Venezuela - US Conflict: News, Updates

[VCheng]

The strong will always eat the weak

International Geopolitics is the same as ever, for everyone. Nothing new to see here.

Just ask the Ukrainians, for a recent example.

 

[hasssanali8998]

just plainly said its for oil , last time they tried to hide they don't even care any more

 

[Abid123]

Maduro is a wanted narcoterrorist dictator. An illegitimate dictator that has destroyed his country. This was a long time coming.

We dont take your kind serious. We have seen how you behave for the last 70 years.

 

[Pak-Warrior]

WOW! Americans are not even hiding their criminal behavior

Hegeseth says: Pres Trump is deadly serious to bringing back our oil which was stolen from us. and deadly serious for creating dominance in that region.

 

[Yellow is Okay]

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If that's true, then this feels like a Hollywood-type beat, actually even more Hollywood than Hollywood. At least in most Hollywood movies, the background characters usually take some casualties.

 

[F-22Raptor]

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[Zarvan]

1. Erosion of Sovereignty and the Reality of Power Politics
This situation highlights how powerful states can act like bullies in the international system, disregarding the sovereignty of weaker nations when it suits their strategic interests. It reinforces the harsh reality of international politics: legal norms and sovereignty often fail to protect states without credible military power. Consequently, nations must prioritize self defense, invest heavily in their armed forces, and avoid complacency about their security.
2. Military Effectiveness of the U.S. Armed Forces
From a defense and military perspective, credit must be given to the U.S. Armed Forces for their operational capability. The ability to conduct a rapid, high intensity operation within hours neutralizing military targets, achieving political objectives, and withdrawing swiftly demonstrates superior intelligence, coordination, air sea dominance, and special operations capacity.
3. Strategic Lessons for Pakistan
For Pakistan, this serves as a critical warning not to assume that India is the only threat. History shows that major powers can intervene directly when their interests are involved. Pakistan must therefore prepare for threats from larger global powers by strengthening full spectrum deterrence: developing ICBMs and SLBMs, inducting SSBNs and SSGNs, expanding and modernizing the Air Force and Navy, increasing the number of nuclear warheads, and enhancing their destructive and survivable capability to ensure credible deterrence.

 

[j_hungary]

Someone should translate the other’s speech and see how it pays to the audience in the other’s country. Interesting that the messaging is not really to the domestic audience, but to the world; we are a great power.

If Russia had taken Kiev that first week, the global impression of Russia would be a kin to what the world thinks of the US, unjustified but still powerful.

Well, he is talking about the Monroe Doctrine, and Putin was talking about the heyday of the Russian Empire, and how they can protect the empire from the nearest threat (which was non-existent)

I don't know about you, but for me, this speech is basically we want to turn everyone in South America into our allies by force if necessary, because this was our backyard and we need to exert dominance in our backyard......

Trump wasn't even try to sugarcoat the whole thing.

 

[GoatsMilk]

WOW! Americans are not even hiding their criminal behavior

Hegeseth says: Pres Trump is deadly serious to bringing back our oil which was stolen from us. and deadly serious for creating dominance in that region.

The biggest problem America had in invading a country was creating domestic public consent. For a while now the Americans are being nazified. This will make it much easier for the american state to invade, destroy and ultimately loot nations moving forward.

The more base the american has become the more aggressive and nasty their leaders can openly behave and act. Its intentional. American deep state is moving the country to towards an eventual dictatorship, it will be the only way in the long run for America to maintain her number 1 position globally.

If america had to create decades of propaganda to get her people on board with each and every new war she wanted to start, americans wouldn't have enough time to do what needs to be done before being overtaken by others.

 

[F-22Raptor]

 

[ARMalik]

2d assessment in a 4d world.
It won't be possible to address you meaningfully.

I would be shocked if you can even do a 1D assessment fake genius.

 

[Ali_Baba]

Looks like the “Monroe doctrine” is back, and all of South America is back to “belonging” to the USA. Seems like the whole of South America has been put on notice, do what we tell you or else. No mistaking that from the press conference. They are not even trying to hide it anymore.

 

[LeGenD]

As I said, you don't do this to force an election.

We had already invaded Venezuela, just one strike wouldn't do anything in negotiation unless you are saying Trump is ready tocommit us into this quamire because what it does is only going to heighten the security for venezuela and for the regime to have a tighter grip on the country (Which they already did) it wouldn't do anything else unless there are subsequent operation.

The US is fighting this war on its terms with tools and strategy that Venezuelan planners do not seem to understand and are taken by surprise. Now that Trump administration is willing to kill or capture virtually anybody in Venezuela, who in the country wants the war to expand? The next Venezuelan leader will find it easier to change course in an attempt to placate Trump. Even Maduro was open to this possibility and nobody questioned him. Venezuelan institutions are largely intact, they can restore order and facilitate transition in power. The likelihood of civil war increases when institutions are destroyed and the ground becomes ripe for new entities to emerge and fight. This did not happen.

 

[KingQamaR]

Saudis will be the big losers here. Americans have successfully grabbed the world’s largest oil reserves. Saudis will no longer be needed by the Americans that much now. If I was Riyadh today I would be feeling very vulnerable and bad news for them.

 

[F-22Raptor]

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