Drill Baby Drill...the US Politics Thread (Part 3)

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It’s all so stupid, because Reagan obviously said this. Instead of doing what sane experts and politicians would do (anyone really), explain that “Reagan said this in another time and era” and then continue in such a manner, explaining why your policy is necessary during this time and maybe Reagan-splaining a bit; it’s instead pure lies and rage.
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1981700032358469929

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Trump really became credible as a candidate in 2016 when he took the legs out of Jeb’s campaign by going straight at the GOP legacy as a whole. The challenge to doing that again with Regan is this is what his movement harkens back to, as when America was last great. Consistency is hardly a requirement for him or his followers, but it is at least interesting that his reaction is not to attack Regan, especially as the sort of Regan cock gobblers who have preserved his stature are the ones who have been kicked out of the party already

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https://x.com/JTLonsdale/status/1981395485635338507

The fraud is “happening around” Trump. Absolutely incredible framing :rofl:

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They are celebrating something-something
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1981685195972714790

https://x.com/SeanParnellASW/status/1981759934539985132

Maybe most people don’t know what a Carrier Strike Group is, but it’s not something you use, even if you are totally loco, against narco shipments.

It consists of something like this:

CSG-12 is comprised of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, USS Winston Churchill (DDG 81), and the Information Warfare Commander.

DESRON 2 ships in CSG-12 are the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Mitscher (DDG 57), USS Mahan (DDG 72), USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) and USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98).

The squadrons of CVW-8 include Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 37, “Ragin’ Bulls,” Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213, “Blacklions,” Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31, “Tomcatters,” Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87, “Golden Warriors,” Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 142, “Gray Wolves,” Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 124, “Bear Aces,” Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9, “Tridents,” Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 70, “Spartans,” and Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40, “Rawhides.”

There are also 1-3 undisclosed submarines usually.

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Bari was probably too busy having them chasing down a campus wokeness story about a Vietnamese student who criticized the food at an “asian night” in the Oberlin cafeteria

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I’ve heard their banh mi is terrible.

Looks fine to me. Its just those uppity asian students. If they dont accept this as an Banh Mi then they should go back to where they came from. We dont do that wokeness here anymore

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https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1981935515210240012
:rofl: :man_facepalming:

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These idiots are going to launch a full scale assault on Venezuela, aren’t they? On the pretext that they are fighting drug trafficking.

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Highly likely, yes. I don’t think it will be a long clash and I doubt the US will truly invade (need a lot of troops for that) but they will escalate and then seek to topple Maduro’s regime and install the opposition, using narcotics as the Casus Belli (which of course, is a shitty casus belli). They are doing this for all the wrong reasons ethically and legally.

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How long before someone calls it a “Special operation”…

edited - was half asleep,

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Yeah…

Maduro has banned speaking American,

And Trumps sending the troops in to protect the people that live there who speak American!

You heard it hear 1st! :wink:

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Maybe this question brings something to the table… Google
Q. Does Venezuela have more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia.?

A. Yes, Venezuela has more proven oil reserves than Saudi Arabia. As of recent estimates, Venezuela holds the world’s largest oil reserves, with around 303 billion barrels, while Saudi Arabia ranks second with approximately 267 billion barrels.

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There is the excuse right there,if there are $$$,trump will be there.

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They also have a way to fraction the ‘good’ stuff out of the sludge they dig up. Apparently much of it is of low quality.
Brent (north sea) is one of the highest ‘quality’ oils.

Yes getting a cooperative dictator in in place of a hostile one would be good. It won’t of course get rid of the underlying problems or should I say problem. Which is the US destroying the South American economies at will which led to the situation in the first place.

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Last para is so true.

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Yes the first stuff is from memory an old debate about how Venezuela could profit from it’s oil deposits. Which of course I haven’t kept upto date with.
The US intervention in latin American economies is long and on going. Even if I’m not upto date on the Venezuelan situation I do follow Chile, Bolivia a bit and of course Argentina is the one to watch at the moment.