The world does not need another US-made catastrophe. Venezuela deserves sovereignty. Latin America deserves peace. And people in the United States deserve a future not stolen by endless war.
The world does not need another US-made catastrophe. Venezuela deserves sovereignty. Latin America deserves peace. And people in the United States deserve a future not stolen by endless war.
Do we even fucking need the oil though? We’re a net exporter.
The type of oil they have is the one that the US refineries that were built before the fracking boom need.
And not to be the one defending oil companies, but when Trump says ‘they stole our oil’, he means they seized billions of dollars in American-owned assets without providing the “just compensation” required by international law. International tribunals agreed and ordered retribution but then Maduro just refused to pay.
There’s no limit to the greed of the oil companies who legally (and sometimes illegally) bribe almost all of Congress, The White House, and probably two thirds or more of SCOTUS.
Unlike the government, which is both a major customer and a subsidiary of the biggest fossil fuel companies in the world, corporations can get their oil from anywhere in the world that’ll let them.
Until this coup, Venezuela was the biggest fossil fuel producer that wasn’t letting the (mostly US-based) mega-conglomerates operate with near-total impunity inside of their borders, opting instead for the fossil fuels and profits therefrom to be the property of the Venezuelan people.
Oh, but haven’t you considered the shareholders of the refineries previously set up to refine the type of oil found in Venezuelan reserves?
The poor share holders want to make more money.
No. Cadet Bone Spurs needs a distraction from the Trumpstein files
In my opinion no and that is the point.
Drive up prices by artificially constricting supply…