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Donald Trump Says US To Launch Land Action in Venezuela ‘Very Soon’

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Speaking to U.S. military members on Thursday, Trump praised the recent actions "to deter Venezuelan drug traffickers," involving strikes against boats allegedly carrying narcotics, and a significant military build-up in the Caribbean.

But Trump hinted at more direct action against Venezuela on Thursday. He said his campaign had hampered the drug trade by sea, "and we’ll be starting to stop them by land also," adding: "the land is easier, but that’s going to start very soon."

In October, CNN reported that the Trump administration produced a classified legal opinion that justified lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers.

However, U.S. lawmakers had also been told this month that the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel said there was no legal justification for strikes inside Venezuela itself or any other territories, according to CNN.
 
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Well, we couldn't get Greenland, Canada, the Gaza Strip or the Panama Canal. I guess all that's left is Venezuela.

...It'll have to do, and is only about a 2 hour flight, to the Panama Canal.
 
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The "no new foreign wars" guy is starting a "new foreign war" with someone who was, barely on American radar 3 years ago......heck 10 months ago...

It's getting a bit absurd at this point really.
 
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The "no new foreign wars" guy is starting a "new foreign war" with someone who was, barely on American radar 3 years ago......heck 10 months ago...

It's getting a bit absurd at this point really.

Trump isn't starting anything. This was is being forced upon us by Venezuela the same way Ukraine forced Russia to defend itself from naked aggression and an unhinged unpopular leader.
 
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Maybe someone should inform Trump that starting a war makes a rather bad impression on the committee that decides for the Nobel Price for Peace.
 
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I wonder if this is related

 
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I wonder if this is related

No, I don’t think trump uses insta.
 
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It's unfortunate the government of Venezuela won't stop the trafficking.
They are not the worst, but since oil, money and corruption are involved Trump has them on the docket. I just hope Trump offered Maduro a deal. Give him a few million and exile him to some nation that will take him. That may not seem righteous but it is practical by saving money and lives. The USA has done this too in the past.
 
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No, I don’t think trump uses insta.
Well, in the US, it’s illegal to criticise, Palestine State of Israel, thanks to Trump, and I will assume, this includes claiming they are not the descendants of Abraham.
 
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Well, in the US, it’s illegal to criticise, Palestine State of Israel, thanks to Trump, and I will assume, this includes claiming they are not the descendants of Abraham.
If that was true we wouldn't have enough jails to hold Israel's critics
 
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Well I hope something happens soon, I'm getting tired of my wife telling me my ships position and our next port calls before I even know because she has a subscription to the apparently failing New York Times and they have better intelligence than we do. Hopefully no one in Venezuela reads it.
 
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If that was true we wouldn't have enough jails to hold Israel's critics

Well, they will have to build more prisons. Imagine saying the Semites are wrong.
 
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Criticism of Israel is not antisemitism

Says here it is. I wonder what they think about Christ. :rolleyes:

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It's getting a bit absurd at this point really.
Given the massive understatement in that remark I suspect you must be British. If not, you are certainly worthy of a British Passport. I'm sure one can be arranged. :)
 
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