• Ardens@lemmy.ml
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    Trump is the worlds largest and worst criminal. And people still follow him. This is insane… People of the USA has a collective insanity…

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    They turned off lights across the entire city. Cyber attack? Who knows? If they can do it there they can do it here.

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    10 hours ago

    Dear American libs: Think about what you’ve been saying about Russians and please start saying all of those about yourselves. Think about how much you wished every Russian to suffer and it’s only fair to wish the exact same amount for yourself.

    Remember how little you were willing to distinguish between the people and the government and I better not see you give any more leeway to your own country.

    I don’t want to hear any “but i don’t support it” bullshit out of you after the vitriol you spewed about the Russian ethnicity and culture using the Ukraine war as your cover while getting all high and mighty about not being racist. You deserve as much empathy and sympathy as you give to others.

    And don’t forget to carry seeds in your pockets so useful things grow out of you when you die :)

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    Next Mexico and Cuba, as hear in interviews some weeks ago. Why nobody invite him to an sight seeing tour in an cabrio in Dallas in the old US tradition?

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    Ah the honorable BBC.
    Let’s also give recognition to the regime press doing their part with fake news trying to create the illusion the country is revolting and the government has fled:

    https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-vice-president-rodriguez-russia-four-sources-say-2026-01-03/

    Their attempt FAILED. No army or popular support, not enough traitors.
    Tone-deaf americans wishful thinking.
    As usual there is no follow up, no long term plan or vision.

    The US will not ‘run the country’ just bcs they kidnapped 2 people.
    They failed in Iran and other places with their vulgar murders of leaders, simply hoping the locals would do the work for them.
    Never do they learn from their mistakes.
    Thoughtless violence as the last resort to save their dying empire is all they have.
    It invariably backfires.

    They only have shown the world nothing is too low for them and exposed what countries are vassals and hypocrites not even condemning these acts. Or even applauding them, like the regimes of Argentina, Equador, Italy and ukraine

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      If anything positive might come out of such a fucked-up level of open terrorism. I hope that it not only leads to the resolve of the people of Venezuelan people standing firm. And all of Central and South American nations to unite in mutual defense. Might not lead to a wave of jumping all-in on socialism/communism, but they all have suffered under the boot of the USA. Any nation that keeps placing USA interests above their own sovereignty only keeps things like this happening.

      The right-wing news outlets are already pushing for Cuba to be next. Literally nations that their talking points about “suffering under communist dictatorships” only happen because the USA is allowed to control how other nations can/can’t trade with them. And any USA citizen and politician that can’t wake the fuck up continue to have the blood of all other nations on our hands. This isn’t just about Venezuela, it is also a massive push to further keep attention away from the active genocide that never stopped in Palestine.

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    For all the shit he talks on the EU, he’s doing his best to get a Latin American Union created to defend themselves against the US.

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      Right now, the US Empire is installing compradors in Honduras, Argentina, and Chile. Venezuela is an attempt at that. The chance of Latin American unity comes mostly from Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Nicaragua, Boliva, Cuba, and Venezuela, and that’s why these countries are being targeted by the US Empire.

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    I watched Trump’s advisor tell the BBC that Venezuela is not like Iraq because it’s homogenous and surrounded by democracies.

    They’re massively overconfident. This could go downhill very badly. Rebels could damage the pipelines and sabotage the oil industry, requiring the US to put troops on the ground.

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    I think the whole “we’re taking over Venezuela” is just your typical Trump bravado. I believe user xiaohongshu on Hexbear has the correct angle:

    I think everyone is too fixated on the empire getting into a long war but I don’t think that’s the goal here.

    Just like Trump’s B-2 stunt on Iran’s Fordow back in June, the US operation was a quick in, quick out operation. Nothing seems to have significantly changed on the surface, but the message has been sent. The US is sowing political instability in the region, and it scares away foreign investments especially China’s.

    Just look at China-Iran trade numbers, it’s plunging by 20% this year. Chinese investors are pulling away because they cannot see profitable return in Iran and the surrounding regions. This worsens the economic condition in Iran, and months later, we see the Iranians protesting as a result.

    The same play is being replicated in Venezuela here against Latin America. The US has no interest in getting dragged into a long war. It wants to demonstrate how easily it can upset the political balance in Latin America. Do you seriously think that Chinese investors will still want to invest billions on Venezuela seeing how easily the leadership can be kidnapped?

    The investment’s gone, and the US simply has to sit back and wait for the situation to deteriorate even further, and the regime change opportunity will present itself. But it’s not even about Venezuela, it’s about the US dominance over Latin America.