Regime change in Venezuela

Trump has bombed and captured Venezuela and taken it's president to America to stand trial for frug smuggling or terrorism or something like that. He says America is going to be running the country from now until a new government can be elected. One friendly to the USA no doubt.

I think this is all about oil personally and havving control of Venezuela's huge mineral resources, for someone who didn't want to have any more foreign adventures Trump seems to be pretty gung-ho about meddling in other countries. I wonder if Iran will be next? He's made threatening noises before and now that the Iranian people are protesting against their government I wonder if he'll be able to resist? 

Does the world need more conflict on another continent? I don't think so, I think this will destabilise the world even more, not that I support Maduro and his cronies, but I think an outright attack like this is dangerous, I wonder how the rest of South America is feeling about it, do they feel any safer or more in danger?

Both Venezuela and Iran are pally with Russia, could this all be a way of getting at Putin and what will his reaction be to some of his allies being taken over by the USA? Looks like 2026 has got off with the wrong sort of bangs.

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  • I am glad that Britain is distancing itself a bit from America at the moment. It concerns me greatly with what Trump is doing. 

    Concerning Venezuela, I didn't understand why bombing was necessary to capture someone he considered to be a criminal. The damage done affected innocent people.

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  • I am glad that Britain is distancing itself a bit from America at the moment. It concerns me greatly with what Trump is doing. 

    Concerning Venezuela, I didn't understand why bombing was necessary to capture someone he considered to be a criminal. The damage done affected innocent people.

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  • Apparently the rationale for the bombing was to eliminate anti-aircraft installations which might have endangered the forces tasked with capturing Maduro. Mind you, they don't exactly have a good reputation when it comes to precision bombing. 

  • Given that we assisted  America to board and control an oil tanker today, I don't think we're nearly distanced enough. The ship is allegded to be part of a shadow fleet that runs oil between Venezeula, Iran and Russia, whilst I agree that something needs to be done these ships I'm not sure what amounts to piracy is it. From the photo's of the ship it looks a ropey old thing and I wondered if it's seaworthy? I wonder what will happen to the crew?