Wednesday, March 27, 2019

The administration is exactly right on this: Russia must get out of Venezuela

Another one that is just now showing up on my radar: Did you know that 100 Russian troops landed in Caracas last Saturday?

Talk about blatantly lining up with the bad guys.

Good on Trump and Pence for stating forthrightly that that is unacceptable:

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump demanded that Russian troops remove themselves from Venezuela.
"Russia has to get out," the president told reporters in the Oval Office. He met with Fabiana Rosales, the wife of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido.
Trump added that "all options are open" to get Russia out of Venezuela.
Two Russian Air Force planes landed outside Caracas on Saturday, carrying nearly 100 Russian troops.
Trump and Vice President Mike Pence again praised Guaido, saying that socialist President Nicolas Maduro's re-election was illegitimate.
"The United States views Russia’s arrival of military planes this weekend as an unwelcome provocation," Pence said. "We call on Russia today to cease all support of the Maduro regime and stand with Juan Guaido and stand with nations across this hemisphere and across the world until freedom is restored."
This is the reality of Russia's agenda on the world stage. Always has been. Further proof of the dangerously silly line that Putin is somehow Trump's puppeteer.
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7 comments:

  1. Mr. DingsMarch 28, 2019 at 2:10 AM

    Be afraid, very afraid. What's good for the military-industrial complex will certainly make America feel great again. For a while. We know the drill. Downplay the body bags.

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  2. Barney QuickMarch 28, 2019 at 4:48 AM

    So there aren't 100 Russian troops in Venezuela? Did the "military-industrial complex" put them there?

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  3. Mr. DingsMarch 28, 2019 at 6:35 AM

    They say there are a hundred Russian troops in Venezuela so there is no reason to doubt it. The military industrial complex thrives on fear and bombast. Tell me Trump's not their biggest presidential fan since Reagan. The spectre of Nam will and should forever haunt us.

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  4. Barney QuickMarch 28, 2019 at 7:01 AM

    You don’t see any problem with Russian troops in Venezuela in this moment of maximum instability?

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  5. Mr. DingsMarch 28, 2019 at 7:18 AM

    Aren't they an ally of Venezuela? Wasn't their military built by the Russians? Hasn't the US mased troops on the border? Aren't both Trump & Putin both blowhards? The perfect script. As with nearly everything Trump does thia should be entertaining. At least for a season, per the usual ways these plots play out.

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  6. Barney QuickMarch 28, 2019 at 7:35 AM

    Well they're an ally of the illegitimate Maduro regime. The US recognizes the Guaido administration.

    Whether Putin or Trump are blowhards is irrelevant.

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  7. Mr. DingsMarch 28, 2019 at 8:02 AM

    Putin and Trump should stay irrelevant. More meddling in others' affairs, but what else is new?

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