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yunnpp 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strik...

I am still confused about this. Is the goal for US companies to extract Venezuelan oil, or is it to suppress Venezuelan oil exports altogether? Or are both goals orthogonal?

aglavine 6 months ago [–]

I don't think oil has something to do with this. As I have mentioned I think the main reason is the cartel has become too powerful and menacing, controlling three countries and expanding.

yunnpp 6 months ago | [–]

This argument doesn't stand a chance. The US military and intelligence is far outmatched. The drugs war is just a pretext.

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