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Ceffer
2025 Dec 30, 1:11pm
Ceffer
2025 Dec 30, 1:11pm
So far, it's a relatively soft war with strategic aim at sources of income. The fleets deployed are blockades to foreign interference. The oil fields without storage or shipping capacity will have to stop pumping and their facilities will rapidly deteriorate. Oil wells can't stop pumping without infrastructure declining, requiring sometimes a year or years to replace.
So, two sources of income, drugs and oil, are shot to pieces with little land war at all. Old fashioned embargoes work. Comms disruptions breed confusion in the ranks, and the bounty on Maduro means he can't feel secure with his own generals.
It's warfare by digestion, blanketing and dissolution of the regime's lifebloods, as well as their utility to their Cuban, Iranian, Intel, Globalist and Chinese controllers and patrons.
So, two sources of income, drugs and oil, are shot to pieces with little land war at all. Old fashioned embargoes work. Comms disruptions breed confusion in the ranks, and the bounty on Maduro means he can't feel secure with his own generals.
It's warfare by digestion, blanketing and dissolution of the regime's lifebloods, as well as their utility to their Cuban, Iranian, Intel, Globalist and Chinese controllers and patrons.
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FortWayneHatesRealtors
2025 Dec 30, 1:17pm
Ceffer says
Trump can’t start an actual war without Congress. He can only make scary faces and pirate stuff.
So far, it's a relatively soft war with strategic aim at sources of income. The fleets deployed are blockades to foreign interference. The oil fields without storage or shipping capacity will have to stop pumping and their facilities will rapidly deteriorate. Oil wells can't stop pumping without infrastructure declining, requiring sometimes a year or years to replace.
So, two sources of income, drugs and oil, are shot to pieces with little land war at all. Old fashioned embargoes work. Comms disruptions breed confusion in the ranks, and the bounty on Maduro means he can't feel secure with his own generals.
It's warfare by digestion, blanketing and dissolution of the regime's lifebloods, as well as their utility to their Cuban, Iranian, Intel, Globalist and Chinese controllers and patrons.
Trump can’t start an actual war without Congress. He can only make scary faces and pirate stuff.
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Ceffer
2025 Dec 30, 1:31pm
Ceffer
2025 Dec 30, 1:31pm
FortWayneHatesRealtors says
Doesn't seem like that has stopped any prior Presidents. This is Monroe Doctrine embargo, smother, strangle, sanction strategy, until somebody on the inside of the cauldron begs for mercy and eliminates the sources of attacks on our country.
Trump can’t start an actual war without Congress. He can only make scary faces and pirate stuff.
Doesn't seem like that has stopped any prior Presidents. This is Monroe Doctrine embargo, smother, strangle, sanction strategy, until somebody on the inside of the cauldron begs for mercy and eliminates the sources of attacks on our country.
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FortWayneHatesRealtors
2025 Dec 30, 1:41pm
Ceffer says
It did stop. Without declaration he can’t invade. All he can do now, he’s doing.
FortWayneHatesRealtors says
Trump can’t start an actual war without Congress. He can only make scary faces and pirate stuff.
Doesn't seem like that has stopped any prior Presidents. This is Monroe Doctrine embargo, smother, strangle, sanction strategy, until somebody on the inside of the cauldron begs for mercy and eliminates the sources of attacks on our country.
It did stop. Without declaration he can’t invade. All he can do now, he’s doing.
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Ceffer
2025 Dec 31, 10:26pm
Ceffer
2025 Dec 31, 10:26pm
Pretty clear strategy so far. Narco money and oil money down the drain. If the oil fields stop pumping, the equipment will deteriorate into disuse atrophy.
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TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2025 Dec 31, 10:42pm
TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2025 Dec 31, 10:42pm
Tenpoundbass says
YUP.
Just like the Muslims won't spare their useful idiot allies if they took over. Just like China won't give us a break if we leave and they take over dominance of the Straits of Hormuz. Just like the Muslims didn't give a shit that Washington, Adams, and Jefferson desired peaceful relations with all when we refused to pay a Jizya for the safety of our Merchants overseas. Decatur had to burn the shit they stole and make them fear and tremble.
Grow some balls god damn it, quit being such pussies, you wont get quarter for crying when they take over here.
YUP.
Just like the Muslims won't spare their useful idiot allies if they took over. Just like China won't give us a break if we leave and they take over dominance of the Straits of Hormuz. Just like the Muslims didn't give a shit that Washington, Adams, and Jefferson desired peaceful relations with all when we refused to pay a Jizya for the safety of our Merchants overseas. Decatur had to burn the shit they stole and make them fear and tremble.
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Patrick
2026 Jan 1, 8:03pm
Patrick
2026 Jan 1, 8:03pm
TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter says
Thanks, didn't know about Decatur:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Decatur
Decatur had to burn the shit they stole and make them fear and tremble.
Thanks, didn't know about Decatur:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Decatur
Shaler was in possession of a letter authorizing them to negotiate terms of peace with the Algerian government. Because of Decatur's great successes in the War of 1812 and for his knowledge of and past experience at the Algerian port, Crowninshield chose him to command the lead ship in the naval squadron to Algiers.
The US was demanding the release of Americans held captive as slaves, an end of annual payments of tribute, and finally to procure favorable prize agreements. Decatur was prepared to negotiate peace or resort to military measures. Eager to know the Bey's decision, Decatur dispatched the president's letter which ultimately prompted the Bey to abandon his practice of piracy and kidnapping and come to terms with the United States.
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Ceffer
2026 Jan 2, 11:05am
Ceffer
2026 Jan 2, 11:05am
Looks like the Rockefellers are pressuring V to negotiate for the assets. The R's and Maduro will relent and regroup to destroy our country later?
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Hugh_Mongous
2026 Jan 2, 4:24pm
Who these fucks think they are?
The Russian government has formally sent a diplomatic request to the US demanding that it stop pursuing an oil tanker bound for Venezuela.
The Russian request was delivered to the US Department of State late on Wednesday evening. It was also sent to the White House Homeland Security Council.
Who these fucks think they are?
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RWSGFY
2026 Jan 2, 5:23pm
RWSGFY
2026 Jan 2, 5:23pm
How is our glorious Navy unable to catch some rusted-out hulk of a tanker for 2 or 3 days already? And why not bomb it like these drug boats were bombed? TACO?
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FortWayneHatesRealtors
2026 Jan 3, 7:05am
We just kidnapped their president to put on a show trial.
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RWSGFY
2026 Jan 3, 8:12am
RWSGFY
2026 Jan 3, 8:12am
FortWayneHatesRealtors says
We just arrested the Illegitimate so-called "president" we (along with the EU, Argentina and other LA countries) never recognized to try him on drug trafficking charges.
We just kidnapped their president to put on a show trial.
We just arrested the Illegitimate so-called "president" we (along with the EU, Argentina and other LA countries) never recognized to try him on drug trafficking charges.
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HeadSet
2026 Jan 3, 8:14am
HeadSet
2026 Jan 3, 8:14am
RWSGFY says
Yes, Madero is more the head of a drug cartel that rook over a country than he is a president.
We just arrested the Illegitimate so-called "president" we (along with the EU, Argentina and other LA countries) never recognized to try him on drug trafficking charges.
Yes, Madero is more the head of a drug cartel that rook over a country than he is a president.
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socal2
2026 Jan 3, 8:14am
RWSGFY says
Looks like they were busy.
I think after obliterating Iran’s nuclear weapons program and now this, we can retire the dumb Democrat “TACO” talking point.
How is our glorious Navy unable to catch some rusted-out hulk of a tanker for 2 or 3 days already? And why not bomb it like these drug boats were bombed? TACO?
Looks like they were busy.
I think after obliterating Iran’s nuclear weapons program and now this, we can retire the dumb Democrat “TACO” talking point.
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FortWayneHatesRealtors
2026 Jan 3, 9:05am
RWSGFY says
Never arrested Biden, so don’t know what you mean.
FortWayneHatesRealtors says
We just kidnapped their president to put on a show trial.
We just arrested the Illegitimate so-called "president" we (along with the EU, Argentina and other LA countries) never recognized to try him on drug trafficking charges.
Never arrested Biden, so don’t know what you mean.
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FortWayneHatesRealtors
2026 Jan 3, 9:19am
Trump just said Rubio will be running Venezuela. Wild.
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FortWayneHatesRealtors
2026 Jan 3, 9:41am
Booger says
I am curious to see if some judge will suddenly require we free him. I doubt it, they don’t mess with CIA. But curious now.
How did we manage to not throw Maduro out of a helicopter?
I am curious to see if some judge will suddenly require we free him. I doubt it, they don’t mess with CIA. But curious now.
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KgK one
2026 Jan 3, 9:59am
Next us supported prime minister of venezuela.
Venezuela has one citizen who won the Nobel Prize: opposition leader María Corina Machado, awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for democracy against the Maduro regime, though she secretly traveled to receive it after escaping a government crackdown. Another Venezuelan-born figure, immunologist Baruj Benacerraf, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980, notes Wikipedia.
María Corina Machado (2025 Nobel Peace Prize)
Venezuela has one citizen who won the Nobel Prize: opposition leader María Corina Machado, awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for democracy against the Maduro regime, though she secretly traveled to receive it after escaping a government crackdown. Another Venezuelan-born figure, immunologist Baruj Benacerraf, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980, notes Wikipedia.
María Corina Machado (2025 Nobel Peace Prize)
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TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2026 Jan 3, 11:10am
TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2026 Jan 3, 11:10am
WW4!!! OMG!!! War Powers Act!!! Troops ONDA Ground!!! Leave my Sino-Russo-Iranian-Cartel catspaw alooooooonnnne. Ignore the Monroe Doctrine!! National Borders are imaginary but don't violate them! Don't disturb my cheap labor and drugs going across my imaginary pea packing plant's private borders for cheap labor!!!
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TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2026 Jan 3, 11:14am
TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2026 Jan 3, 11:14am
- zero media leaks
- successful strikes completely level primary airbase
- bomb the corpse of Hugo Chavez for fun
- capture Maduro like batman or something
- Panicans big mad
- Leftists big mad
- EU wimps big mad
- China big mad
- Ayatollah big mad
- Russia big mad
I love it!
- successful strikes completely level primary airbase
- bomb the corpse of Hugo Chavez for fun
- capture Maduro like batman or something
- Panicans big mad
- Leftists big mad
- EU wimps big mad
- China big mad
- Ayatollah big mad
- Russia big mad
I love it!
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TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2026 Jan 3, 11:20am
TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2026 Jan 3, 11:20am
BTW, this means the Venezuelans can go home and no more refugee TPS needs be issued.
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FortWayneHatesRealtors
2026 Jan 3, 11:26am
TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter says
No one is mad, it’s all in your head man. Whatever keeps you going, keep the dream alive.
- zero media leaks
- successful strikes completely level primary airbase
- bomb the corpse of Hugo Chavez for fun
- capture Maduro like batman or something
- Panicans big mad
- Leftists big mad
- EU wimps big mad
- China big mad
- Ayatollah big mad
- Russia big mad
I love it!
No one is mad, it’s all in your head man. Whatever keeps you going, keep the dream alive.
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mell
2026 Jan 3, 11:34am
Arrest walz next let's keep the momentum. Put him in a cell with Niklas. Free Minnesota next, now!
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TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2026 Jan 3, 11:37am
TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2026 Jan 3, 11:37am
FortWayneHatesRealtors says
FortWayneHatesRealtors says
FortWayneHatesRealtors says
Indeed
mell says
Yep!
No one is mad, it’s all in your head man. Whatever keeps you going, keep the dream alive.
FortWayneHatesRealtors says
You seriously think we are altruistic and trying to improve Venezuela?
FortWayneHatesRealtors says
We just kidnapped their president to put on a show trial.
Indeed
mell says
Arrest walz next let's keep the momentum. Put him in a cell with Niklas. Free Minnesota next, now!
Yep!
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TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2026 Jan 3, 11:39am
TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2026 Jan 3, 11:39am
RWSGFY says
"International Order" - where the DC Consensus and the ECHR/UN decides what is good and bad and the US spends all the money and blood to "fix" it, is over.
Back to normal Geopolitics.
Like our beautiful, all-American Monroe Doctrine.
We just arrested the Illegitimate so-called "president" we (along with the EU, Argentina and other LA countries) never recognized to try him on drug trafficking charges.
"International Order" - where the DC Consensus and the ECHR/UN decides what is good and bad and the US spends all the money and blood to "fix" it, is over.
Back to normal Geopolitics.
Like our beautiful, all-American Monroe Doctrine.
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RWSGFY
2026 Jan 3, 11:44am
RWSGFY
2026 Jan 3, 11:44am
Billionaire Oleg Deripaska fears that by seizing control of Venezuela's oil reserves, the Americans could devastate Russia's budget revenues.
"If our American 'partners' get to Venezuela's oil fields (and they've already got to Guyana's), they'll control more than half of the world's oil reserves. And apparently, their plan is to ensure that the price of our oil doesn't rise above $50 per barrel," Deripaska wrote on social media.
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Ceffer
2026 Jan 3, 11:48am
Ceffer
2026 Jan 3, 11:48am
"...rendered powerless". All those fancy Russian anti aircraft and missile defenses were either neutered, or were ordered down. If they were neutered, what was the secret weapon(s)? Space Force magic?
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Ceffer
2026 Jan 3, 11:51am
Ceffer
2026 Jan 3, 11:51am
"Leak", of course, is soft shoeing the ongoing treasons from Congress. Will Trump be using more lively terminology in the future? The whole Deep State apparatus is rearing back on its heels in fear I would imagine.
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FortWayneHatesRealtors
2026 Jan 3, 11:52am
mell says
And Illhan Omar too
Arrest walz next let's keep the momentum. Put him in a cell with Niklas. Free Minnesota next, now!
And Illhan Omar too
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Venezuela has greater oil stores than any other country. But after years of corruption, mismanagement and more recently U.S. sanctions, its oil output has dropped to a tenth of what it was two decades ago.
From Lake Maracaibo in the west to the Orinoco oil belt in the east, abandoned wells rust in the sun as looters scavenge the metal. The last drilling rig still working in Venezuela shut down in August. The country is on course, by the end of this year, to be pumping little more oil than the state of Wyoming.
“Twenty percent of the world’s oil is in Venezuela, but what good is it if we can’t monetize it?” said Carlos Mendoza, an ambassador under the late socialist president Hugo Chávez, who enjoyed an oil bonanza when prices were high but starved the industry of investment and maintenance funds.
“We’re entering a post-oil era,” Mr. Mendoza said.
While petroleum is under stress world-wide from climate-change concerns and the rise of wind and solar power, what is happening to oil in Venezuela goes far beyond the global industry’s troubles. It is an existential crisis for a country long dependent on oil for nearly all of its hard-currency earnings.
This year, Venezuela’s oil income will probably fall below the limited funds coming in from other sources such as gold mining and overseas workers’ remittances, said Luis Vicente León, an economist and pollster. Venezuela’s economy is likely to shrink more than 30% this year from the oil collapse plus the pandemic, says Ecoanalitica, a Caracas business consulting firm.