Originally posted by falafel
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When the country nationalized everything, a lot of "stuff" owned by American companies was taken. I'm sure that is what he means but that wasn't public property. -
Trump is looking for some kind of conquering success. Canada isn't happening. Neither is Greenland. Venezuela is it. Make up a bunch of nonsense about drugs, narcoterrorists, etc. to justify this silliness. Of course, he doesn't really want to do anything serious. He's just hoping Maduro will blink.Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!
For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."
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May we assume he'll move next on Saudi Arabia? They nationalized multiple U.S oil company assets back in the '70s.Originally posted by USUC View PostComment
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sort of like when Italy attacked Ethiopia or Argentina decided to move into the Falkland Islands. That's what dopey dictators do to show how macho they are.Originally posted by myboynoah View Post
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I wouldn't say that they stole our oil, but I know of a number of oil companies that lost significant investments in Venezuela when the government decided to nationalize the oil industry. I think ConocoPhillips lost over $10 billion, which they continue to try to recoup through international courts.Originally posted by falafel View Post
I doubt, based on how the oil companies were treated, that any of them have any inclination to ever do any business in Venezuela ever again. Which is a shame since the oil reserves in Venezuela are ginormous."Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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Big difference between the two. The Saudis, for the most part, bought out American investors. Venezuela just took it all. Apples and oranges.Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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I could imagine Trump saying they ripped us off and didn't pay fair value, but of course I wasn't serious.Originally posted by Moliere View PostComment
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A little too early to make that call. Iraq was pretty bad.Originally posted by frank ryan View Post"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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There is even less justification for this horseshit. Fentanyl is now a WMD by way dementia-riddled Trump's hand? Uncharted waters.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostComment
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Yeah, the fentanyl thing is horseshit, but perhaps let's wait until there is an actual invasion before we declare this "worse than Iraq".Originally posted by frank ryan View Post
And don't forget: TACO"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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I'll reframe it. This justification is even flimsier. We will also go into with virtually no reliable allies and we have gutted our military leadership and intelligence agencies resources have diverted to focus on kicking brown people out of the country.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
You are right the bomb haven't dropped CaracasComment
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But there is currently “ the largest armada ever assembled in the history of South America” that has Venezuela “completely surrounded”.Originally posted by frank ryan View PostComment
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Best case scenario. There will be no coalition of the willing this time. And maybe, just maybe, there will be significant GOP opposition to any military escalation. And then, TACO.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post"...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
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I am skeptical of an invasion. I think this is all about a show of force.Comment
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It doesn't have to something carefully planned we can stumble into disaster with shitty "leadership" like Hegseth. Trump is putting himself on a god damned coin and we renamed the department of war the department of defenseOriginally posted by Bo Diddley View PostComment
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