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Fiendish Thingy

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2. Some major differences between those past military actions and Venezuela

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Original post)

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:53 AM

Jan 3

The Iraq and Afghanistan wars were authorized by congress via an AUMF; Vietnam had the Gulf Of Tonkin resolution; Korea was a joint military exercise in conjunction with the United Nations, IIRC.

Venezuela has none of those legalizing, legitimizing actions, just an arrest warrant from the SDNY.

Once he is no longer president, Trump may not be able to visit his properties out of the US, as he might be abducted by a foreign military and brought to Justice- his retirement level SS detail would be powerless to stop it.

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This is why Trump will get away with the attack in Venezuela. [View all] JohnnyRingo Jan 3 OP

Bush got away with it. Irish_Dem Jan 3 #1

Some major differences between those past military actions and Venezuela Fiendish Thingy Jan 3 #2

I don't know if its good for the people. Maduro is a bad guy but what follows next? More chaos? tulipsandroses Jan 3 #3

I figured they'd probably put Jared in office as a Viceroy there JohnnyRingo Jan 3 #5

Resources. Oil and rare earth minerals. mwmisses4289 Jan 3 #4

...and I suspect DJT got a personal stipend from the the Gonzalez regime. JohnnyRingo Jan 3 #6