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Trump Pressed Aides On Venezuela Invasion, U.S. Official Says
AP ^ | 04 July 2018 | Joshua Goodman

Posted on 07/04/2018 12:46:07 PM PDT by zeestephen

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To: Behind the Blue Wall

I wouldn’t see why the question wasn’t asked myself.

If it collapses, S. America would have a Somalia situation on its hands that could spread into Columbia, Brazil, and other neighbors.

If it came down to it, it would have to be S. American boots on the ground with maybe some U.S./Dutch/French logistical support.


21 posted on 07/04/2018 12:57:21 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Behind the Blue Wall
A case could be made for going in.

By invitation only. They chose socialism and it's up to them to live with it or ask for help. And that help should come with a price tag.

22 posted on 07/04/2018 12:58:06 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

I was higher on the totem pole than that. Helped prepare reports and briefings and present them. And I don’t buy this at all. And if he did, presidents ask “what if?” questions all the time, doesn’t mean they’re going to do that thing.


23 posted on 07/04/2018 12:59:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: zeestephen

Our Cincinnati Zoo animals are not up for helping feed Venezuela...except perhaps Fiona, the hippo, for the right price.


24 posted on 07/04/2018 1:00:36 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Break in my country, you are illegal. Break into my house, makes not you a homeowner.)
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To: SpaceBar

“One well placed cruise missile on one well guarded palatial estate on the hills overlooking Caracas.”

I read an analysis of dozens of political assassinations. In not one case did the assassination achieve what the assassin wanted. Killing politicians is not the best way to go. The results are unpredictable and you run the risk of making a bad situation much worse. And, at that point, anything that happens is YOUR fault.

The best way out for Venezuela is for the Venezuelans to resolve their own problem.


25 posted on 07/04/2018 1:00:41 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: zeestephen

That’s not how I heard it.

I heard Trump was going to invade CNN headquarters.

They must have mixed up their third world s#*tholes run by tin horn dictators.


26 posted on 07/04/2018 1:02:31 PM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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To: zeestephen
US warns Venezuela that 'no option is off the table' if it goes ahead with vote for new assembly (07/18/2017)

Trump: Military option on the table in Venezuela (08/11/2017)

27 posted on 07/04/2018 1:02:54 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Reno89519

When I was in Orlando, a few month ago, three Uber drivers out of three different Uber calls were from Venezuela. Not one could speak passable English.


28 posted on 07/04/2018 1:06:44 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: VanDeKoik

Trump looks at every option for every situation and evaluates it all.

I have never cast a better vote in my life!


29 posted on 07/04/2018 1:10:22 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: miss marmelstein

Didn’t think I needed a sarc tag. I was wrong.


30 posted on 07/04/2018 1:10:41 PM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
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To: Billthedrill

You forgot Reason #4...

AP and their “sources” waited eleven months to leak the story.

I guess the reporters who usually write political fiction decided to take the week off?


31 posted on 07/04/2018 1:10:56 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

I’m surprised that AP has not banned the word Venezuela for fear that their advocacy of Socialism would be harmed—it is, after all, such a shining example of the success of Socialism.


32 posted on 07/04/2018 1:11:08 PM PDT by unlearner (A war is coming.)
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To: zeestephen

Let things get worser (is that a word?), so that when we invade, the people will welcome us with open arms.


33 posted on 07/04/2018 1:12:32 PM PDT by semaj (U\)
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To: zeestephen

McMaster, an Obama General with no allegiance to Trump. Latin American nations accept any sort of dictatorship so long as Americans stay out of the situation. And who would have expected Obama to lift a finger since Marxism was his credo anyway.


34 posted on 07/04/2018 1:13:15 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: zeestephen

Our media is now literally creating Maduro’s propaganda for him.


35 posted on 07/04/2018 1:16:08 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: zeestephen

US Officials can be Obama’s DEEP STATERS!


36 posted on 07/04/2018 1:17:21 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: zeestephen

Guatamala or Hondouras must come first

Marines invading and occupyimg hondouras will stop the illegal alien invasion. By providing Hondouras a new government the exedous will cease. Other governments will be frightened into stopping their citizens from leaving

The invasion has precedent nd it is a matter of national security


37 posted on 07/04/2018 1:18:11 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
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To: zeestephen

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3668415/posts?page=27#27

See above, this is nothing but a rehash of stories published about one year ago.


38 posted on 07/04/2018 1:23:30 PM PDT by billyboy15
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To: zeestephen

A society that respects natural rights has a natural duty and a perfect right to use violence to overthrow a tyrannical government. If there is a good chance that it would succeed, and there would be no sacrifice, then it would be rational to do so.


39 posted on 07/04/2018 1:25:07 PM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: PhiloBedo
Re: “Three Uber drivers out of three different Uber calls were from Venezuela.”

LOL...

You should have paid the fare in Venezuelan Bolivars.

40 posted on 07/04/2018 1:26:53 PM PDT by zeestephen
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