greenbelt@lemy.lol to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 22 hours agoUS struck another 'Venezuelan drug vessel', killing three: Trumpwww.trtworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkUS struck another 'Venezuelan drug vessel', killing three: Trumpwww.trtworld.comgreenbelt@lemy.lol to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareSleve_McDichael [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·20 hours agoI don’t understand the long term goal here (there must be one, they’re not so incompetent that they start a war just for bloodlust’s sake) Are they trying to secure Venezuelan oil to fuel a future military campaign against China?
minus-squarecrusa187@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-218 hours agoYeah, it’s about the oil. Also potentially occupying territory in South America so central can be skipped for supply lines to function as we escalate the conflicts with Mexico and Canada.
I don’t understand the long term goal here (there must be one, they’re not so incompetent that they start a war just for bloodlust’s sake)
Are they trying to secure Venezuelan oil to fuel a future military campaign against China?
Yeah, it’s about the oil.
Also potentially occupying territory in South America so central can be skipped for supply lines to function as we escalate the conflicts with Mexico and Canada.