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What the U.S. Is Doing in Venezuela

theatlantic.com

8 points by _tk_ · 3 comments

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felineflock

"Suppressing democracy and extracting resources at the expense of its people"

Isn't that what the previous incumbents were already doing?

verdverm

in one word, neocolonialism

Zigurd

Maduro was a shit. The operation to take him out was a masterpiece. But for what?

The US isn't better off. Venezuelans haven't seen benefits yet. Trump learned the wrong lesson from a brilliant military operation and was convinced that he could do Iran just as easily. Perhaps the biggest wrong lesson in 150 years.

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