Contra War 2 a Real Possibility

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  1. Horhey

    Horhey Well-Known Member

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    I very much doubt US infantrymen will invade. More likely US advisers will train, supply, and direct a paramilitary force using Venezuelan defectors. This may take years to organize an army large enough to force Maduro out. Colombia will be used as a base like Honduras was in the 1980s. All this depends on if the Venezuelan military stays loyal to Maduro or not. He will be ousted. One way or the other.

    US Sanctions together with humanitarian aid are being used as a weapon to force regime change. Distributed to the opposition and denied to government supporters, including military men and women.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/world/americas/venezuela-humanitarian-aid.html

    The end goal, as John Bolton explained, is to "have American oil companies really invest in and produce the oil capabilities in Venezuela."

    http://amp.timeinc.net/time/5516920...ng-p-r-campaign-against-venezuelas-government
     
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    Not another "War Powers Act".

    Declare or don't per the Constitution.

    No wussified Declaration of War,
    a "War Powers Act ". How cowardly.


    Moi
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    and avoid foreign entanglements too :worship:





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    uhm... no I'm not buying it :lol: but from a Maduro propaganda perspective.... it works
     
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    You wouldve said the same when the Nicaraguan army shot down a US plane delivering weapons to the Contras in violation of the Boland Amendment, which led to the Iran/Contra scandal. Elliot Abrams was involved in that as well.
     
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    scarlet witch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Oh I have no problem with whether they send weapons or not, sure they'll send weapons.. I just think the "find" was extremely convenient... also "commercial flight"... eh nah.... You must realise that both sides are playing the media... the US is broadcasting anti socialism propaganda... the "rich kids of Venezuela" while ignoring their own etc. In this case I think this is the other side playing the media..... shrug...you know what they say about love and war
     
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    Why would they give guns to far right radicals instead of the center left government theyve already endorsed?
     
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    Eleuthera Well-Known Member Donor

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    WPA is a good idea IMO. No surprise, Congress has never once obeyed the law that it wrote.
     
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    Maybe the results of a WPA as opposed to a Declaration of War are the same,
    but the words, "Declaration of War" is what the Constitution says
    and hopefully give the approving Congress more to think about before
    they spill American blood so cheaply.

    WPA - - so wus compared to "Declaration of War".
    Why not call it a "Peace Enhancement Act" and feel less guilty about
    voting for it.
     
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    Eleuthera Well-Known Member Donor

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    I wonder if you are somehow confusing WPA with AUMF?

    WPA is from the 70's and Vietnam, requiring POTUS to essentially keep Congress in the loop when he is acting under Article II and invading and committing military aggression against other nations.

    AUMF is the heart of the perpetual GWOT, and nothing but pure sophistry meant to be consumed by the gullible amongst us.
     
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    lost in abbreviations.

    AUMF?

    GWOT?
     
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    Eleuthera Well-Known Member Donor

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    Authorization for the Use of Military Force

    Global War On Terror

    The government lives with acronyms and abbreviations.
     
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    Okay then to be perfectly clear,
    sending :flagus: military to foreign lands should require a Declaration of War.
    No wusified version being a spending authorization.


    Okay :peace:
     

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