Good points (BTW, your post is duplicated almost in full in Substack. You may want to edit it).
This is power taken by DJT and S. Miller, et al. And it is power ceded by us, the American people. Some important follow-up points.
As much as we might believe that the oil oligarchs are part of this, my guess is the big companies are balking at investing their own money in a quagmire with an unknown future. DJT apparently thought in his fantastical personal strategizing that they’d jump at the opportunities. Will we end up with the oil company equivalent of Kid Rock and Nikki Minaj drilling for the black gold?
Additionally, one of the most dependable things about this Trυmp Regime, is its incompetence. Corporations can’t rely on incompetence “running” Venezuela. There is a major disconnect in Tr’s operation. How we even got this far in engaging in what is possibly a hundred million dollar boondoggle is beyond me.
Lastly, with commentary speaking to the illegality of what transpired and then leapfrogging over that fact to how to proceed from here, we give tacit approval to the imperial ambitions of Trυmp and Stephen Miller. In a single demonstration of Trυmp’s control of the levers of immense power of the American executive branch, we have legitimized Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and endangered Taiwan’s future, not to mention further destabilizing the Middle East.
So as much as everybody seems to be applauding the exit of Maduro even with questions about how to proceed in Venezuela, I fear WWII style appeasement is ruling the day around the world. We will live to regret the relatively muted response.
Good points (BTW, your post is duplicated almost in full in Substack. You may want to edit it).
This is power taken by DJT and S. Miller, et al. And it is power ceded by us, the American people. Some important follow-up points.
As much as we might believe that the oil oligarchs are part of this, my guess is the big companies are balking at investing their own money in a quagmire with an unknown future. DJT apparently thought in his fantastical personal strategizing that they’d jump at the opportunities. Will we end up with the oil company equivalent of Kid Rock and Nikki Minaj drilling for the black gold?
Additionally, one of the most dependable things about this Trυmp Regime, is its incompetence. Corporations can’t rely on incompetence “running” Venezuela. There is a major disconnect in Tr’s operation. How we even got this far in engaging in what is possibly a hundred million dollar boondoggle is beyond me.
Lastly, with commentary speaking to the illegality of what transpired and then leapfrogging over that fact to how to proceed from here, we give tacit approval to the imperial ambitions of Trυmp and Stephen Miller. In a single demonstration of Trυmp’s control of the levers of immense power of the American executive branch, we have legitimized Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and endangered Taiwan’s future, not to mention further destabilizing the Middle East.
So as much as everybody seems to be applauding the exit of Maduro even with questions about how to proceed in Venezuela, I fear WWII style appeasement is ruling the day around the world. We will live to regret the relatively muted response.
Top notch. I have a similar story, but totally different (as they say). I think this is as much Biden as Trump. Or just Washington.
Classic Kissinger: oil, leverage, alliances.
First Syria -> Venezuela -> Iran. To me it seems like Washington is dismanteling the last old Soviet alliances.
I've speculated a little more here if you, against all odds, would be interested.
https://eatkillfuck.substack.com/p/the-real-reason-for-trump-in-venezuela
I think most people think DT is only a puppet of Project 25. Either way, this sucks.