I have no Idea of how this was setup. But I can guess. Guess how the security and military of Maduro was persuaded. With bribes. Guess who paid the bribes? Not the US government. Guess who will have favor in the US government at the cost of common US citizens.
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Knowing our US legislators, unless the people uncharacteristically push through the primaries & elect in the midterms enough representatives who aren't spineless losers, they'll argue an impeachment is a losing proposition and "the nation needs to put this behind them to move on & heal" or some other feckless, self-serving bullshit.
If Russian Spetznats swooped in and kidnapped Zelensky, the West would be up in arms about this rogue terror state. But when American terrorists kidnap the President of a sovereign country, liberals are all "gosh, I'm not sure if this is a good thing"
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So the fuck what. Now what? A 20 year partisan or civil war? I wonder what the Mexicans are thinking.
He said he's ready to put boots on the ground and that the country will be controlled by USA for now. So I'm going with complete annexation of Venezuela. Next stop: Greenland, then Canada.
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He said not long ago today that "something should be done with mexico" so...
I hope for Maduro he died a quick painless death. Because the alternative is the US torturing him into submission until the trail where he should then justify their attack. Its some fucked up shit.
Nah, he needs to be preserved for the big show trial, then sentenced to decades in prison, as Trump takes personal control of the oil. Eventually Maduro will access his offshore account and pay Trump a billion dollar bribe, and he'll be pardoned.
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