Are We Heading Into War?

[RickeyM]

Or more precisely is General Bone Spurs going to war with Venezuela?
I went outside about 30 minutes ago, looked up facing East and saw contrails. Lots and lots of contrails. A dozen or so, maybe more. Way too many to be commercial air traffic. All coming from the North East heading to the South West. The significance of this? The last time I saw a sight like this it was around the same time of day on the day Bush sent us into the first Gulf War.

[RickeyM]

[RickeyM]

https://photos.smugmug.com/WAR/WAR/i..._081222-X2.jpg

[RickeyM]

and this article dropped at 3:19 PM EST.

‘War is Coming’: Tucker Carlson Says a Member of Congress Told Him What Trump Is Announcing Tonight

[Rajoo]

Talk of war is good perhaps for deflection from Epstein and the economy. His cult would not know the rules of engagement as in Venezuela has not given us any reason to declare war against them. But if we do engage, what is Trump's end game? Occupation and regime change? Take over their oil production which then China may not like since Venezuela is paying China with oil to settle their debt. Oil prices will go up for sure which will help the Saudis and other DJT buddies in the ME. Looks more like a worldwide chaos.

[RickeyM]

To my surprise he didn't announce any military action against Venezuela. At least not yet anyway. Instead he ranted and lied just like the good old campaign days. Basically it was a whole lot of who you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes. "But Biden" or some variation thereof was heard often.
All those contrails of varied aircraft on the same heading at the same time had me wondering.

[Oerets]

Riddle me this.....

How did our oil end up underneath Venezuela anyway? Why not let the oil companies handle any issues with them. Not the first country to nationalize industries or resources now are they?

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Oerets

Riddle me this.....

How did our oil end up underneath Venezuela anyway? Why not let the oil companies handle any issues with them. Not the first country to nationalize industries or resources now are they?

Trump is making the same argument and using the same tactics as the British, along with our CIA, did in Iran in 1953 when they orchestrated a coup against Mohammad Mosaddegh. How'd that work out in the long run?

[Oerets]

We have a pretty dismal record of toppling regimes and then falling short with the rebuilding of in recent history.

[Rajoo]

Reportedly 80-85% of Venezuela's oil goes to China and I doubt Xi will permit Trump to blockade their oil shipments. I expect Trump to TACO very soon but his obsession with Maduro will continue.