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Trump Accuses Colombian President of 'Making Cocaine,' Urges Him to Watch Out
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There's guiding foreign politics with an invisible hand behind closed doors and there is this... openly threatening and attacking anything that moves.
The US will have a fantastic time occupying numerous hostile countries at once, dealing with nonstop 24/7 guerilla attacks. US empire collapse speedrun.
If only it could commit suicide instead of killing even more innocents before its eventual demise sometime in the future...
The US will likely take the whole world with it. They have already poisoned the entire earth several times and are responsible for global warming.
Like an abusive murderous partner their is no escape for the world. It is truly horrible.
it’s win win for these fascists. this action either gets them profit or fails. but the seeds for another “9/11” are planted during these ops. fast forward 20 years and something pops off and we have another cycle of “manufactured consent.”
the us is disgusting.
Really trying not to sound pro-Trump or whatever this move is, but the US military certainly does not need to be boots on the ground and deal with "guerilla attacks".
We've seen with Ukraine that drone warfare is highly effective and if the US wants to clear a supposed guerilla location they'll just carpet bomb it all.
And if they establish FOBs then a few drone operators(based in the US still btw) with infrared and some dudes in outposts with thermals will do just fine against any guerilla tactics.
We can compare this to Vietnam or whatever, but a lot has changed in 50 years and with Venezuela it's clear that South America is not ready for this type of aggression.
Again, not advocating for this and certainly this move against Venezuela is clearly illegal and warmongering, but saying this will collapse the "US empire" is beyond ignorant.
That's what you get from Ukraine? Cuz what I got is that a dime a dozen drone can take down millions of dollars of military equipment. Our shit is bloated, expensive, and built by organizations that rival the largest governments on the planet in terms of bureaucracy. Do you remember any of that recent shit with Boeing?
In this scenario, we're Russia.
It's easy to move in and destabilize a government. It's another entirely to control a whole region that doesn't want you there.
Why Vietnam? Try Iraq or Afghanistan except the destabilized nations we're "building" are in our backyard. Great. 👍
Who said the guerilla will be in the southern hemisphere? It will at some point come back to USA itself, there is already large diaspora in USA from almost every Latin American country. All that's needed is a foreign agency providing a bit of guidance and encouragement.
Ojalá
If ever many more countries needed encouragement to start a nuclear arms program...