This is the type of stuff we used to impeach presidents over.
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-explosions-caracas-ca712a67aaefc30b1831f5bf0b50665e
#Trump #USA #Venezuela #Maduro #EdmundoGonzález
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-explosions-caracas-ca712a67aaefc30b1831f5bf0b50665e
#Trump #USA #Venezuela #Maduro #EdmundoGonzález
But let's be real, not really.
I can get on board with the general message you're trying to send here, but the United States has been fucking around in South America since Trump was in diapers -- and the political doctrine probably predates Trump's grandfather.
Munroe doctrine goes back to the early 1800s, and is the doctrine that says "we reserve the right to fuck with things we feel are our interests abroad".
As for south America in general, lots of regime changes and other fuckery occurred during the cold war without any formal declaration of war. Lots of regime changes and the like in the 1950s onwards. Lots of "police actions" that weren't declared by Congress, and nobody got impeached.
Presidents of both parties have done similar things in the past without being impeached. Kennedy, johnson, nixon, Reagan, for the majority of the past century it's just how things were done, and generally people didn't like it but there were no consequences. You just call it a police action, and I think that Trump has, and a lot of people uncomfortably sit with that.
I can get on board with the general message you're trying to send here, but the United States has been fucking around in South America since Trump was in diapers -- and the political doctrine probably predates Trump's grandfather.
Munroe doctrine goes back to the early 1800s, and is the doctrine that says "we reserve the right to fuck with things we feel are our interests abroad".
As for south America in general, lots of regime changes and other fuckery occurred during the cold war without any formal declaration of war. Lots of regime changes and the like in the 1950s onwards. Lots of "police actions" that weren't declared by Congress, and nobody got impeached.
Presidents of both parties have done similar things in the past without being impeached. Kennedy, johnson, nixon, Reagan, for the majority of the past century it's just how things were done, and generally people didn't like it but there were no consequences. You just call it a police action, and I think that Trump has, and a lot of people uncomfortably sit with that.
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Casey raises a good point, but politics has shifted.
We are no longer talking about methods.
We are talking about consequences, and Communism always brings death, so removing Communists is a blessed mitzvah.
Casey raises a good point, but politics has shifted.
We are no longer talking about methods.
We are talking about consequences, and Communism always brings death, so removing Communists is a blessed mitzvah.
@realcaseyrollins This is enforcing a thingie called the Monroe Doctrine™.
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/annual-message-the-monroe-doctrine/
tl;dr
The Monroe doctrine defines the entire American landmass south of Canada as American World and therefor justifies military aggression against any country on it that became a thrall to a power outside of it.
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/annual-message-the-monroe-doctrine/
tl;dr
The Monroe doctrine defines the entire American landmass south of Canada as American World and therefor justifies military aggression against any country on it that became a thrall to a power outside of it.
@realcaseyrollins
The times, they are a-changin'. After Ukraine and Taiwan, domino theory is back and stronger than ever.
The times, they are a-changin'. After Ukraine and Taiwan, domino theory is back and stronger than ever.
@realcaseyrollins Not in a world of naked national interests.