Posted on 09/18/2024 9:02:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
After four years of the Biden/Harris administration‘s feeble foreign policy, the redefining of the United States’ redlines should begin in our own backyard: Latin America and the Caribbean. After all, the value of renovating one's house is limited if the neighborhood is in shambles.
To create a healthy neighborhood, it helps if neighbors share similar values, such as democracy, fair elections, and civil liberties. Fortunately, many of America's neighboring nations do.
But there is one country whose owner is ruining the neighborhood, even though its people do value those ideals: Venezuela.
Nicolas Maduro's stranglehold on his country has been a blight on the Western Hemisphere for far too long. His regime has multiple negative effects on the United States, including massive illegal immigration, drug smuggling and human trafficking.
In fact, Maduro has been charged with narco-terrorism by the U.S. government. According to the Department of Justice, “ Maduro deliberately deployed cocaine as a weapon... in order to undermine the health and well-being of our nation. ”
In addition, over the last 25 years Maduro and his mentor, Hugo Chavez, have partnered with Cuba, whose agents assist “ in intelligence collection and sharpening the repressive state apparatus, ” to bring America’s top global antagonists to our doorstep -- Russia, China, and Iran.
This is the same axis of evil that have now joined forces to undermine global U.S. leadership since the current administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Their economic and military aid allow Maduro to cling to power as 90% of his countrymen sink into poverty. Venezuelan women are trafficked and forced into prostitution to survive. Young men join gangs, many of which are now active in the U.S., terrorizing Americans.
Almost eight million Venezuelans have fled their country since 2014, of whom 615,000 have entered the U.S.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Fine, AFTER America is America’s first priority.
The neocons are screaming for the first project if Trump wins. And they want Marco Rubio for Secretary of State? There is no position of Hillary, Lindsey Graham, or John McCain on foreign policy that he is not in lockstep with.
We must intervene forcefully in (insert name of country here), because if we don’t (insert bad thing here).
The Roman Empire used this template, and so did the British Empire. It didn’t work out so well for them. But, hey. That won’t stop us from doing the exact same thing.
“After four years of the Biden/Harris administration‘s feeble foreign policy...”
Step One is making sure that it doesn’t go beyond four years. Their foreign policy might actually be better than their domestic policy. That’s not saying much.
Other than a general desire for fair elections, no mention is made of Maduro’s massive election fraud. Oh, by the way, has Commie-la won the ballot count yet?
Send the illegals back in a military operation and then leave. Throw in a few thousand Congolese and El Salvadorans for good measure.
The Monroe Doctrine is so quaint.
DJT: Message to Cuba and Venezuela during your first 100 days: Your goverment have 48 hours to get out of the country. After 48 hours, you can bet we will be using that big stick President TR once mentioned. The monroe Doctrine is back in force.
Close, but not quite. Air drop millions of the latter-day-equivalent to these into middle class neighborhoods, just like we did in France during the NAZI occupation.
The FP-45 pistol was called "The Liberator."
Oh, and ammo, LOTS of ammo. That's a "foreign policy" I could get behind, AFTER emptying the DOS of all those stupid Yalies.
It is reliably claimed that the supposedly pro-democracy opposition party in Venezuela is financed and supported by our CIA. If we are going to interfere in their elections, then why not just conduct a military coup and insert a military dictatorship.
John Bolton can be El Presidente until the economy is fixed and all of Venezuela's assets are transferred to Blackrock.
**Close, but not quite. Air drop millions of the latter-day-equivalent to these into middle class neighborhoods, just like we did in France during the NAZI occupation.**
Very good. Same with Cuba?
You bet.
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