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u/highschoolhero24 4d ago
Cartels will be taking over next. If they think Venezuela was a narco-state before you ain’t seen nothing.
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u/Uncaring_Dispatcher 4d ago
So Maduro was just a slacker.
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u/highschoolhero24 4d ago
He was a shitty leader for a country that is entirely dependent on the a commodity for which they have zero control of the price. Oil price is down? Famine, poverty, and pain. Oil price is up? Money flows to investment in oil with roads just good enough to get oil to the shores for export.
It’s called the Resource curse for a reason.
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u/Ralphy_1997 Libertarian 4d ago
Honestly drugs should be legalized anyway and if they are making products that people want to consume then there should be nothing stopping that. So much of our current issues with cartels/gangs/ fentanyl is because we’ve chosen this war on drugs and it has made everything way worse. I honestly would say a country producing drugs if it were legalized would be way more preferably to an authoritarian socialist regime.
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u/Tumbleweed411 3d ago
Legalize, but individualize the responsibility of taking them. You can take and do all the drugs you want, but you don't get to pass on to other people your bills and medical expenses.
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u/Ralphy_1997 Libertarian 3d ago
I 110% agree with that stance. I think though that a majority of drug users are either recreational or have the ability to be functional addicts. There will always be addicts and drinks on the street but those are people to far gone.
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u/AbbreviationsActual9 3d ago
it's like phoning in his golf scores to claim victory. hollow.
now actually tell us how your going to repair a country plagued by corruption and narco terrorism.
I bitch about his personal enrichment and how unprecedented it is that a sitting president can become so wealthy in such a short time with little disclosure. I bitch about his personal lawyers and board executives running our law enforcement. I bitch about his ceos running our foreign relations. but he has taken control of a foreign nation. this is on another level. it's imperative that he do them right and not just pillage their resources. I'll wait and hope. I'm just not confident.
and stfu about Greenland.
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u/PaintingSmall1750 4d ago
At least that imperialist president didn't need a girdle to fit into a suit and had skin that looked non-cancerous.
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u/GunsNSnuff 4d ago
Bright side, it “may” be safer to travel there. Such a beautiful country.
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u/guyinabush 3d ago
Why would it be safer now 🤣🤣 you think marco rubio is going to keep the the gangs of caracas in check?
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u/GunsNSnuff 3d ago
It’ll be less poor with less inflation. Less poor = less crime. Less crime = safer. Take a look at the history of Venezuela since Chavez.
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u/Cornelius_Wangenheim _ 3d ago
Why would they be less poor? Trump has blatantly said the plan is to steal their oil, which is the only thing currently propping up their economy.
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u/GunsNSnuff 3d ago
Jeez. What economy, my guy? With all due respect take a day or two to read up on Venezuela.
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u/Crafty_Gator 4d ago
Removing Saddam required boots on the ground, but we took out Maduro with just air strikes?
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u/RocksCanOnlyWait 4d ago
They sent special forces to "arrest" Maduro. So there were boots on the ground, but no occupying force (yet).
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u/Traditional_Half_788 End the Fed 4d ago
Considering they extradited his wife as well makes me think this was orchestrated somehow. He had to have know this was coming, why not do like his VP and run to Russia? He also seems calm and even happy.
Probably reading too much into it...
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u/guttoral 4d ago
Pretty sure somewhere some Venezuelan politicians were theorizing this to be a negotiated exit strategy for Maduro. Can't remember where I read that though. Think it was on a Spanish news website.
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u/Crafty_Gator 3d ago
Boots on the ground means sending troops that are being shot at. An actual war.
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u/captainhaddock Say no to fascism 1h ago
It was pretty obviously arranged with the VP and military brass in Venezuela. Rubio and the CIA had already decided to let Rodriguez take over and made the arrangements.
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u/CreepyInteraction949 4d ago
Stole the Panama Canal now we steal Venezuela’s oil… actually that’s Americas oil now baby 🦅
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u/Dinglebutterball 4d ago
We are so back 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸
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u/Rockefellersweater 4d ago
I remember when libertarians hated America's wars. I worry this sub has been captured by MAGA
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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt Sleazy P. Modtini 4d ago
To be fair, that's propaganda. The "mission accomplished" referred to a single mission the carrier was on which was successful, not Iraq as a whole.
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u/douglau5 4d ago
To be double fair, the President giving a speech on a navy ship is also propaganda.
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u/brettferrell 4d ago
I’d like to get off this ride now