Venezuela is a prime example of a failed communist system.

(01-03-2026 11:45 AM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 11:39 AM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 10:50 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 10:02 AM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 09:57 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  are you agreeing? or did you hit the submit button before the hive-mind gave you your talking points?

lol hive mind taking points:

MAGA:
No more foreign wars! America first! Kamala Harris will start wars! We’re not world police! Biden started wars because he was weak and couldn’t negotiate!

Trump starts a war:
Wars are great! Regime change is good! Trump is strong for starting wars! We should be world police!

Show me where the war is. I must have missed it.

Wars don’t have to be long buckaroo

Then you dumb leftist fktards should go ahead and admit that it was the quickest, most successful war in history. Leader on 1 side captured and not 1 casualty or piece of equipment harmed on the other.

Trump is just that good

What did general bone spurs “do”? He (or his handlers) said go. I wonder if Putin signed off on this

(01-03-2026 11:53 AM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 11:45 AM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 11:39 AM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 10:50 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 10:02 AM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  lol hive mind taking points:

MAGA:
No more foreign wars! America first! Kamala Harris will start wars! We’re not world police! Biden started wars because he was weak and couldn’t negotiate!

Trump starts a war:
Wars are great! Regime change is good! Trump is strong for starting wars! We should be world police!

Show me where the war is. I must have missed it.

Wars don’t have to be long buckaroo

Then you dumb leftist fktards should go ahead and admit that it was the quickest, most successful war in history. Leader on 1 side captured and not 1 casualty or piece of equipment harmed on the other.

Trump is just that good

What did general bone spurs “do”? He (or his handlers) said go. I wonder if Putin signed off on this

Poor low iq ballgargle got nothin

(01-03-2026 11:44 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  Dear leftists: Quit taking up for people who want us dead through any means.

Signed,
Me

P.S. - Don't like it? Look at my sig. There's your answer.

They can't help it, GC.

It's a force of habit for them.

(01-03-2026 11:39 AM)maximus Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 11:36 AM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 10:11 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 10:02 AM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 09:57 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  are you agreeing? or did you hit the submit button before the hive-mind gave you your talking points?

lol hive mind taking points:

MAGA:
No more foreign wars! America first! Kamala Harris will start wars! We’re not world police! Biden started wars because he was weak and couldn’t negotiate!

Trump starts a war:
Wars are great! Regime change is good! Trump is strong for starting wars! We should be world police!

1. It is an enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine.
2. It is a police effort to curtail narcotics trafficking in the U.S.
3. Since the fall of the Soviet Union the Marxist in and around the Americas have used drug trafficking to further their incursions and to destabilize our society.

All are valid reasons to take these actions and the fact that they haven't been taken before was a dereliction of duty by former presidents.

1. That is not the stated reason by the Trump regime. We can debate the modern merits of a 200 year old policy about colonization

2. We’ll see. If Trump wanted to curtail narcotics trafficking, why did he pardon several convicted drug traffickers? The secondary benefactor of drug trafficking in the US is US government operations.

3. Almost laughable assertion. Some leftist organizations get funding through drug operations. By and large these are free market capitalists supplying a product with broad demand here. If anything you could argue that drug demand is buoyed by the misery that unregulated corporatism brings

Leftist tears...

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The only people crying here are cultists in exhilaration of dear leaders “prowess”

Some people are righty concerned about the knock on effects of these actions, but reactionaries are historically unconcerned with long term effects.

Trump is still working on bread but he’s providing plenty of circuses for his cult

Idiot prog filth defending Venezuela. You can’t make this ish up.

(01-03-2026 11:53 AM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 11:45 AM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 11:39 AM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 10:50 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 10:02 AM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  lol hive mind taking points:

MAGA:
No more foreign wars! America first! Kamala Harris will start wars! We’re not world police! Biden started wars because he was weak and couldn’t negotiate!

Trump starts a war:
Wars are great! Regime change is good! Trump is strong for starting wars! We should be world police!

Show me where the war is. I must have missed it.

Wars don’t have to be long buckaroo

Then you dumb leftist fktards should go ahead and admit that it was the quickest, most successful war in history. Leader on 1 side captured and not 1 casualty or piece of equipment harmed on the other.

Trump is just that good

What did general bone spurs “do”? He (or his handlers) said go. I wonder if Putin signed off on this

Did General Potato Head do anything to stop the war in Ukraine 4 years ago?

No

Monroe Doctrine mentioned.

Andy B.: I know. lol

Bartlett: More accurately, they're defending Maduro. Like Andy B. said, they just can't help it.

(01-03-2026 11:51 AM)hburg Wrote:  Venezuela is a prime example of a failed communist system.

Yes

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(01-03-2026 11:56 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Idiot prog filth defending Venezuela. You can’t make this ish up.

They always defend criminals.

Because most of them are criminals themselves.

(01-03-2026 11:47 AM)BobcatEngineer Wrote:  Lol so it was about the oil after all.

Yes and No.

Monroe Doctrine revived, removing the influence sphere of China and Russia. Going after drugs, especially fentanyl that’s being push by China.

(01-03-2026 11:57 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  Monroe Doctrine mentioned.

Andy B.: I know. lol

Bartlett: More accurately, they're defending Maduro. Like Andy B. said, they just can't help it.

Donroe Doctrine

Magnificent Orange Bastard

If this was leftist, they would send the military in, the military will have losses, then after mission will charge them with a crime, leave 20 marines behind to die, promote the transgender general because it is important, and then blame republicans for the stupidity and anti-American stupidity they just caused.

(01-03-2026 11:59 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 11:57 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  Monroe Doctrine mentioned.

Andy B.: I know. lol

Bartlett: More accurately, they're defending Maduro. Like Andy B. said, they just can't help it.

Donroe Doctrine

Magnificent Orange Bastard

I think he did actually say that, too.

FAFO

Looks like a leftist to me... blind, deaf, but has that mouth to run



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Then the leftist will promote Maduro as the leader of the world....

(01-03-2026 06:15 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 06:03 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 05:57 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Oh good. No one needs to be hindered by international law any longer. If you have the power anything goes.

It was a law enforcement action, genius. Maduro is the head of a drug cartel, had charges hanging over his head, had plenty of warning to leave, and he didn't, so he got arrested and will be brought to trial.

Are you old enough to remember Noriega? If so, do you recall Bush 41 being arrested for an illegal action? I didn't think so.

Not to mention, Rubio just said that no further action will be taken in Venezuela.

And that lawless regime in taiwan is on notice. As well as that lawless regime in south korea. And of course , the lawless regime in ukraine and poland. Pick and choose.

I know I’m late to the party here, but your comments make no sense. While I may not be in agreement with this action, I can for sure say that Venezuela has no correlation to the nations you listed.

Trump just finished his part of the presser before questions. I tried to summarize it in Post #93 above.

Hegseth is now speaking. No new news, though. General Raisin' Caine up now.

Caine says planning for this op began months ago. He said they knew everything there is to know about Maduro, including what he ate, when he slept, what clothes he wore, etc.

150 aircraft were deployed from 20 different military bases in the western hemisphere. Youngest participant was age 20. Oldest was 49.

First task was to disable Venezuela's air defense system. We did that and continued helicopter flights 100 feet above the deck in almost total darkness. Undetected until near the Maduro compound, where we received heavy fire. One aircraft was damaged but remained in operation. No American soldiers or aircraft were lost.

Caine went into a LOT more detail about the op, but I couldn't keep up.

(01-03-2026 12:02 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 06:15 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 06:03 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 05:57 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Oh good. No one needs to be hindered by international law any longer. If you have the power anything goes.

It was a law enforcement action, genius. Maduro is the head of a drug cartel, had charges hanging over his head, had plenty of warning to leave, and he didn't, so he got arrested and will be brought to trial.

Are you old enough to remember Noriega? If so, do you recall Bush 41 being arrested for an illegal action? I didn't think so.

Not to mention, Rubio just said that no further action will be taken in Venezuela.

And that lawless regime in taiwan is on notice. As well as that lawless regime in south korea. And of course , the lawless regime in ukraine and poland. Pick and choose.

I know I’m late to the party here, but your comments make no sense. While I may not be in agreement with this action, I can for sure say that Venezuela has no correlation to the nations you listed.

And that's fair to say. I think it was warranted based on the Monroe Doctrine, but that's just me.

Also, when did you become a mod? Congrats!

(01-03-2026 11:39 AM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 10:50 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 10:02 AM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 09:57 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(01-03-2026 09:55 AM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

are you agreeing? or did you hit the submit button before the hive-mind gave you your talking points?

lol hive mind taking points:

MAGA:
No more foreign wars! America first! Kamala Harris will start wars! We’re not world police! Biden started wars because he was weak and couldn’t negotiate!

Trump starts a war:
Wars are great! Regime change is good! Trump is strong for starting wars! We should be world police!

Show me where the war is. I must have missed it.

Wars don’t have to be long buckaroo

I guess by your definition every time SWAT kicks in a door and arrests someone a war has occurred since war is defined as either two countries or two opposing factions within a single country.