Venezuela - US Conflict: News, Updates

[PakAl]

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[VCheng]

So yes, but not - there is a short term and a longer term optimized goal. With Venezuela you can now properly smack the Saudis, corner the Canadians and put Russia in a further bind.

We can but wait and see. US domestic supplies have been made pretty robust, and that is the basic foundation for any further energy strategies on a global basis.

 

[SolarWarden]

this is just not true.

his second in command was sworn in and publicly rebuked Trump's demands and issued a decree for nationwide mobilisation

What! His second in command has publicly rebuked Trump and sworn to resist? Lol. What do you want him to say that isn't going to get him hanged by Maduro loyalist? Like Mossad in Iran Venezuela is crawling with spooks that know the locations of these people and they know it too.

no evidence for this. purely your speculation. we will have to wait and see.

I reckon we shall both see soon because IF you are right and they are not playing ball they are going to have a very short lifespan.

 

[KingQamaR]

Bit late!

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[Bilal]

Kinda knocks the wind outta the sails of the "it's to grab the oil" ship.

Trump is obsessed with oil though. I don’t know why.

But the other theory, the ability to tank oil prices to hurt Russia without needing GCC, that seems plausible.

 

[Forsvaret]

Please keep the IK and PTI theories out of this. Finding external reasons when you are internally flawed only shows the failure of people - not some external conspiracy.

No external conspiracy, yet the cipher from US wanted IK removed through VONC. No external conspiracy, yet the democratic countries accepted 2024 General Elections results where IK & his party were denied victory by the military establishment. No external conspiracy, yet the democratic countries are completely fine with keeping IK in prison through their favorite Field Marshal.

 

[SolarWarden]

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[VCheng]

Its their country if theyve suffered or not - its not a matter for the US to come and steal their assets and pretend to liberate them.

Of course. USA has only taken out Maduro, who even EU and many other countries do not regard as a legitimate ruler. That is all.

Where the country goes next is clearly the right of the Venezuelan people.

 

[Mobius]

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[Forsvaret]

Trump is obsessed with oil though. I don’t know why.

Here is the reason why:

 

[VCheng]

Trump is obsessed with oil though. I don’t know why.

But the other theory, to be able to tank oil prices to hurt Russia without needing GCC, that seems plausible.

That would make sense only if Trump hadn't shown already just how much he supports Putin.

 

[Oscar]

We can but wait and see. US domestic supplies have been made pretty robust, and that is the basic foundation for any further energy strategies on a global basis.

Not exactly - the shale situation is pretty fragile and drilling is more frequent(which adds overall costs even if it helps subcontractors) and take it from someone who has been to Midland, Delaware and my home state north of Greeley.

The costs simply cannot match Venezuelan crude even with subsidies.

 

[东风夜放花千树]

Due to America's acts of aggression, the world order has returned to the law of the jungle, with the United States hoping to become the ruler.

A true ruler needs to dominate the world, and the U.S. needs to look to the east of the Earth. There are two rulers there. One of these rulers has already rendered the sword in Trump's hand useless.

Producing a Ford-class nuclear aircraft carrier requires 27.3 tons of rare earth elements; producing a Virginia-class nuclear submarine requires 4.17 tons of rare earth elements; producing an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer requires 2.36 tons of rare earth elements; manufacturing an F-35 fighter jet requires 0.2 tons of rare earth elements, and each Patriot missile contains 3 kilograms of rare earth elements.

China possesses 99.999% of the technology and craftsmanship for heavy rare earth extraction and refining, with a production capacity accounting for 92.3%.

 

[Meengla]

Not if the simple threat is to kill leadership and then implant a favorable individual.
Then there is actual "fighting spirit" for the country. For a place like Venezuela already broken by years of economic destruction and strongman rule - would be surprising if there is anything beyond token resistance.

This "replacement government" will immediately back down on any international point of friction with the US, from rejection of Israeli policies to control of Venezuelan oil. You will see them quietly permit Americans to have their merry way like never before. This is a wholesale capitulation.

And Pakistan's former Amb. to America seems to say the same thing: The next leader of Venezuela will likely fold.
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[RocketLaw]

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