US attacks Venezuela

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This is some epic trolling for China :rofl:

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What an embarrassment. They had a delegation meet him only a few hours ago before he was arrested

Hint is already in Iran is next

https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/china-signals-it-wont-give-an-inch-to-the-u-s-in-latin-america-ba03bd24

^just a few days back :rofl:

China is finished in South America. No more discounted oil from Venezuela. And people wonder why Iā€™m so happy?

^Cuba is next on the list. Love how casually the SECSTATE is hinting they should be shifting out.

Marco Rubioā€™s parents are Cuban. This will be quite emotional for him.

Affectionately but Trump corollary is more pertinent. Itā€™s a play on the Roosevelt doctrine.

No, it has not. Stop repeating this garbage

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Obviously it can. But this is maybe a one off

How many leaders of a country are you aware of that are into trafficking drugs into the US?

XJP is the only one I can think of. But who is going to indict him

If thereā€™s an indictment the US can

Stop listening to people who have no clue of the laws. These jokers are making political arguments not legal.

Politically illegal does not mean illegal in the legal sense

Unless China is willing to sacrifice 100k only children there will never be a Taiwan invasion.

No indictment. The US prevented Israel from assassinating Khamenei. But you can be sure both know where he is

The only way it happens is if the army agrees. That can only happen if the IRGC is severely weakened.

Midterms is in November. Thats a long time away

Iā€™m thinking this Iranian regime is going to reach a no return point within a week.

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^What is this?

From where do we get our oil for the last fifty years? Do you know

Where does the rest of Asia also get its oil? Same place right

WHO has been protecting the flow of oil out of there for the last half century? The US FCUKING NAVY

Where does the US get its oil from? After the 70s oil crisis less and less from the gulf.

What happens if there is any interruption? All of Asia will be suffering. That is WHY USN stays there

Keeping the Soviets out of there during the cold war. What would have happened if the Soviets got a foothold. Commie revolution. Like Venezuela.

There is not a single Asian navy that has done the work. Letā€™s say USN leaves. You think four five different Asian navies will be able to do the job. That would be a scary proposition for the hosts because it would be like inviting colonialism. Each navy controls the flow of a country.

What if one day there is some difference between these partners. Maybe border conflict or some other problem. Will oil still flow out reliably

Got it now

https://xcancel.com/LangmanVince/status/2007452421920886922

^Venezuelan immigrants in the US. Can you believe thereā€™s over 7 million refugees

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You are free to go count if you want. For the non-pedantic, there are enough visuals from venezuelans all around the world and they are happy that he is gone.

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You need visit r/Venezuela and go through the comment sections. No one is happy about the US having control over their natural resources.

Use a translator if you canā€™t read Spanish.

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Despite what Trump says the US isnā€™t going to have ā€˜control over their resourcesā€™ . The US has concessions which they will recover and rightfully so. Which were appropiated when Chavez took over in '98

Then there was some back and forth and with no satisfactory result the US sanctioned Venezuela in 2006

And here we are over twenty years later finally at some resolution.

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Thatā€™s the same argument people use to validate BJP policies when NRIs celebrate BJP victories yet those same NRIs refuse to live under BJP rule or even live in India.

It means nothing.

There are very clear concerns about what happens next, if even the removal of Maduro is worth losing their natural resources. Some in favour, some donā€™t care, some troubled.

The US did not do this for free.

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The US forced their oil wells to shutdown last week.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-29/venezuela-starts-shutting-oil-wells-as-us-blockade-halts-flows

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Said this earlier as well, its not as if they were happy when maduro was in charge of their resources.

And reddit isnā€™t a good barometer. If one goes by reddit mood, america is liberal and democratic party should win in a landslide but alas the ground reality is different.

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Read one comment chain there. Just one. And see if you reassess your opinion.

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Sure, but venezuela doesnt have elections like we do. We will know if there is one soon - pro maduro camp is still there.

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They are going to have to fix a lot of stuff.

At it height in the 90s the output was over 3 million barrels. Thanks to sanctions, kicking the Americans out, lack of maintenance output dropped to a quarter

So there is a lot of work to do and itā€™s going to take time. Years? To get back to previous output levels

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I agree. But the days of countries doing anything for free are past us.

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The Venezuelans will never be happy with any leader that doesnā€™t capitulate to US demands.

The US will make sure of this.

They will use every legal, illegal, black, white, economical, military resource they have to sabotage any government that does not prioritize US interests.

Itā€™s literally their modus operandi.

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Where has this happened in the world? Nowhere

Itā€™s a false narrative

These oil companies invest billions to get things going. In the contract the terms are worked out

Those terms need to be reviewed and made public

Lots of questions can be answered by watching proper sources

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Title: Iraq Claims Top Spot Among OPEC Crude Suppliers to the U.S. | OilPrice.com

You think that wouldā€™ve happened if Saddam wasnā€™t removed?

You think the Iraqis have any say in the matter? Or even have a say in the price the oil is sold at?

Can you guess where worldā€™s largest US Embassy is?

Just like modern day slavery is nothing like old slavery, modern day plundering is nothing like old plundering.

But slavery is still slavery. Plundering is still plundering.

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When the Iraq war was on so many lefties went Oh itsā€™for the oilā€™. When asked how many US oil companies got a piece of the action when they went on auction in 2008. Nobody seemed to know. Funny that. You might want to look at that

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Relevance?

Go look up the first thing and then understand what you have written here is complete nonsense

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Not a chance. 90% of their economy depends on what the US is willing to pay for their oil. They have no control.

Enforcement. 100+ acres arenā€™t for issuing tourist visas.

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This is a very sly move on the part of Rubio to make US dependent on catholics (his people) for its energy. US dependence on Arabs/mohamdans has cost them dear. Imaging being dependent on catholics, a far better organized and ambitious group which has already made deep inroads into US institutions

Trump just wrote the obituary for the WASP dominance in America.

An american pope was not selected for nothing.

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That is why I gave you some homework

The oil price is set by the world market. Which is supply and demand

If youā€™re buying in the spot market. Long term contracts have fixed prices

They get to say who drills in their country

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ā€œUnder our new national security strategy American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will NEVER be questioned again.ā€

  • President Trump

Sounds like a much better deal than before

The US uses heavy oil and their share of heavy oil has increased of late. Venezuela is heavy oil