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0 pointsnospice2mo ago0 comments

Right, and that's what the Allies did in Germany in 1945. I don't think it's helpful to paint everything with such a broad brush.

Russia is trying to annex Ukraine. They took part of it in 2014, then came back for more, and then organized sham annexation referendums in the regions they did control. Whatever the US is trying to achieve in Venezuela, it's probably not that. All war is deplorable, but some lead to good outcomes and some to bad ones.

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girvo2mo ago

> Russia is trying to annex Ukraine

And to start with they were trying to achieve this through regime change via a "surgical" (by their standards) strike on the government and capital.

That failed.

America is doing this explicitly to take control of Venezuela's resources. It's no different.

swiftcoder2mo ago

> Whatever the US is trying to achieve in Venezuela, it's probably not that

Presumably we're only trying to annex their oil reserves

girvo2mo ago

Going to change your tune now that Trump has said that the US will run Venezuela? They’re not even pretending. This is far far more similar than it is different.

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0 pointsnospice2mo ago0 comments

Right, and that's what the Allies did in Germany in 1945. I don't think it's helpful to paint everything with such a broad brush.

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girvo2mo ago

> Russia is trying to annex Ukraine

And to start with they were trying to achieve this through regime change via a "surgical" (by their standards) strike on the government and capital.

That failed.

America is doing this explicitly to take control of Venezuela's resources. It's no different.

swiftcoder2mo ago

> Whatever the US is trying to achieve in Venezuela, it's probably not that

Presumably we're only trying to annex their oil reserves

girvo2mo ago

Going to change your tune now that Trump has said that the US will run Venezuela? They’re not even pretending. This is far far more similar than it is different.

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