Comment by i7l
4 days ago
The US continuing a long tradition of interference in LatAm:
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/world/the-united-states-hist...
edit: typo
4 days ago
The US continuing a long tradition of interference in LatAm:
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/world/the-united-states-hist...
edit: typo
The Monroe Doctrine is over 200 years old and simple enough for your average dictator to understand. Don't expect the US to turn a blind eye to investments in key strategic assets of your country by its strategic rivals.
I don't think it's a coincidence that a special envoy of Xi met Maduro hours before being captured. It was probably the final straw.
That doesn't make it in any way acceptable. No one accepts (nor should they accept) Russia doing the same in its sphere of influence, for example.
Sure it might be unacceptable but realpolitik and realism has little to do with anyones moral or ethical principles.
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It seems we are accepting Russia enacting regime change, though.
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> It was probably the final straw.
Per the speech given by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, this operation was already green light for an unspecified period of time, but they waited on ideal weather conditions to launch the operation.
Good thing they have no reason to lie then.
Yeah, it's a long list. https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/main/us_atrocities...
Yawn. That site is like the conspiracy nut's dream. If you look hard enough, you find evidence for pretty much anything, it turns out.
Take your meds and get to bed grandpa.
>On December 2021, The New York Times published the Civilian Casualty Files. These files reveal that the US military, under the Obama and Trump administrations, deliberately killed civilians
Ah yes that well known conspiracy site known as “The New York Times” /s
And a list of the wider world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...
It's a long read but that should not be a surprise to most people.