1 minute ago, HappyExpat57 said:

These are the conditions for which a nation can invade another nation:

Lawful Conditions for Invasion:

1. Self-Defense (Article 51): A nation can use force if it's being directly attacked, but this must be immediate, necessary, and reported to the UN Security Council.

2. UN Security Council Authorization (Chapter VII): The UNSC can authorize military force (including invasions) to maintain or restore international peace, but this requires consensus among its permanent members and aims to address threats to peace, not individual state interests. 

Prohibited Reasons (Unlawful Aggression):

• Territorial Expansion: Taking land from another country.

• Regime Change: Forcing a change in another government.

• Punishment: Attacking to punish a people or government.

• Economic Coercion: Using military force to impose economic will. 

Murikkka clearly broke international law, but who will hold it accountable?

Per who?

Why did the International Court arrest Putin, Haniyeh and Sinwar?

Occasionally I use the "show" option to see a remark made by a member from my ignore list. I am NEVER let down, it always proves why they're even on it.

27 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Yes and yes

Yes and No perhaps, or a Delta Force citizen extraction could be possible I guess.....

18 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Occasionally I use the "show" option to see a remark made by a member from my ignore list. I am NEVER let down, it always proves why they're even on it.

In other words, you have nothing, so you deflect.

14 hours ago, Jim Mac said:

What are you on about? Labour has done more in 12 months than the Tories did in 14 years stop reading the mail express and Telegraph mind cooked

"Labour has done more in 12 months than the Tories did in 14 years".........Great sarcasm......

11 hours ago, webfact said:

Source: Truth Social

The sleep mask is certainly a compassionate touch. It even says MAGA on it!

I think it's a smart move by America. Secures future oil and rare earth mineral supply and improves national security. The Venezuelan people may also benefit with improved quality of life compared to being ruled by a corrupt dictator.

But I hope America never again complains about British colonialism.

 Listening to Trump vastly exaggerate the threat posed by Venezuela and Maduro to the US (after all, most of the Fentanyl reaching the USA doesn’t come out of Venezuela) had very disturbing echoes of the way the George W. Bush team exaggerated the threat of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to justify its invasion. When you don’t call things by their real and honest name, you get in trouble.

What will be the balance of power of the pro- and anti-Maduro camps, and what level of disorder will it produce?

Another analogy from the Middle East: Certain countries, when you decapitate their leadership, implode — they fall in on themselves.

Yemen did so, for instance, because it was surrounded by strong neighbours and the ocean. But others, like Syria explode — they radiate out refugees and drugs and instability to the surrounding states.

The Trump national security team is already a strange hybrid of freelancers — like Steve Witkoff, whose background is in real estate — and inexperienced hands like Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio, who is now serving as both Secretary of State and National Security Adviser.

With the peace processes in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip still very much unfinished, how many balls can this crew juggle effectively, with its seat-of-the-pants “wait to see what President Trump tweets first” way of doing business?

Just now, Kinnock said:

I think it's a smart move by America. Secures future oil and rare earth mineral supply and improves national security. The Venezuelan people may also benefit with improved quality of life compared to being ruled by a corrupt dictator.

But I hope America never again complains about British colonialism.

It's only leftists that complain about British colonialism.

That the leftists have most all benefited from and continue to benefit from British colonialism, or that England was the greatest force for good in the history of the world is of no concern to them.

The left only tears down.

Then US supporters or American imperialism say, "Russian Aggression," with a straight face.

How many more countries will the US invade in order to seize their natural resources for US corporate interests.
Greenland
Cuba
Columbia
Mexico
Iran
Heck - why not Canada too.

2 minutes ago, connda said:

In the meantime, the US is pumping more oil and gas than any other county, at any time in the history of the world.

Why does the left advocate that the citizens of oil-rich countries should live in abject poverty?

14 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Maduro was a dictator. He was not the legitimate leader of Venezuela. Around 70% voted against him last election.

Emperor Trump, Dotard Trump.

International Kidnapping.

Mafia Act by Mafia State USA>

Shame

17 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

In the meantime, the US is pumping more oil and gas than any other county, at any time in the history of the world.

Why does the left advocate that the citizens of oil-rich countries should live in abject poverty?

Your hero is causing poverty in the USA, your hero has just done a Putin, it's no wonder he supports that dictator....😒

3 minutes ago, transam said:

Your hero is causing poverty in the USA, your hero has just done a Putin, it's no wonder he supports that dictator....😒

Eh?

3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Eh?

Blimey, cornered you twice today.....

2 minutes ago, transam said:

Blimey, cornered you twice today.....

Eh?

26 minutes ago, transam said:

Blimey, cornered you twice today.....

It's always easy to corner someone who has nowhere to go but down.

8 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Will Trump be remembered as the War President? Somalia, Nigeria, Iran and now Venezuela?

Don't forget Gaza.

4 hours ago, NickyLouie said:

Allah willing !!! , thanks to ppl like you hiding behind your keyboard protesting

Wait a minute, are you saying you want Netanyahu to kill more women and kids in the upcoming days, please confirm so I can block you.

16 hours ago, dinsdale said:

I think you'll find it was a law enforcement action supported with and by the military.

For those of you leaving laughing emojis to this post look at this. It was as I said "a law enforcement action supported with and by the military." DEA is a law enforcement agency is it not?

https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126330781,imgsize-1042280,width-400,resizemode-4/.jpghttps://x.com/i/status/2007631142200189289

6 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

For those of you leaving laughing emojis to this post look at this. It was as I said "a law enforcement action supported with and by the military." DEA is a law enforcement agency is it not?

https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126330781,imgsize-1042280,width-400,resizemode-4/.jpghttps://x.com/i/status/2007631142200189289

The DEA was created to combat cartel trafficking, protect public health, and ensure researchers have access to controlled substances for legitimate medical use.

Today, the evidence shows the opposite: DEA officials laundering cartel money, DEA lawyers defending unconstitutional judicial processes, DEA executives cycling into industry roles they once regulated and DEA policies obstructing legitimate FDA authorized medical research

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dea-systemic-collapse-corruption-constitutional-120000546.html

3 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

These are the conditions for which a nation can invade another nation:

Lawful Conditions for Invasion:

1. Self-Defense (Article 51): A nation can use force if it's being directly attacked, but this must be immediate, necessary, and reported to the UN Security Council.

2. UN Security Council Authorization (Chapter VII): The UNSC can authorize military force (including invasions) to maintain or restore international peace, but this requires consensus among its permanent members and aims to address threats to peace, not individual state interests. 

Prohibited Reasons (Unlawful Aggression):

• Territorial Expansion: Taking land from another country.

• Regime Change: Forcing a change in another government.

• Punishment: Attacking to punish a people or government.

• Economic Coercion: Using military force to impose economic will. 

Murikkka clearly broke international law, but who will hold it accountable?

That's a very good question, currently there does not seem to be an entity that could hold Trump, America or little Petie accountable for their mischief and overseas adventures.

Hopefully, somehow they will be held to account, as this is a very nasty precedent that they're setting. And many of us know it has nothing to do with drugs and it's all about the world's largest reserves of heavy crude oil, the most valuable oil on the planet.

4 hours ago, Alan Zweibel said:

You have to be somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun to be calling the Bush Administration left wing.

I think if one analyses his posts in detail, one might conclude that he feels that whilst Arrila the Hun was essentially sound on social policies he was weak with regard to international affairs!

3 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

These are the conditions for which a nation can invade another nation:

Lawful Conditions for Invasion:

1. Self-Defense (Article 51): A nation can use force if it's being directly attacked, but this must be immediate, necessary, and reported to the UN Security Council.

2. UN Security Council Authorization (Chapter VII): The UNSC can authorize military force (including invasions) to maintain or restore international peace, but this requires consensus among its permanent members and aims to address threats to peace, not individual state interests. 

Prohibited Reasons (Unlawful Aggression):

• Territorial Expansion: Taking land from another country.

• Regime Change: Forcing a change in another government.

• Punishment: Attacking to punish a people or government.

• Economic Coercion: Using military force to impose economic will. 

Murikkka clearly broke international law, but who will hold it accountable?

The UN is so last century, do try to keep up 😀

4 minutes ago, Hummin said:

The DEA was created to combat cartel trafficking, protect public health, and ensure researchers have access to controlled substances for legitimate medical use.

Today, the evidence shows the opposite: DEA officials laundering cartel money, DEA lawyers defending unconstitutional judicial processes, DEA executives cycling into industry roles they once regulated and DEA policies obstructing legitimate FDA authorized medical research

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dea-systemic-collapse-corruption-constitutional-120000546.html

Complete and utter deflection from the fact that this was a law enforcement action carried out in conjunction with the US armed forces. Basically they went to Venezuela to arrest him. He and his wife are now under arrest and detained in Brooklyn.

6 minutes ago, Kinnock said:

The UN is so last century, do try to keep up 😀

Just wait to China makes the new order, and see what we are going to deal with then ! USA payback Irak, Libya, Russia, Venezuela, Cuba,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,

5 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Complete and utter deflection from the fact that this was a law enforcement action carried out in conjunction with the US armed forces. Basically they went to Venezuela to arrest him. He and his wife are now under arrest and detained in Brooklyn.

How do you defend this action compared to Russia invading Ukraine? Russia also claims Ukraine never had an legal Government, and it was backed by USA and Europe, which is true in one way

2 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Ah the left wing spin. The US Bernie you old leftie is not at war with Venezuela. As for Congressional approval Congress never authorised Obama's Libya strikes nor Biden's strikes in Syria, Iraq, Yemen or Somalia. As with the attack on Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities Trump under Article 2 (I think it is) as POTUS can authorise military strikes and limited military action. Might as well add Panama and Granada to the list.

10 minutes ago, Hummin said:

How do you defend this action compared to Russia invading Ukraine? Russia also claims Ukraine never had an legal Government, and it was backed by USA and Europe, which is true in one way

You're comparing a surgical snatch and grab over within 3 or 4 hours with a full blown war that's been going for four years.

2 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

You're comparing a surgical snatch and grab over within 3 or 4 hours with a full blown war that's been going for four years.

You forget Putin thought and dreamed about same scenario, where Zelensky packed up and run, but that didn’t happen, and it is not over in Venezuela yet, just reminding you if you thought so. They have only captured the president and his wife, and other countries will soon enough start mobilizing to protect their interests,