U.S. destroys Venezuelan vessels | Trump threatens Colombia
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“… Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, touted the value of dislodging Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power, a motivation that the president has stopped just short of confirming directly.
“It’s important to liberate Venezuela from the illegitimate narco-king who’s basically destroying that nation, because that’s a cancer in Latin America,” Moreno said.
Moreno, who was born in Colombia, dismissed the likelihood that Trump’s disclosure of “armed conflict” with traffickers in Venezuela could spiral into a long-term US military commitment: “It will escalate. But it will deescalate very rapidly, because that illegitimate regime will leave very, very quickly, probably within a matter of days.”
… “We ought to just keep shooting them out of the water,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., told Semafor of the boats. She predicted Congress would steer clear, in part because it moves too slowly.
… Trump appeared to give the green light for more lawmaker briefings on Thursday, telling reporters that “I don’t think they’ll have a problem with it.”
But a person close to the White House told Semafor that Trump will coordinate with Congress “when Maduro’s corpse is in US custody.”…”
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“It’s important to liberate Venezuela from the illegitimate narco-king who’s basically destroying that nation, because that’s a cancer in Latin America,” Moreno said.
Moreno, who was born in Colombia, dismissed the likelihood that Trump’s disclosure of “armed conflict” with traffickers in Venezuela could spiral into a long-term US military commitment: “It will escalate. But it will deescalate very rapidly, because that illegitimate regime will leave very, very quickly, probably within a matter of days.”
… “We ought to just keep shooting them out of the water,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., told Semafor of the boats. She predicted Congress would steer clear, in part because it moves too slowly.
… Trump appeared to give the green light for more lawmaker briefings on Thursday, telling reporters that “I don’t think they’ll have a problem with it.”
But a person close to the White House told Semafor that Trump will coordinate with Congress “when Maduro’s corpse is in US custody.”…”
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The president is expanding his “armed conflict," authorizing CIA action as he strikes alleged drug boats. His party is behind him.
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“… The U.S. hasn’t sent this many ships to the Caribbean since the Cuban missile crisis. There are already roughly 6,500 Marines and sailors in the region, operating from eight Navy vessels, as well as 3,500 troops nearby. Once the Ford arrives, the U.S. will have roughly as many ships in the Caribbean as it used to defend Israel from Iranian missile strikes this summer. The carrier strike group also provides far more firepower than is necessary for the occasional attack on narco-trafficking targets. But the ships could be ideal for launching a steady stream of air strikes inside Venezuela.
“The only thing you could use the carrier for is attacking targets ashore, because they are not going to be as effective at targeting small boats at sea,” Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and retired Navy officer, told us. “If you are striking inside Venezuela, the carrier is an efficient way to do it due to the lack of basing in the region.”
As U.S.-military assets in the region have accumulated, the administration’s language about deposing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has grown more threatening. A person close to the White House told Semafor this week that the administration would cooperate with Congress on its plans for military action only when “Maduro’s corpse is in U.S. custody.”…”
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This has gone on for a while now. Have any reports of drug shortages in the black market trickled out?