Cable Forum - President Trump 2.0

Unless they’re able to put their own army in as a police force, and civilian administrators in to take over the civil service, it’s hard to understand how exactly the USA means to run another country. Its control of Iraq was never entirely complete and they had actually over-run the place, with significant international co-operation.

Pierre

03-01-2026 16:00

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I don’t think the Venezuelan people will be too upset with Uncle Donald’s intervention.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/...ort-venezuela/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_in_Venezuela

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/venezuela-crisis

And regardless of anything else, they’re the ones that matter.

Chris

03-01-2026 16:14

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Oh I’m not arguing for Maduro at all. Simply pointing out that kidnapping a president isn’t the same thing as taking control of a bureaucracy.

I think in this, as is often the case, Trump is just repeating the last thing someone told him. There are yes-men in his administration who have told him that’s what’s going to happen, and Trump is dumb (or demented) enough to believe it.

thenry

03-01-2026 16:17

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Iraq was a religious hell hole

Paul	03-01-2026 16:21

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Who is in charge of Venezuela now then ?

thenry

03-01-2026 16:24

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Trump said the USA are delegating right now. Vice president is playing ball but she was appointed by Maduro

Sirius

03-01-2026 16:38

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Did i just hear correctly on the live stream by Trump that Venezuela was stealing American Oil !

thenry

03-01-2026 16:40

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Apparently USA owned the mechanics of the industry

Sirius

03-01-2026 16:43

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36208473)

Apparently USA owned the mechanics of the industry

I just knew Oil would come into this at some point.

thenry

03-01-2026 17:00

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Trump also said life is a deal :LOL:

1andrew1

03-01-2026 22:34

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Best reaction to the Venezuela operation comes from Zelensky.

Quote:

During the briefing, the president was asked how he could comment on the US operation in Venezuela, in which American special forces abducted dictator Maduro and transported him to the territory of the United States.

"Venezuela? Well, how should one react to that? What can I say? If this is how dictators can be dealt with, then the United States knows what to do next," Zelenskyy joked, hinting at the possibility of abducting another dictator similarly — this time, Russia’s.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world...d043bb531&ei=6