This is no longer a domestic crisis.
There are countless Venezuelans walking into Colombia and Brazil. They are naturally putting pressure on social services and creating a backlash from the locals. The number is over 2 million, according to Castañeda.
You know what Democrats and the MSM will do if Trump intervenes in Venezuela. Venezuela is of course a paradise, and everyone there is happy. It’s all about stealing oil, appeasing Israel, or empire building. America is always evil when a Republican in president.
So a bunch of Marine privates, corporals, sergeants and lieutenants are about to win medals of honor and navy crosses?
Make your own country Great Again.
Sorry, we don't do those types of jobs any more. I can recommend you "Jean-Claude Juncker Handyman Services" or maybe "Xi Jinping Plumbing and Heating" for all of your maintenance needs. :)
If Venezuela is so bad - take out Maduro yourselves.
Part of the reason so many Latin countries are failed states - caudillo culture expects the big man to run the show and take care of problems, leaving the rest of us free to complain.
Self-Responsibility is a very liberating thing.
These exiles should have fought for their country instead of whining about the US doing it for them. They’ve been doing this for almost 20 years now.
The same goes for Cuban exiles. They took the easy way out. Castro conquered Cuba with 100 men in a boat called Granma.
Don’t get involved. It’s not our problem.
They can remove him themselves. They can ask their neighbors for help.
Not one dime or one American life at risk for these people who have fouled their own nest with their greed.
The socialist says: "We're going to raise taxes, nationalize industries, etc."
What it means? "All rights exist at the whim of the state." Thus the world they suffer through. If there are no property rights, there's no prosperity.
Property rights are the canary in the mine.
I don't think they've figured it out. Give them awhile.
I have some friends from Venezuela who left when Chavez came into power. They saw what was coming and got the hell out of there. They became naturalized American citizens and have no desire to ever go back.
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Maduro should be hung from a lamp post but it’s not our problem. They voted for all this suck so let them fix their own mess.
Isn’t it ironic that Chavez and Maduro used the USA as the boogy man about to invade as an excuse to continue the “revolution”. Sounds a lot like Castro.
Now that the revolution has come to it’s end, the civilians are begging for an invasion to save them from socialism.
No thanks. Venezuela is not in our interest. No expenditure of US blood and treasure for stupid voters. They voted for socialism and they are getting socialism.
Not our problem.
Let the locals fix their own crap for a change.
Clear out a VFW bar on a Sunday afternoon and send them down for the rest of the day. Good for morale and most could use a bit of exercise. Monday morning fly em home.
NOT OUR JOB. Let ‘em kill him themselves.
When it gets to the point that Maduro’s army officers are starving, then it will be lights out.
Let them sort it out.
I can’t imagine, really, why the US would want to spend money and risk lives to rescue Venezuela from its self-imposed problem, only to be criticized by every country in the world for intervening in a South American “democracy” again”, and with every likelihood that the Venezuelans will go right back to another socialist like Chavez or Maduro when they are promised other people’s money.
Brazil and/or Colombia would seem to have more incentive to try and do something about it.