"By eschewing any notion of restoring democracy to the Venezuelan people, Trump has revealed his imperialist Big Oil mission as unadorned thuggery."
~ Sabrina Haake
#Trump #Venezuela #oil #thuggery #fascism
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https://sabrinahaake.substack.com/p/petroterrorism-the-new-politics-of
"A huge share of your tax dollar goes to pay for this military. This has become basically a private militia for the oil industry and Wall Street, that's also really bad for you."
~ Sen. Chris Murphy
#Trump #Venezuela #oil #WallStreet #EconomicElites
/7
https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/invading-venezuela-to-help-big-oil
"See, that’s all it takes. You pick up the phone, you go on Truth Social, you say some stuff in ALL CAPS, and the world bends to your will. ...
This is how stupid Trump and Miller and Rubio are. They announced what they want to do with Venezuela’s oil. Trump used the word 'oil' twenty times in his press conference about the attack on Venezuela at Mar a Lago on Sunday."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #Venezuela #oil
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Abigail Haddad notes that in the staged photos the White House released after Maduro's seizure, In one image, you can see the Director of the CIA, the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Secretary of Defense grouped around a laptop with a screen displaying feed from X behind them. In other pictures, you can see "Venezuela" in the search box.
#Trump #Venezuela #oil #SocialMedia #X #WarasTheater #PoliticsofTheater
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https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under-a-clicktatorship
"With the best intelligence systems in the world at their fingertips, they were checking X in the midst of the mission? Combined with the curtains separating some section of Mar‑A‑Lago from the rest of the President’s resort, the images create an almost surreal air. It felt as if a group of twelve-year-old boys in a basement had been handed control of the most lethal military in history—and were using it to boost their online brands."
@wdlindsy
But didn't the military, made up of "patriots", swear an oath to the constitution? 🤨
Aren't they obligated to refuse unlawful orders?
