US ‘goals should include improving the Venezuelan economy for the median family‘. 😂 Is this article supposed to be black comedy? We are taking US Empire here. Why the f…k should anyone expect its goals to include improving the lot of ordinary folks? The Empire has destroyed Europes economic prospects, and has been busy impoverishing its citizens at home for decades. Are you having a larf?
Disappointing that the level of discussion on Substack isn’t what it used to be. But yes, prosperity is a cornerstone of US grand strategy. From the Marshall Plan, to the reconstruction of South Korea, to today’s foreign aid budget and the recent financial assistance package to Argentina, US interests are advanced when prosperity is widespread.
There is no other country that has done as much to rebuild and economically support Europe and Asia as the US. Its not even close.
The US is also not even close to being an empire. No other country did more to reduce imperialism and colonialism than the US, particularly in cajoling our British and French allies after WWII.
The US has been impoverishing its citizens at home? Yet Americans have the highest GDP per capita of any great power. In fact, the only countries with a higher GDP per capita than the US all have smaller populations than the greater NYC area.
If you want to embrace fringe anti-American views, thats fine, but they aren’t evidence based. Won’t be responding to this particular thread of questions.
You speak of a U.S. long in the rear view mirror. Prosperity used to be a cornerstone of US foreign policy, but that was a very very long time ago. How is US destruction of Nordstream compatible with the US economically supporting Europe? How is US pressure on Europe to decouple from China compatible with economically supporting Europe? How has the offshoring of US industry economically benefitted the US working class? How does the rapacious US ‘healthcare’ industry improve the material well-being of US citizens? How does the usurious level of student debt help ensure the prosperity of ordinary Americans? I am astonished you push back at the idea of US Empire, at a time when the US has tightened the leash on its Euro vassals, Japan, South Korea, when it’s reasserting the Monroe doctrine, and when it’s tarriffing the whole world - especially its allies! How’s that for demonstrating the US policy of promoting prosperity everywhere? I still cannot believe you referenced improving the lot of middle class families in Venezuela as one of the objectives for US military aggression against that country - can you not see how utterly preposterous that reads?
😂’Fringe anti-American views’…….. 85% of the worlds population live outside the US Empire. What do you think their ‘views’ on America are? I’d bet the farm that the vast majority of those billions hold extremely negative views, and would find your response to my initial comment risible. Especially in light of US complicity (responsibility actually) for a live-streamed Israeli genocide over the last 2 years.
Venezuela isn’t Afghanistan? Or Iraq? What makes this writer or anyone in the current administration so sure?
One way they are definitely not like those countries is that Venezuela is connected to the US mainland by land with a porous southern border. What kind of disastrous unintended consequences could that open up? 🤔
Venezuela has significant natural resources, abundant coast line, access to International maritime trade routes, and an actual government. It is in a different dimension than Afghanistan.
Vermillion China has blocked me from commenting on articles. On the basis, it seems, of my reasoned and fairly respectful comments in this particular thread. Obviously the authors do not like any pushback. As Margaret Thatcher said - frit!
The timing pressue you outline is critical. Beijing's ability to deploy advanced air defense systems to Caracas creates a rapidly closing window. The compellence scenario makes strategic sense, but history shows Maduro rarely backs down without losing evrything first. The comparison to Grenada and Panama is apt in terms of military capability disparity, but Venezuela's geography and population density creates more complications than either precedent.
What is this guy smoking? Venezuela is not Afghanistan? No its a much harder nut to crack.
Why does Taiwan want the US to strike Venezuela again?
Ranger school has fully prepared the US Army for fighting in tropical Venezuela.
😂Good luck with that then! 👍 Maybe the US can win its first proper war since Korea. And that was a draw! 😂
But will it be a “cake walk”?
US ‘goals should include improving the Venezuelan economy for the median family‘. 😂 Is this article supposed to be black comedy? We are taking US Empire here. Why the f…k should anyone expect its goals to include improving the lot of ordinary folks? The Empire has destroyed Europes economic prospects, and has been busy impoverishing its citizens at home for decades. Are you having a larf?
Disappointing that the level of discussion on Substack isn’t what it used to be. But yes, prosperity is a cornerstone of US grand strategy. From the Marshall Plan, to the reconstruction of South Korea, to today’s foreign aid budget and the recent financial assistance package to Argentina, US interests are advanced when prosperity is widespread.
There is no other country that has done as much to rebuild and economically support Europe and Asia as the US. Its not even close.
The US is also not even close to being an empire. No other country did more to reduce imperialism and colonialism than the US, particularly in cajoling our British and French allies after WWII.
The US has been impoverishing its citizens at home? Yet Americans have the highest GDP per capita of any great power. In fact, the only countries with a higher GDP per capita than the US all have smaller populations than the greater NYC area.
If you want to embrace fringe anti-American views, thats fine, but they aren’t evidence based. Won’t be responding to this particular thread of questions.
You speak of a U.S. long in the rear view mirror. Prosperity used to be a cornerstone of US foreign policy, but that was a very very long time ago. How is US destruction of Nordstream compatible with the US economically supporting Europe? How is US pressure on Europe to decouple from China compatible with economically supporting Europe? How has the offshoring of US industry economically benefitted the US working class? How does the rapacious US ‘healthcare’ industry improve the material well-being of US citizens? How does the usurious level of student debt help ensure the prosperity of ordinary Americans? I am astonished you push back at the idea of US Empire, at a time when the US has tightened the leash on its Euro vassals, Japan, South Korea, when it’s reasserting the Monroe doctrine, and when it’s tarriffing the whole world - especially its allies! How’s that for demonstrating the US policy of promoting prosperity everywhere? I still cannot believe you referenced improving the lot of middle class families in Venezuela as one of the objectives for US military aggression against that country - can you not see how utterly preposterous that reads?
😂’Fringe anti-American views’…….. 85% of the worlds population live outside the US Empire. What do you think their ‘views’ on America are? I’d bet the farm that the vast majority of those billions hold extremely negative views, and would find your response to my initial comment risible. Especially in light of US complicity (responsibility actually) for a live-streamed Israeli genocide over the last 2 years.
Venezuela isn’t Afghanistan? Or Iraq? What makes this writer or anyone in the current administration so sure?
One way they are definitely not like those countries is that Venezuela is connected to the US mainland by land with a porous southern border. What kind of disastrous unintended consequences could that open up? 🤔
Venezuela has significant natural resources, abundant coast line, access to International maritime trade routes, and an actual government. It is in a different dimension than Afghanistan.
Author is yet another American imperialism mouthpiece masquerading as “US China analyst”.
Vermillion China has blocked me from commenting on articles. On the basis, it seems, of my reasoned and fairly respectful comments in this particular thread. Obviously the authors do not like any pushback. As Margaret Thatcher said - frit!
The timing pressue you outline is critical. Beijing's ability to deploy advanced air defense systems to Caracas creates a rapidly closing window. The compellence scenario makes strategic sense, but history shows Maduro rarely backs down without losing evrything first. The comparison to Grenada and Panama is apt in terms of military capability disparity, but Venezuela's geography and population density creates more complications than either precedent.
I think the Short Sharp War the Admin seems to be modeling with Venezuela is 2011’s Odyssey Dawn.