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Yeah I dunno. The USA is wacko but Ill still take them over China.
2025 U.S. - Venezuela conflict
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Yeah I dunno. The USA is wacko but Ill still take them over China.
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American officials have been stating that this was a law enforcement operation supported by the military which brings into question, if so, wouldn't that violate the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the Federal military being used for law enforcement?
Also, Wesley Wark in his substack has an interesting write-up that earlier this year the US National Intelligence Council contradicted assertations by President Trump that Venezuela's connection to drug cartels is kind of tenuous at best:
Also, Wesley Wark in his substack has an interesting write-up that earlier this year the US National Intelligence Council contradicted assertations by President Trump that Venezuela's connection to drug cartels is kind of tenuous at best:
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Found thisAmerican officials have been stating that this was a law enforcement operation supported by the military which brings into question, if so, wouldn't that violate the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the Federal military being used for law enforcement?
Also, Wesley Wark in his substack has an interesting write-up that earlier this year the US National Intelligence Council contradicted assertations by President Trump that Venezuela's connection to drug cartels is kind of tenuous at best:
"the Posse Comitatus Act is a U.S. federal law from 1878 that limits the use of the U.S. Army (and other federal forces) for domestic law enforcement, prohibiting them from acting as a "posse comitatus" (a body of people assisting law enforcement) unless specifically authorized by the Constitution or an act of Congress. Its purpose is to keep the military separate from civilian policing, though exceptions exist for things like drug enforcement, and the National Guard under state control (Title 32) operates differently.
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Seen that, but I think (not an expert!) these parts are relevant "unless specifically authorized by the Constitution or an act of Congress."
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As well as the part about "...though exception exist for things like drug enforcement..."
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American officials have been stating that this was a law enforcement operation supported by the military which brings into question, if so, wouldn't that violate the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the Federal military being used for law enforcement?
Also, Wesley Wark in his substack has an interesting write-up that earlier this year the US National Intelligence Council contradicted assertations by President Trump that Venezuela's connection to drug cartels is kind of tenuous at best:
1989, shortly before they went to Panama for Noriega et Al. I can't find any reference that suggests US courts held contrary opinions.
Extraterritorial Effect of the Posse Comitatus Act
November 3, 1989
Memorandum Opinion For The Assistant To The President For National Security Affairs
You have asked for our advice whether the Posse Comitatus Act, 18U.S.C. § 1385, applies outside the territory of the United States. We conclude that it does not. Neither the language, history, nor legislative history of the Act suggests that Congress intended for the Act to apply extraterritorially. Under these circumstances, established rules of statutory construction impose a presumption that the Act is to be construed as having only domestic effect. Such a construction is necessary to enable criminal laws with extraterritorial effect to be executed and to avoid unwarranted restraints on the President’s constitutional powers. Additional legislation and accompanying Department of Defense regulations authorizing certain types of military assistance to civilian authorities contain some suggestion that restrictions on military assistance enumerated therein apply outside the land area of the United States. We believe, however, that the better view is that these rules must be read consistently with other provisions in the same legislation providing that no limitations beyond those imposed by the Posse Comitatus Act were intended to be enacted. The scope of the regulations will be subject to some uncertainty, however, until they are amended to expressly state these limits on their scope.
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Beatings will continue until moral improves.
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I was just seeing talk of shooting in Caracas; potentially an engagement of low flying drones. There’s gonna be a lot of twitchy troops there right now. Wait to see what forms up I guess.
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If they don't get the outcome they are hoping for, they'll just rendition him to somewhere.
So, what, they had one DEA agent along to try and give it legitimacy. It will be interesting to see how they try to massage domestic law enforcement's authority to arrest a foreign national on foreign soil. They will probably quote the 'because we can' section.
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Q: How does a socialist kleptocracy work?
A: It doesn't
A: It doesn't
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I wouldn’t believe a word from Cuba
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Meanwhile, at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, some protesters are pissed at Team America, while some go "WTF?"
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Protesters in Canada hold different opinions of Nicolás Maduro
OTTAWA — As a number of countries condemn the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the United States, protesters in front of the U.S. embassy in Ottawa on Sunday called for the federal government to support the right to self-determination for the Venezuelan people and for the U.S. to...ca.news.yahoo.com
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Are the anti-Maduro protesters happy that Trump is now propping up the Chavista regime under new leadership and told Machado et al to go pound sand?
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Apparently there are about 30,000 Cuban military and intelligence personnel in Venezuela.
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I’m guessing they’ve been told to leave, and leave now.Apparently there are about 30,000 Cuban military and intelligence personnel in Venezuela.
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Those Cubans were there to keep the Party, military and government loyal to the revolution. Be a shame if something happened to them on the way home....
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More on Trump’s Venezuelan puppet.
www.theglobeandmail.com
More on how Rodriguez is no moderate lefty, but a full-blown true-believer Chavista.
www.persuasion.community
Who is the die-hard socialist Trump favours as Venezuela’s new leader?
Delcy Rodríguez is the child of a leftist leader, but also a pragmatist who helped stabilize her country’s economy
www.theglobeandmail.com
More on how Rodriguez is no moderate lefty, but a full-blown true-believer Chavista.
Venezuela’s New President Is No Moderate
In fact, Delcy Rodríguez is a regime extremist.
www.persuasion.community
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