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yellowcanine

(36,719 posts) Sun Jan 4, 2026, 09:38 PM Sunday

So the Maduro government stays in place but without Maduro?

WTF? How is that any better? I for one, am confused. What am I missing?

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So the Maduro government stays in place but without Maduro? (Original Post) yellowcanine Sunday OP

The opposition leader who won the 2024 election applegrove Sunday #1

The VP has to go. She thinks this was driven by the Jews anyway. Melon Sunday #11

And without the spies and informants who helped the U.S. dalton99a Sunday #2

So far, but DJ Synikus Makisimus Sunday #3

I give that an extremely low chance of occuring. As in BootinUp Sunday #5

I don't think you are missing much. Today Venezuela is a bigger mess than before BootinUp Sunday #4

K&R UTUSN Sunday #6

It isn't about making it better. Ms. Toad Sunday #7

Exactly!! Spot on. Nt AloeVera Sunday #10

To the mainstream media, Maduro matters, oil matters, Monroe doctrine matters, but to Trump only one thing matters ... usonian Sunday #8

We are still pretending the new leader Johonny Sunday #9

You are supposed to be confused, as all are, particularly the media. GoodRaisin Sunday #12

To "run" a country is to "loot" a country. blm Monday #13

applegrove

(130,302 posts)

1. The opposition leader who won the 2024 election

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Sun Jan 4, 2026, 09:45 PM

Sunday

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and the Nobel Prize opposition leader probably would both agitate for a good deal for Venezuelan oil with Big Oil Corporations (like Norway has). Maduro's VP is more corruption friendly I would imagine than the other two.

Melon

(1,093 posts)

11. The VP has to go. She thinks this was driven by the Jews anyway.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 11:06 PM

Sunday

dalton99a

(92,146 posts)

2. And without the spies and informants who helped the U.S.

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 09:48 PM

Sunday

They will disappear in a purge if they weren't evacuated

DJ Synikus Makisimus

(1,184 posts)

3. So far, but

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 09:48 PM

Sunday

Trump hasn't ordered in the full military yet. It's probably coming "in two week," timed to say he has to cancel elections for reasons of national security under the Patriot Act. Because Trump's all about being a patriot, of course.

If you liked Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, you're gonna love Venezuela.

BootinUp

(50,956 posts)

5. I give that an extremely low chance of occuring. As in

Reply to DJ Synikus Makisimus (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 09:52 PM

Sunday

he needs Congressional support for it and he won't get it.

BootinUp

(50,956 posts)

4. I don't think you are missing much. Today Venezuela is a bigger mess than before

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Sun Jan 4, 2026, 09:50 PM

Sunday

the capture of Maduro. And there is nothing Trump can do to fix it as far as I can tell.

UTUSN

(76,960 posts)

6. K&R

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Sun Jan 4, 2026, 09:59 PM

Sunday

Ms. Toad

(38,308 posts)

7. It isn't about making it better.

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Sun Jan 4, 2026, 10:02 PM

Sunday

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It's about puffing up Trump's strong-man ego. They found a pass-the-laugh test legal justification (arresting Maduro) to give Trump the big military flash bang he's been craving at least since Obama (and Hillary Clinton) took out Bin Laden.

And they get to test more of their legal theory that when the military is used in support of the actions of another department of the Federal Government, they don't have to get Congressional approval.

AloeVera

(4,000 posts)

10. Exactly!! Spot on. Nt

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #7)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 10:52 PM

Sunday

usonian

(23,577 posts)

8. To the mainstream media, Maduro matters, oil matters, Monroe doctrine matters, but to Trump only one thing matters ...

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 10:13 PM

Sunday

Get this phantom out of my mind and out of the media!

Johonny

(25,475 posts)

9. We are still pretending the new leader

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 10:42 PM

Sunday

Is going to play ball with us.

GoodRaisin

(10,736 posts)

12. You are supposed to be confused, as all are, particularly the media.

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 11:24 PM

Sunday

That’s how Krasnov works. He wants everyone confused trying to understand what his invasion of Venezuela is all about, jump starting a new media feeding frenzie about Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela. Bury the discussion of his Epstein years of raping children and his broken promises to voters to address unaffordability of health care, housing, child care, and groceries.

blm

(114,430 posts)

13. To "run" a country is to "loot" a country.

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 12:09 AM

Monday

A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase. For example, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous. The standard test for synonymy is substitution: one form can be replaced by another in a sentence without changing its meaning.

For example, to "run" a country is to "loot" a country. They are synonyms. —Jim Campbell

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