The Invasion of Venezuela

[Spirits Rising]

Unless they plan on coming to retrieve him ... what is the fucking point of charging him in the ICC?

Looking it up, they're fucking paper tigers - they rely on member states for extradition of those on trial or convicted.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Unless they plan on coming to retrieve him ... what is the fucking point of charging him in the ICC?

Looking it up, they're fucking paper tigers - they rely on member states for extradition of those on trial or convicted.

If indicted, he wouldn't be able to visit his Scottish or Irish golf courses.

 

[Spirits Rising]

If indicted, he wouldn't be able to visit his Scottish or Irish golf courses.

Big bloody whoop.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I don't think it's a reflection on the ICC that Gringolandia with all the nukes doesn't recognize it in any meaningful way.

 

[Free]

Hegseth has decided that public transparency is not his thing.

Hegseth says he won't release video of Sept. 2 "double tap" U.S. strike that killed 2 survivors

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday on Capitol Hill that the Pentagon will not release the full video of the "double tap" strike that killed two survivors of a U.S. attack on Sept. 2.

"Of course we're not going to release a top-secret, full, unedited video of that to the general public." Hegseth said, after he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio had given senators a classified briefing on the boat strikes.

There has been mounting pressure on the Pentagon for the past two weeks from lawmakers, mostly Democrats, who want to see the full unedited video of the strikes after reports that U.S. forces targeted two survivors of an initial strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.

A small number of lawmakers have already seen the video, and members of the Senate and House Armed Services committee will view it Wednesday. The Pentagon plans to share it "with the appropriate committees," Hegseth told reporters Tuesday, without answering any questions.

They can't withhold it from the House and Senate, at least.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

It's only "top secret" because it will probably cause all sorts of problems for the Administration when they release it.

"Top secret" classification has more to do with things like sources and methods than missile explosions.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

From what I've read about world demographics, Africa is one of the few areas left where the ratio of young to old is still high, which means it will have a labor edge over many other countries -- especially China -- in the coming decades. I'm sure that is a decisive factor in why China is cultivating relationships with countries on that continent.

True indeed. The population of Africa is expected to more than double until 2100, expectation is it will go from 1.5 bn up to 4 bn, with Nigeria having somewhere then between 500-1000 million people alone.

As some people put it China's actions in Africa serve 2 purposes: one is to get access to much needed ressources, the other is to erect China's China.

 

[detrius]

Rubio says US not at war with Venezuela, as Maduro set to appear in New York court on Monday

The secretary of state says the US will retain "multiple levers of leverage" if Venezuela's leaders don't "make the right decisions".

www.bbc.com

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

US plans to 'run' Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Trump says, after operation to oust Maduro

President Donald Trump says the United States will run Venezuela at least temporarily after an audacious military operation plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country.

apnews.com

What - and I can't emphasize this enough - the absolute fuck???

 

[Zaida Gearbox]

Can someone come kidnap our president? The man is the anti-Christ. How long before a coalition of countries decide we are too much of a threat with a madman in charge and launch a mass preemptive attack. I believe the rest of NATO has already said if we go after Greenland they'll protect it.

Oh and this is all about distracting from the Epstein files.

 

[Free]

 

[Isabeau]

Seth Abramson (@sethabramson.bsky.social)

I'm losing track of how many countries a man livid he wasn't given the Nobel Peace Prize has illegally bombed. Iran. Venezuela. Nigeria. Afghanistan. Iraq. Libya. Pakistan. Somalia. Syria. Yemen. Not to mention threatening to annex Greenland and Canada and invade Panama.

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[GoblinCampFollower]

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/venezuela-us-military-strikes-maduro-trump/

If this is true, it happened shockingly fast. ....doesn't mean it was a great idea though. I remember with Iraq, we toppled the regime fast, but that's when the real fun started!

 

[Imnotgoing Sideways]

So... When do we kidnap Putin?

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Trump says HE is going to run Venezuela now.

Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro arrives in New York after capture by US forces

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been captured by the United States. President Donald Trump insisted the U.S. government would run the country at least temporarily.

apnews.com

 

[Soen Eber]

So... When do we kidnap Putin?

Kidnapping Putin would just make it easier for the two leaders to coordinate with each other

 

[Isabeau]

Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com)

Trump says he doesn’t know where Machado is nor he has talked to her. Says she is a very nice woman, “but she has no support or respect by people of Venezuela”.

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[Casey Pelous]

Trump says HE is going to run Venezuela now.

Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro arrives in New York after capture by US forces

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been captured by the United States. President Donald Trump insisted the U.S. government would run the country at least temporarily.

apnews.com

I'm sure thousands of Venezuelans are dancing in the streets, celebrating their Happiest Day Ever with tears in their eyes, saying, "Sir, thank you, Sir." Or so we will be told.

At least there aren't any neighboring countries with the biggest armies in South America who might also want that sweet, sweet, Venezuelan petroleum.
*glances at map for exactly two seconds* Oh, crap ....

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

I am pretty sure that Donnyboy just wanted to flex before Vlad how such a special military operation is done in the right way. And join the club of war criminals before the ICC.

 

[Isabeau]

World reacts to US bombing of Venezuela, ‘capture’ of Maduro

Donald Trump says the US has carried out a 'large-scale strike' against Venezuela and captured its president.

www.aljazeera.com

So far, the only response from Canada’s foreign minister.

Anita Anand (@anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social)

Please see my statement on the situation in Venezuela:

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