Maduro might be checking the train schedule

[Mik]

The thought that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was related to our oil embargo did cross my mind.

[AndyD]

Though their wish to expand first into China, then Indonesia etc for oil was not a one man idea, indeed Hirohito was against it.
Trump has three years. Cuba has nothing of value. Panama however...

[89th]

If you haven’t seen this clip that’s been getting renewed interest lately.

Link to video

[jon-nyc]

I think even someone with no knowledge of the context at all could read this and get the clear stench of a weak case.

[Tom-K]

Love him or hate him Trump taught Putin how a "special military operation" is done correctly.

[Tom-K]

You have to wonder if Greenland is next. They have been accused of smuggling in snow to the US.

[jon-nyc]

If it’s not from the champagne region of the Middle East, it’s just sparkling backyard intervention.

[Renauda]

@Tom-K said in Maduro might be checking the train schedule:

Love him or hate him Trump taught Putin how a "special military operation" is done correctly.

I am coming to the conclusion that as the story develops it was less a special military operation and more along the lines of a hostile commercial asset appropriation that just falls shy of a mob style racketeering operation.

[jon-nyc]

The good news is we apparently killed 32 Cuban special forces.

People are starting to ask if they were a protection force on loan or an occupation force.

[89th]

@Tom-K said in Maduro might be checking the train schedule:

You have to wonder if Greenland is next. They have been accused of smuggling in snow to the US.

Now this is personal.

[AndyD]

I can honestly see no legality in the action however moral it may be if a Venezuelan elected leader takes control.

Meanwhile, Taiwanese consider their doom.

[jon-nyc]

It wouldn’t be legal, though it would be forgivable and defendable if our intentions were anything but pecuniary, which they don’t seem to be.

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

@Mik said in Maduro might be checking the train schedule:

Wait - does that not make him an illegal immigrant?

Pisses me off that Illegal immigrants come here and get all these benefits. Look at all these free helicopter rides he’s getting.

[Mik]

I know. I had to pay through the nose for that shit in Hawaii.

[89th]

Cuba is probably next. Maybe this will be Trump’s long term legacy… Gotta give credit to how the military handled the Iran attack and now this operation. It’s like a Tom Clancy novel.

Anyway… clearly I’m no expert but there seems to be limited time before the power vacuum can lead to years of chaos if not careful.

[jon-nyc]

Reuters: Venezuela has issued an emergency decree instructing police to track down and detain anyone suspected of backing the U.S. attacks on the country.

[89th]

Interesting dynamic. If you can believe Trump, he is running the country now (proxy via the VP chick) so who would give such an order?

You know, 1% of me is enjoying this American Might… remove bad guys, invest in resources, take over Cuba, take over Greenland…. We’ve made big moves before, but it’s been a while…. We don’t have Alaska and Hawaii just because we asked.

[jon-nyc]

Even then we bought Alaska and in the case of most other overseas territories we wrestled them from another colonial power. Never invaded a democracy and took their land before.

[AndyD]

Yet. Greenland would be a first.