The problem is I can already here so many people I have spoken with in the past justifying this by saying he was a bad guy. So I don't actually think ( other than people like me who just like to see the rules followed ) that this will play well for a lot of people.
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Thank god they put "slams" in the headline, otherwise lemmy's anti-progressive contributors might not have an easy excuse to ignore AOC.
"I want to make it very clear that I am slamming this operation. Make sure to put that in the headline!"
yoo its only a few days after New Year wtf man.
Also this gives me 2019 vibes: January 2019 right after New Year Trump ordered missile strike that hit a top Iranian general's vehicle.
This is just the standard US foreign policy.
Sadly
“Slams” omg this needs to stop. “AOC says the Truth Out loud.”
At least they've stopped writing "mic drop" for this shit. Politician says thing about other politician; no action taken
Even trump, for once, said the truth out loud
We're going to have our very large United States oil companies (...) go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure (...) Let's start making money
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All fair and good to "SLAM" him, but also fucking do something about it.
All the fucking Dems do is complaining, never any fucking actions. They have the power to
At this point I dont think the dems want to. The system is operating almost exactly how it should be by their standards.
When will the USA get billions from corporations to fix our crumbling infrastructure?
Just wondering
Yes Trump literally said in his speech that's what it's about, they're not even trying to hide it anymore.
Shit, pretty sure he's on tape telling Netentyahu, that starting a war to cancel elections is a great idea that he wants to do.
He wants a regime change eventually, and so does the money behind him.
But what trump wants more, is anything that will cancel midterms and last long enough to cancel the next presidential too.
That's why he's doing this, holding onto political power is the golden goose. Not even trump is dumb enough to kill and eat the goose. As we get closer to elections, we'll see him pass on money if it means holding onto power longer. But if midterms happen and he loses the House, that's a lot of lost power, which means less money from bribes/grifts.
Shit, pretty sure he’s on tape telling Netentyahu, that starting a war to cancel elections is a great idea that he wants to do.
But what trump wants more, is anything that will cancel midterms and last long enough to cancel the next presidential too.
The craziest and saddiest part of this theory most people were alive when the US invaded Iraq and Afghanistan. Those elections were never cancelled.
If the US does proceed with a full on invastion of Venezuela. Trumpie tells everyone that the elections has to be cancelled. There is a going to be sizeable part of the population that is going "Yeah, cancelling the elections during a war makes sense". Even though most of them were alive during the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions.
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Do people criticizing AOC have any idea how limited a house members direct power is. The most impactful thing she can do from her seat on a regular basis is normalize the contempt. She’s not even a senator ffs. I really hope we’re able to rally against the hateful bigots. This country is a mess and full of dumbass tools blissfully ignorant to reality in every corner.
Yeah like, I'll friggin take it, all the power to that fierce woman! Maybe she can't directly fix everything, but you're right, people discount the fact that her outspoken truth to power can embolden dissent.
Eventually that fury has the power to change minds, and some of those minds can directly do something about this. (Especially if their constituents pressure them enough and don't give them any wiggle room.)
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And deflecting from the Epstein files. Never forget that. Now that they've recently found a billionteen more files it'll take 'em a bit longer to redact, I mean release them. But yes, the oil. Now they can drive cheaply to their rape locations.
This is the correct answer!
Funniest part was Russia denouncing unprovoked US actions.
A special military operation to overthrow a government that takes less than 3 days, only a few hours to be precise..... Must be hard to see others achieve that when you are not even close to that at day nr. 1,409.
We have yet to see if it overtrhows the Venezuelan government, so far it appears to be fairly stable without Maduro.
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At no point in Russia's modern history have they had any problem whatsoever with being hypocrites.
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no actually its to distract from the epstein files, first and foremost, oil is a side benefit. the amount of info coming about trump being a depraved pervert is really getting to him.
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Anyone else getting sick of the word "slams" in headlines? She posted online on social media. Yes she's right but this "slams" thing is really getting old.
I don't really care about what synonym they use for criticize but half of the comments being whining about it gets annoying.
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It's not just about oil, its about sour crude oil.
USA is an oil exporter. Why does it need more oil? The answer is, it doesn't. But US oil companies need sour crude oil for their refineries, built during the 70's and 80's to refine exactly the kind of oil produced in Venezuela. Not designed to refine the shale oil produced in the fracking boom.
It's all about the oil companies margins, and it will be paid for in American and Venezuelan blood. Because why pay to refit your refineries when human lives and presidencies are so cheap?
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Of course it is. Iraq was exactly the same operation, oil and regime change. And what AOC will do about that? She will say "Thank you for your service". Nothing more, nothing less. USA is pirate state, if they want something, they will get it, no matter who is the President. The difference is how is done.
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Every time I see an article use the word "slam" or any other buzzwords like it, a little piece of me dies inside.
Well, as long as she SLAMMED it. Guess thats it people. Good job everyone.
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You Should Know: The "Cartel de las Soles" isn't actually a real cartel.
See, the Venezuelan military uses a sun insignia for generals, where the US military uses a star. A journalist invented the term in 1993 to talk about corruption in the Venezuelan military. Get it? All the members of this "cartel" wear suns. But, it's not a real cartel. Not everybody who wears a sun (i.e. is a general) is necessarily involved in crimes, and those that are aren't necessarily working together.
AOC is completely right.
Even Trump is a shitty copy of 2003's Iraq. The man has no originality. First he poorly copies Mussolini and now Dubya.
Yep, I been saying the same thing. I've been predicting a war with Venezuela for months. He is friends with the Saudis, and he wants what they have - billions in oil flowing in every single day.
Venezuela has the largest oil reserves on the planet, so of course he wants it, at any cost.
And just like he said in this morning's announcement, he thinks he has the Monroe Doctrine to lean on, even if he doesn't know what it is, or even who Monroe is. Somebody told him enough to make him think that it extends to the entire Western Hemisphere.
The plan is is for Trump to control the Western Hemisphere, Putin to control Europe and West Asia, and China to control the rest of Asia, and everybody to exploit the shit out of Africa.
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