Those were speedboats full of drums and boxes, definitely not fishing boats. I do not think trump is doing enough there, that country emptied their prisons into usa, and their organized gang set up shops in multiple US cities. It is an invasion. I would not blame trump if he nuked presidential palace and all military bases in that country.
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Aussiegunner
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Before I made accusations about Nazism, I'd be asking a Jew about who is their biggest problem right now.
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First you have to prove the smugglers have the 'tacit support' of the regime. Specific members of it in key agencies undoubtedly. The senior leadership? If that was the case Venezuela would be transshipping metric shit tonnes of drugs and be the cartel's number one transit route out of South America. Its not! In fact it doesn't even come close to being anywhere near the top of the list of shipping routes by drug volumes. So if the 'Senior Leadership' are in on the deal they're not making much money from it. In fact the risk/reward calculation is heavily skewed against them being that involved because they'd be taking an awful lot of risk for relatively little return especially considering the entire Venezuelan economy is they're personal piggy bank already.
The drug trade is small bickies to Venezuela's leaders but like corrupt regimes everywhere they also have little control over what corrupt underlings are doing behind they're backs. In short the cartels don't need the governments co-operation to operate in Venezuela any more than they do in every other country in Latin America or for that matter the United States itself. Far easier (and cheaper) to just bribe the bare minimum of key officials you absolutely need to in order to get your drugs through safely through and out of the country. Its how the trade works everywhere else in South America so why is Venezuela different?
As a jew I'll tell you, radical left, liberal globalists and their media, but they are everyone's enemy, just not everyone realized it yet, but they will, same way millions of jews realized it too late who their real enemy was in 30s-40s in Germany.
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Yes, it has sadly been a terrible time for Jews. Even our small jewish community in Australia has endured non-stop intimidation, harrassment and violence by the leftist/Muslim pro-Gazan coalition, but the leftist media and politicians just brush over it.
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The cartels may not need cooperation, but lack of action against them by the Venezuelan government, is tantamount to cooperation from the US perspective. If the Vebezuelans can afford high tech weaponary in a region where they face no real threat, they could afford effective action sgainst the drug trade from their country. They clearly don't want to act, which in my view entitles the US to take radical action
Define 'lack of action'. Every nation in the western world has programs in place deal with drug smuggling including Australia and the US. (And I have first hand experience in working our version of them.) None of those programs prevent drugs entering the countries involved, at best? What they do do is is increase the cost of the drugs involved by reducing supply which in turn by default reduces demand which is plus by default.
As for 'high tech' weaponry? News flash! What high tech weaponry? Soviet era anti-aircraft guns and AK-74s and other related weapons/vehicles are not high tech. Point to the 4th gen anti-aircraft missile systems, fighters, tanks and electronic warfare platforms that Venezuela has in it's arsenal. By all means name them! And even if they did have those systems? How does that make them any different to countries like Brazil of Chile who actually do invest in the best/most modern weapon systems they can afford like every other nation on the planet (say for instance Australia). but still have a problem with drug smuggling.
We have F-35s FGS! And yet some how magically the drug trade still goes on! Is Australia negligent for 'letting' this happen? Because if so? Maybe America by default has the right to interdict drug import here by blowing them up while at sea.
Since when do cartels need gvmnt cooperation?? Mexican cartels constantly fighting with police, Colombia cartels are doing just fine despite Colombian and USA gvmnt hunting them down, look at usa, despite of drug war, DEA, Narc division in every police dept and yet more drugs sold/grown/consumed in USA every year. Gvmt opposition never stopped or even noticeably slowed down cartels, or even small drug gangs, they bust one gang, 2 other form .
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The Venezuelan Military is equiped with SU-30s, KH-31 and S-300 missiles to fight a non-existant enemy. You would think if they could afford that, they could afford to resource a proper coastguard to pick up the boats as they leave.
Other countries in the region have similar capabilities and every country in the world has armed forces they all say won't be needed to fight non-existent enemies. Do I need to remind you that officially Australia has no enemies either yet look how fast we're rearming. As far as Venezuela is concerned most of that kit was bought with oil from Russia. Given the way the government has driven the economy into the ground? They'll be lucky if they can afford to maintain even what they have. They sure as hell don't have the capacity to fund a half way decent navy or coastguard as well. Their priority is defending Venezuela's territory on a limited budget so land based systems get priority, especially since none of their neibhours immediate neighbors have decent navies either.
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And to intimidate far smaller neighbours like Guyana.
Aussiegunner
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If that is their priority then they can live with the consequences of not preventing drug runners from exporting from their territory.
And around we go in circles. Everyone has problems with drug smugglers exporting or importing via their territories. Mexico, Canada Spain. everyone. So has the US the right to start sinking Canadian flagged vessels because Trump thinks Canada isn't 'doing enough'?
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Of course Canada has not done enough? Do you know the price of ibuprofen in Canada? It's criminal!
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Question: When did they acquire those weapon systems, during or prior to Maduro?
tbm3fan
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Have to say a lot has happened this week since Tuesday. Two Democratic governors in New Jersey and now Virginia. Three Judges re-elected on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Prop 50 passes which was a forgone conclusion to begin with. Momdani elected in New York. How much of a socialist remains to be seen given how Republicans go overboard in the use of the word. At least he is more of a salt of the earth type unlike Adams or Cuomo. They were the exclusive club guys and Momdani is a local restaurant and street hawker food guy. Oh, and there is no proof the exclusive club guys would be any better than him. Then today Nancy Pelosi retired.
Finally, it's about time. The blue side of federal politics has needed a though house cleaning for the past decade or so. It's long past the time when some new talent should have the chance to shine.
tbm3fan
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Well I never had anything against Nancy. She was sharp, feisty, take charge person just like my wife. She was a big thorn in Trump's ass. That was worth something right there. She never tried to use her power to limit one's basic rights like we have now. Heck I lived in her district between 1990-98 and voted for her. Now while I do think Feinstein had lost it in her last term I don't see Pelosi as having lost any of her marbles.
Also, based on patients, in general an 85 year old woman tends to be somewhat more liberal than an 85 year old man. Now I don't know how old the Colonel is, not saying he is a conservative, and maybe I should stop with my teaser while I can...
I'm sure the Colonel is totally WOKE, well the Canadian version of it anyway.Well I never had anything against Nancy. She was sharp, feisty, take charge person just like my wife. She was a big thorn in Trump's ass. That was worth something right there. She never tried to use her power to limit one's basic rights like we have now. Heck I lived in her district between 1990-98 and voted for her. Now while I do think Feinstein had lost it in her last term I don't see Pelosi as having lost any of her marbles.
Also, based on patients, in general an 85 year old woman tends to be somewhat more liberal than an 85 year old man. Now I don't know how old the Colonel is, not saying he is a conservative, and maybe I should stop with my teaser while I can...