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US military intervention on the table for Venezuela
Washington Examiner ^ | April 5 2018 | Joe Gehrke

Posted on 04/06/2019 3:30:20 PM PDT by rintintin

A military intervention to oust Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro remains “a very serious option” for the United States, according to President Trump’s national security team.

“Obviously, that’s a result that no one would like to see but clearly one that is seriously considered as events unfold,” a senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters Friday evening.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Cuba; Government; Russia
KEYWORDS: anonymous; cuba; nicaragua; russia; venezuela
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1 posted on 04/06/2019 3:30:20 PM PDT by rintintin
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To: rintintin

“we should have a standing army”

“Why?”

“Because that way we save money on seats”


2 posted on 04/06/2019 3:34:08 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: rintintin

Lots of mixed feelings on this. Hate to see the people suffering but is it really our concern?
I’ll support Trump’s descion.


3 posted on 04/06/2019 3:35:00 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: rintintin

French Guiana is just down the beach from Venezuela.

I’d pay good money to see the Foreign Legion fighting the Cubans in Venezuela.


4 posted on 04/06/2019 3:35:20 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: rintintin

No. Just no. President Trump has got to stop listening to those who are pedaling this kind of crap.


5 posted on 04/06/2019 3:36:04 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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1. They may be socialists, but what has Venezuala’s government done to us?

2. How many troops will we send? How many casualties are acceptable? How much will it cost?

3. Is invading a country not an act of war? When did Congress declare war on the government of Venezuela?

4. Why is Venezuela so important but securing our border with Mexico isn’t?

5. I thought Trump said no more foreign interventions and nation-building ? I thought he said we’re going to rebuild America?


6 posted on 04/06/2019 3:37:00 PM PDT by rintintin (q)
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To: rintintin

“speaking on condition of anonymity” these days translates to “stuff we just made up”.

Anyone still trusting the media fails a competence check.


7 posted on 04/06/2019 3:37:29 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: rrrod

1. They may be socialists, but what has Venezuala’s government done to us?

2. How many troops will we send? How many casualties are acceptable? How much will it cost?

3. Is invading a country not an act of war? When did Congress declare war on the government of Venezuela?

4. Why is Venezuela so important but securing our border with Mexico isn’t?

5. I thought Trump said no more foreign interventions and nation-building ? I thought he said we’re going to rebuild America?


8 posted on 04/06/2019 3:39:29 PM PDT by rintintin (q)
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Air drop weapons into rebel areas...

No troops needed.


9 posted on 04/06/2019 3:39:51 PM PDT by 2banana (Were you)
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To: dp0622

I don’t believe’anonymous sources’.

POTUS is not a war monger, and his neocon enemies are always pushing for this kind of Schiff. They get kickbacks on the funding.


10 posted on 04/06/2019 3:40:03 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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Recruit the immigrants, train them, arm them, and give them Venezuela if they win.

If they lose, immigration problem solved.


11 posted on 04/06/2019 3:40:33 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: dp0622
Duck Soup!
12 posted on 04/06/2019 3:41:30 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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“I thought Trump said no more foreign interventions and nation-building?”

Unlike the Middle East, the people in Venezuela have had and know freedom and capitalism, and want it back.


13 posted on 04/06/2019 3:41:47 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (Heaven has a wall and gates. Hell has open borders.)
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To: 2banana

Air drop weapons into rebel areas...

No troops needed.

Better idea: spend the money at home, or - even better - use it to start paying down our debt.


14 posted on 04/06/2019 3:42:08 PM PDT by rintintin (q)
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We may have to do what we did in the Dominican Republic in 1965 — go in, force out the ousted president, install the legitimate leader, and go home.


15 posted on 04/06/2019 3:42:42 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: rintintin

I hope this is not going to lead us into the third world war.


16 posted on 04/06/2019 3:43:19 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Rennes Templar

Unlike the Middle East, the people in Venezuela have had and know freedom and capitalism, and want it back.

Fine. Why is debt-burdened US borrowing money from China to pay for invasion of Venezuela?


17 posted on 04/06/2019 3:43:22 PM PDT by rintintin (q)
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To: All



Hate to ask and don't want to be pushy,
but could y'all please really try to
Make Your Donation


18 posted on 04/06/2019 3:43:41 PM PDT by onyx (Join 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WINNING WAY!)
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To: TBP

We may have to do what we did in the Dominican Republic in 1965 — go in, force out the ousted president, install the legitimate leader, and go home.

We don’t “have” to do that at all. There are scores of countries with bad or oppressive regimes worldwide. The idea that US has to intervene in these countries may have appealed to George Bush, but Trump campaigned against it, he said it was time to focus on America’s problems


19 posted on 04/06/2019 3:46:10 PM PDT by rintintin (q)
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To: rintintin

Neocons want war. What the frug is America doing? Where does it say in the Constitution that the American military shall be used to fight in foreign wars for humanitarian causes?


20 posted on 04/06/2019 3:47:36 PM PDT by vannrox (The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
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