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| Post-mortem of Bolton's embarassingly incompetent attempted coup in Venezuela |
| 2019-05-06 |
| [MoonOfAlabama] Tuesday's clownish coup attempt in Venezuela failed. The Trump administration got snookered. It will have to either change its tactic or leave the issue alone. National Security Advisor John Bolton is pressing for a war on Venezuela. While the Pentagon and the countries neighboring Venezuela are against the use of military force, it is Bolton who has President Trump's ear. The planning for a war seems to progress fast. Venezuela is not an easy target. Colonel (ret.) Larry Wilkerson, the former Chief of Staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell, writes: |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy |
| #5 I seriously doubt the US was behind the coup. We're either hammering ISIS so we can pull back, or pulling back. A coup isn't really the Trump style. I think starvation is a more likely culprit. |
| Posted by: rschwarz 2019-05-06 15:28 |
| #4 Nahhhhh. Links and Conspiracy theories, applied with the Neo-Conâ„¢ epithet, doesn't make him right. We would be foolish to intervene directly. Let Columbia and Brazil do it. We should blockade Cuban relief |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-05-06 09:46 |
| #2 Wow, so Erb(the H is silent) isn't just a twisted web troll. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-05-06 09:42 |
| #1 Good old Larry Wlkerson, Colin Powell's liaison to the American Left. |
| Posted by: Chereting Pelosi1889 2019-05-06 08:55 |