Early reports are indicating that the Delta Force strike team attack formation resemble a menorah at the behest of Trump.
Netanyahu behind the Venezuela strike... here we go.
Netanyahu behind the Venezuela strike... here we go.
The Venezuela Thread
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My educated guess is that Trump intends to replace Maduro with a leader who will be pro-American, and who will open the Venezuelan oil industry to US investment. This leader will also be expected to work with US forces to fight the drug dealers, as has been done for a number of years in Columbia. I know an anti-American leader is currently in Columbia, and US anti-drug efforts there are probably disrupted, but that's still the model I would expect for Venezuela. I would not expect the drug cartels there to suddenly disappear. They will still have many people within the government on their payroll.
I expect a substantial faction of Venezuelan society will rebel against any notion that the government has become a US puppet. It will not be easy at all to redirect the ship of state in Venezuela.
Here's an interesting post about what this means for Canada. This confirms the expectation that the US will get access to Venezuelan oil.
If Trump is bringing Maduro to New York, the case will probably be kicked by an activist liberal judge.
Maduro needs to be in Guantanamo Bay
Maduro needs to be in Guantanamo Bay
Looks to me like Maduro made a deal. He agreed to give himself up, and told the Venezuelan military to stand down. In return he will get to retire in comfort and wealth for his extended family and friends.
Or we made a deal with someone from his inner circle - give him up and take over his place.
Here's another reaction tweet, saying that China currently imports 90% of Venezuelan oil. How will this impact them, and how will they react? I don't expect nuclear war, but I do expect China will have some kind of reaction.
Also, Venezuela was already a sh#thole so bad that millions of people fled the country. Can't imagine it will be any worse under new management.
China will get their oil from Russia and Iran....at a higher cost of course.
It will take many years and billions in investments to rebuild Venezuelan oil industry after years of neglect, mismanagement and sanctions.
China is the largest consumer of Venezuelan oil, but Venezuela isn't the largest oil supplier to China.
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Profits from Venezuelan oil could/should offset the costs.
Venezuela's Oil Facilities Unscathed In US Strike, Sources Say
By Marianna Parraga Jan 3 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state-run oil production and refining were operating normally on Saturday and suffered no damage from a U.S. strike to extract the country’s president, two sources with...
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Both pretexts are QAnon-level complete bunk. It's all about the oil, resources and Monroe Doctrine.
A lot of the oil listed from Malaysia is really from Iran and Venezuela. In any case, China's oil demand is coming down fast due to their vehicle fleets going electric. They have been expanding their energy production like gangbusters with nuclear, hydro, solar and in a couple of years a whole lot more Russian natural gas through the Power of Siberia pipeline.
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It could get a lot worse, civil war. There is a large faction of the Chavistas that will not accept the next US-appointed government. 5+ million refugees. That is the worst case scenario, and I don't think you can dismiss it.