Trump says land strikes in Venezuela will 'start very soon'
Source: USA Today
Amid a buildup of U.S. military forces near Venezuela and strikes on alleged drug boats, President Donald Trump told U.S. troops on Thanksgiving that the military operation will soon include strikes on land.
In recent weeks, youve been working to deter Venezuelan drug traffickers," Trump said during a call with military service members that alluded to the boat strikes, adding: "Well be starting to stop them by land also. The land is easier, but thats going to start very soon."
Since early September, the Trump administration has attacked at least 21 boats traversing the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific in international waters, killing 83 people − many of them Venezuelans. Administration officials have said, without providing evidence, that those boats were attempting to carry narcotics to the United States.
The military campaign that has drawn criticism from legal experts, who question the legality of using deadly military force rather than trying to apprehend suspected trafficking vessels and their cargo. This week Senate Democrats escalated their demands that the Trump administration publicly disclose the legal justification for conducting the attacks.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-land-strikes-venezuela-191521301.html
Another war started by a chickenhawk.
wcmagumba
(5,336 posts)Klarkashton
(4,584 posts)He wouldn't qualify even if he did.
GreenWave
(12,093 posts)Norrrm
(3,563 posts)paleotn
(21,257 posts)It's no secret many Republicans hate his ass almost as much as we do. They simply had to go along to keep their cushy jobs. But as his base erodes along with his political clout, we're seeing more of them break from the pack. He does this and it might be stamped. Particularly if body bags start landing at Dover AFB. Trump is weaker politically than he's ever been and maybe I'm reading too much into this but it feels like the "knives" are coming out. Getting "strung up and butchered" by his own party would be an interesting turn of events.
Scruffy1
(3,479 posts)In the whole history of the USA there might have been a few complete mental cases appointed to cabinet level jobs but this administration has nothing but the worst of the worst. All of the great ones were very careful with their cabinet picks and relied on building a consensus among them before making important decisions. When you have people with no ability except kissing ass and a person with Narcistic Personality Disorder in charge the result is catastrophic. I'm beginning to think I made a really bad choice in not leaving the country, but then I'm old and probably won't have to deal with this shit for a long time. Pity the next generation. Aldous Huxley was right. You don't need violence to control; you only need to control the media.
LudwigPastorius
(13,884 posts)I have my doubts that he's going to send in any troops.
He'll likely lob some cruise missiles at random places and people, then declare victory.
DJ Synikus Makisimus
(1,159 posts)Or at least the kickbacks he gets from Exxon/Mobil et al. Venezuela got lots of spice.
wcmagumba
(5,336 posts)It would take some strong suspensors...
DJ Synikus Makisimus
(1,159 posts)or Kenneth McMillan in their makeup for the role.
Anyone got eyes on Rex Tillerson?
wolfie001
(6,628 posts)mdbl
(7,894 posts)and implore them to take action.
sheshe2
(95,099 posts)Alexei Zhuravlyov, deputy chairman of Russias parliamentary defense committee, told Russian news outlet Gazeta.Ru there were no obstacles to providing the Oreshnik or Kalibr missiles to the friendly nation.
Russia is actually one of Venezuelas key military-technical partners. We supply the country with nearly the entire range of weapons, from small arms to aviation. The details and volumes of deliveries are classified, so the Americans might be in for a surprise. I see no obstacles to providing our friendly nation with new systems such as the Oreshnik or the well-proven Kalibr missiles. No international commitments restrict Russia in this regard, Zhuravlyov said.
Why It Matters
Tensions in the region have grown in recent months as the U.S. has increased its military presence near Venezuelan waters. The Trump administration has deployed fighter jets, bombers, drones, spy planes, warships and Marines to the region, citing efforts to curb drug trafficking. These operations have resulted in more than a dozen strikes and over 60 deaths since September, with many of the alleged traffickers having departed from Venezuela.
In response, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has reportedly reached out to Russia, China and Iran to request military assistance.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-ally-floats-sending-venezuela-nuclear-capable-missiles-to-deter-us/ar-AA1PO1xT
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Smart move, donnie.
twodogsbarking
(16,994 posts)Baitball Blogger
(51,541 posts)Lets say it together.
Lemon Lyman
(1,546 posts)I wonder if it'll take his base 10 seconds or 15 to do a 180 on, "We didn't/don't have any wars under numbnuts" ??
New talking points do out soon.
Aussie105
(7,470 posts)The department of defence was renamed the department of war, so now Trump is looking for wars to start.
And the best way to start a war is to blame another country for something they may, or may not, have done.
Too simple!
YoshidaYui
(44,775 posts)That eventually they will start shooting back???
NickB79
(20,184 posts)How hard could it be?
Justice matters.
(9,159 posts)The sickness of playing with atomic fire from the 0.01% on all sides.
What could go wrong if yatches won't be able to buy themselves?
They won't be happly until they'll kill us all, themselves included.
No effin "Rapture" to be seen anywhere...
BurnDoubt
(1,293 posts)Firesign Theater wrote the Future.
Check it out.
kacekwl
(8,806 posts)man from playing army with his little green men ?
WestMichRad
(2,829 posts)
as his amazing new health care plan.
BarbD
(1,356 posts)We must up our resistance to this insanity. Good trouble here we come.
Ocelot II
(128,475 posts)DallasNE
(7,929 posts)Who didn't see that coming? Check and Mate.
Bobstandard
(2,118 posts)Psycho in the White House. Its going to be up to us to stop him.
Bread and Circuses
(1,449 posts)This is indeed a fascist coup . The entire Republican Congress are seditious traitors. I dont want to hear that they are afraid of speaking out against the PedoPrez. Do your Job. Impeach the OrangeFelob for treason and flagrantly violating the constitution. That enables Congress to remove the entire administration.
Time has run out. Each day the stranglehold of the people is tighter .
There will be concentration camps and the end to free speech next.
We the people are doing all that we can. But the republicans refuse to act. And act they must.
Firestorm49
(4,484 posts)dweller
(27,628 posts)December 6-7
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JohnnyRingo
(20,317 posts)Doesn't Congress take care of such things, or have they been completely neutered?