Yet Moscow’s move is a blatant challenge to Washington. Unanswered, it will make not just President Trump but America look weak.
Trump warned midweek that “Russia has to get out” of Venezuela and that “all options” are on the table for making it happen.
National Security Adviser John Bolton followed up Friday by declaring such “provocative actions” to be “a direct threat to international peace and security in the region” and vowing “to defend and protect the interests of the United States and those of our partners in the Western Hemisphere.”
...This strengthens the case for the approach suggested by veteran diplomat Roger Noriega, namely American military support for a Venezuelan-led liberation force loyal to Interim President Juan Guaidó.
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Russia, Russia, Russia. See, if Trump doesn’t act, he’s Putin’s butt boy. If he does act, the neocons win.
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