Pompeo: U.S. military action in Venezuela is possibility if 'required'

[Puupi]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a television interview on Wednesday that the United States was prepared to take military action to stem the ongoing turmoil in Venezuela.“Military action is possible. If that’s what’s required, that’s what the United States will do,” Pompeo said in an interview with Fox Business Network, but added that the United States would prefer a peaceful transition of power in Venezuela.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-v...-idUSKCN1S73Q1


It's happening?!

[JohnBrown1917]

Bolton and the US can't stop their Imperial boner, he got bored of praising the slaugther in Yemen and jacking off to memories of his death sqauds in other latino countries.

[Dontrike]

Good thing we didn't elect warhawk Hillary.

[enigma77]

Interesting times to be alive.

[Breccia]

Good thing we didn't elect warhawk Hillary.

More info on this here.

The situation in Venezuela is proof of Trump's abysmal failure to work with Putin. Now, I don't think Venezuela is worth WW3, and I think if the US and Russia play chicken in South America, Putin will walk away first. But unlike Trump's first year or so, relations with Russia are back to being the worst they've ever been (that's a Trump quote), and quite frankly, Trump doesn't have a lot of friends in South America, so there's no good outcome here.

[rda]

It's not happening yet as far as I understand.

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The situation in Venezuela is proof of Trump's abysmal failure to work with Putin.

ROFL.

Who would be able to work with Putin in the way you suggest (achieve agreement on Venezuela where Russia has interests opposite to interests of the US and everyone sane and only aligned with China)? Hillary? Obama? Who?

Nobody, that's who. You are talking like someone could succeed here, and like Trump already failed, but none of this is correct. That's just you singing your eternal tune of Trump being bad.

[smityx]

Hope we don't kill any of Russia's little green men on holiday there from their Ukraine/Crimea outing.

[JohnBrown1917]

Always obsessed with the U.S eh?? Sucks to be you. Ask your parents to buy a holiday ticket to the U.S.

And Whos alt might you be?

[Skroe]

Of course the irony is that Trump was the one warning about warhawk Hillary.

But in truth, this is just empty threats and everyone knows it. If the US were seriously contemplating any kind of military action in Venezuela, it would have had to be moving assets around for a few weeks now. And none of that is happening.

I'll just repeat what I wrote last year: a US military intervention in Venezeula would be an epochal disaster for at the worst possible time for the US, and House Democrats must block any AUMF and funding for it. But the probability of that actually happening is practically non-existent. It would take Maduro going the full "Assad" and trying to kill everyone in his country opposed to him, for the US to seriously consider something. And we're not close to being there yet.

[zenkai]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-v...-idUSKCN1S73Q1


It's happening?!

Socialism destroyed a country, now there is chaos.

[Wyrt]

Ah, US imperialism. Never change.

At least we're going back to old classics of fucking around with Latin America.

[JohnBrown1917]

Socialism destroyed a country, now there is chaos.

Strange way of spelling US Imperialism.

[smityx]

All this is just another in dozens of attempts to distract from trumps legal issues.

[JohnBrown1917]

All this is just another in dozens of attempts to distract from trumps legal issues.

Are you for real? The US has a history with this, Bolton and Pompeo could care less about Trump's problems.

[Adam Jensen]

Why yes, lets go to war in yet another jungle. Worked out well in Vietnam right?

Maybe Pompeo can go pick up a rifle and go join the Venezuelan army if he wants a war so bad.

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Corruption destroyed a country, now there is chaos.

Fixed that for you.

[Draco-Onis]

Are you for real? The US has a history with this, Bolton and Pompeo could care less about Trump's problems.

A war is a good way to make sure he gets re-elected, Bolton is openly drooling over the private oil contracts not to mention it helps him with the vote in Florida. If Trump loses in 2020 good chance he is heading to jail there's nothing he won't do to win.

[jeezusisacasual]

See if the US was real freedom fighters they would keep the current plans for their oil and other natural resources and just change leadership and then sanction those who argue against it since this is only about freedom not the economic gains or strategic implications of their coast. I mean this is only about freedom ya know.

[NED funded]

A war is a good way to make sure he gets re-elected, Bolton is openly drooling over the private oil contracts not to mention it helps him with the vote in Florida. If Trump loses in 2020 good chance he is heading to jail there's nothing he won't do to win.

Uh? The US gets oil basically for free because they are debt payments.

Chavez and Maduro have been a boom for the US oil companies that get their cheap oil, process it and sell it a much higher price.

[Has lost its way]

What if we just didn't?

They wanted communism they got communism let them sort themselves out.

[Draco-Onis]

Uh? The US gets oil basically for free because they are debt payments.

Chavez and Maduro have been a boom for the US oil companies that get their cheap oil, process it and sell it a much higher price.

And you think this is anything compared to the multi billion dollar contracts they will get from taking over the country? here is Bolton's quote

"We're in conversation with major American companies now...It would make a difference if we could have American companies produce the oil in Venezuela. It would be good for Venezuela and the people of the United States."