Public opinion is sharply divided regarding U.S. military actions in Venezuela, with many voicing skepticism about underlying motives primarily related to oil rather than humanitarian concerns. While some support intervention to combat drug trafficking and restore democracy, a significant portion emphasizes the potential for violence and urges peaceful resolutions, indicating deep concerns for civilian safety and regional stability.

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Looking at everything right now I’m starting to think it might be a good thing I’m getting med sep’d

Aware_Coconut_2823

Why all the sudden hate on Venezuela? Did someone find huge oil reserves or something?

kakarota

On the plus side - the war's only gonna last two days.

On the negative side - you'll be there for 20 years 'rebuilding' the MIC's profits.

Agammamon

So release our undesirables to Venezuela, then bomb them?

themooseiscool

Nah, Trump promised repeatedly that he was the no wars candidate, and we all know he honors his promises!

Cold_Buy_2695

This guy still can't differentiate between people from insane asylums and asylum seekers.

Edski-HK

He thinks we can’t have elections if we’re at war.

Shobed

CheeseburgerSmoothy

Oil memes making a comeback for sure now.

cruxshadow338

donkeybrainhero

Remember when he said he wasn’t going to start a war?


I’m not trying to be mean but there 2 types of Trump supporters right now 


1. People that gaslight themselves into thinking this man hasn’t conned them 


2. People who will always follow Trump no matter what he does 


Ridiculous

chiller_vibes

lerriuqS_terceS

This dude still thinks asylum seekers are people released from mental institutions lol.

BatmanForever93

[“The proven oil reserves in Venezuela are recognized as the largest in the world”](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_Venezuela) -Wikipedia 


“…we should have kept the oil in Iraq, I’ve said it over and over…” -DJT 2016

rhinosyphilis

The fact that he STILL BELIEVES these are asylum patients vs Asylum Seekers pisses me off so much.

kapnkaos86

greendt

Nakagura775

Still waiting for the invasion of Iran. What happened to that? Oh right, it didn’t happen

NoTinnitusHear

Trump declared war on Venezuela when he sank the first boat without investigation or due process. That is an international crime and an act of war. 

Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world. If modern American history has taught us anything, it is that when a country has oil and no nuclear weapons, America invades. 

The “no new wars” president decided on the imperialist conqueror path once he realized he could not bribe the Nobel committee.

There is hope, though, as Trump always chickens out (TACO).

Cyberknight13

Buckle up the next Forever War is around the corner. People are aware of the issues with Vietnam however it seems some turn a blind eye to Iraq and Afghanistan falsehoods.

Deeznutzsgotcha

Existing_Variation_4

Trump will start any war to distract us from his ineptitude

pallamas

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draftdodgerdon8647

Monday's looking like a good day to have medical suddenly discover you have a chronic condition incompatible with continued service.

beingoutsidesucks

DeliciousEconAviator

Hard to justify a 900 billion dollar defense budget without a war... SOOOOO here's the war

Middle_Jaguar_5406

I hate it here. What is the point of war? Is it really that deep we gotta blow up people? I can think of 50 other ways to be handling this issue that the government themselves invented without going to war. I mean it almost feels like the economy is so bad they NEED a war to occur or something

uRight_Markiplier

Can someone provide some TLDR context to what he's referring to here?

jittery_waffle

It’s interesting that this ramp up is occurring at the same time that Russia is ramping up its aggressiveness toward Poland, Finland as well as Ukraine

nimbusdimbus

Can he just shut the fuck up for one day?

LongjumpingDraft9324

So he wants to fight Afghanistan AGAIN, and Venezuela. Glad I got out. At least the McDonald’s ribbon comes back, right?

Arx0s

We’re not going to war with Venezuela. Stop it.

josh2751

War with Venezuela??!  🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 won't even qualify as a conflict.

More_Aioli_6956

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https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/Venezuela/gasoline_prices/

Baja_Finder

ryanturner328

At least it'll be easy, 3/4 of their military is conscript based

Ok_Patience6213

Trump needs emergency powers to cancel midterm elections. He knows democrats will sweep. He needs an emergency, any emergency to make it seem legit.

Remote-Ad-2686

I have to hope the reason the sent a broken ship like the Lake Erie from SD, when there were other, more capable ships that didn't need to transit Panama available, is incompetence instead of using her as bait for an attack so they have an excuse like the Cole or the Samuel B Roberts.

Galaar

Oil-rich country btw. We getting jungle pat uniforms with this one🔥

Severe_Chipmunk6340

hooligan415

We are going to be approaching the point where we are going to have to pick sides. Surely there already exists some sort of underground railroad type network discussing how to, when the unthinkable seems immanent, subtly undermine these operations. Sure would be a shame if every ship on its way to extrajudicially execute people had a tool "fall" in the MRG.

TheRealHeroOf

Source: Previous Navy, fan of global politics.

Right now it's gunboat diplomacy mode. Park your ships outside and lightly harass(relatively), while using up the other countries resources, and put a bounty on the head of the dictator.

This creates a dilemma(Ven. has options, but none of them are good). Most strongmen dictators, need to portray themselves being among the most powerful people on the planet, doing nothing in response makes them look relatively weak compared to their hometown propaganda machines narrative for years, doing something risks the USA coming back with a large escalation.

Russia, Iran, and China etc.. are expected to rub salt in the wounds of the USA. With minimal effectiveness.

The chances of the USA attacking probably about 10%.. But the world is upside down and run by morons.... so anything can happen.

But the chances of this being another Epstein files distraction 90%.

Note: I do not support the peedocheeto-in chief. Do what you will with this info.

MakeITNetwork

Monte_Cristos_Count

He'll probably wait until he needs a distraction. Like if it turns out we're in a recession, or the midterms are coming up, etc.

Namika

VelVeetaLasVegas

There is no way of knowing , so far its’s been a psychological game mostly executed by the U.S but I can only speculate that the attack plans made by the Pentagon are ready and trump is just waiting for the “right moment “, but if he waits too long then he loses momentum and credibility. 

My guess is that if he does do something it would be within next 3 weeks. ( assuming no escalation from Venezuelan side)

Sensitive_Judgment23

Yes, I think he is waiting for them to pull something before he makes his next move.

No-Bonus-7045

Small scale. Declare that we have an active war and can enact emergency powers to make Trump a dictator. People deported without trials. National Guars in more cities. Elections canceled. Treaties torn up. 

Grifting until he is a trillionaire

OldNewbie616

The more Epstein stays in the news cycle, the more likely the US military will attach Venezuela or Chicago for that matter

Pokerhobo

generic-affliction

zztop610

Seen it before in Panama. I could see a spec ops raid to take his leadership out and replace with a puppet government.

Intrepid_Pear8883

No.  They'll be too busy attacking the USA for some goddamn reason.

Exciting_Turn_9559

No because he's too busy trying to invade the United States

Chumlee1917

Come-now

Probably same thing done in Yemen. Do a few precision air strikes, claim victory, everyone forgets about it after a month.

Effective_Job_2555

Traditional-Win-5440

No. What do they get out of it? It's possible that regime change could really help the Venezuelan people if it's done effectively, but what does it do for US decision makers. Risk is could be quagmire if it goes badly. Before you say they could take their oil, and they do have massive reserves of oil, tell me about the mechanics of how they take, extract and sell their oil over a 30 year period if Venezuelans don't accede to it.

Plane-Awareness-5518

Only if they strike a boat. Until then probably more gun boat diplomacy

Ct-5736-Bladez

Significant-Fee-6193

Texas_Sam2002

No, as long as they don’t touch the boats. If they are suicidal enough to fire on a warship, then all bets are off.

WSquared0426

samoan_ninja

ODaysForDays

My point was that your point A was a stupid claim to make by anyone who has studied any history or foreign policy. 

B is probably true but certainly not because we have a history of supporting democracy in the region, we largely do not. 

C is an opinion on US intervention I don’t share but whatever. 

D. Arguably true but China has historically shown zero interest in any “world police” activity and focuses that kind of activity on their own backyard, Tibet and South China Sea. They’re much more interested in trade elsewhere, like One Belt One Road initiative in Africa. Russia trying to reclaim its former Soviet territory is also not world policing.

E. Also your opinion, I think it would be a waste of lives and resources.

Ionrememberaskn

bchrisg13

jblaze121

Yes, Trump wants a little war to distract from his pedophilia, which otherwise might bring him down.

Amazing-Artichoke330

I want to say no, because military experts predict we're going to war with China over Taiwan in the next few years, but Trump and his cult in congress are idiots. So probably in a month or two to distract from the Epstien files.

TheHipsterBandit

throwawayt44c

I believe he will. He sees Venezuela as a weak target. They may or may not be, but they have oil.

Senior-Traffic7843

Only if Trump needs a diversion from some sort of domestic scandal. That’s exactly why he whacked Yemen.

NaziPuncher64138

Highly doubtful. 

1) Potentially boots on the ground to provide morale and maybe some logistical support if it looks like the opposition takes over and they request help.The US does not have resources position for a full on invasion. I think it would also be a disaster. It would cement a lot of people behind Maduro. 

2) I think the most aggressive he could reasonably get is temporary incursions to take out suspected drug organization infrastructure (ports, labs, fields), and certainly potentially spec ops raids to take out leaders

OriEri

I don’t think the US can sustainably do that. The US military is highly dependent on foreign logistical support and I don’t see NATO or anyone else following Trump into Venezuela.

MrBiggleswerth2

This is such a weird target to go after. does Venezuela really traffic so much drugs that we are specifically targeting their country? As for the administration claiming to end wars they seem really eager into getting us into one.

At this point this seems to be the goal to start a war due to the belief it’ll boost the economy or boost support for Trump. We will see what happens but I am very worried. We still aren’t even one year into his term yet!

Numerous-Chocolate15

Under what authority is military force currently allowed to be used in South America? I was unaware of any authorization that could be stretched that far.

hamsterkill

I wish we still pretended that the constitution says Congress must declare war. 

Venezuela poses no direct threat to the United States, an offensive strike is illegal. Get Congress to declare war if you want to kill people so bad.

lama579

Concentrateman

This is not a legitimate use of our military. 


Beyond that, what is the end goal here? Trying to exterminate the cartels with airstrikes- hell, even with a full-scale invasion (god forbid)- is just obviously not going to happen.

Sabertooth767

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