In the Jan. 26 edition of the San Mateo Daily Journal, John Marty wrote a response to my online challenge to also mention the downsides of the Venezuelan raid to capture Maduro. Unfortunately, the exchange shows how difficult it is for people on opposite sides to communicate lately. John replied focusing solely on Maduro himself. I was thinking about the larger picture that followed the raid. As I mentioned previously, the raid was a tactical success — no question about it. Many parties wanted Maduro gone — not just Republicans as Mr. Marty pointed out, even some Latin American neighbors.
However, what happened afterwards? Trump, flushed with his success and having no capability for self-control, threatened Columbia, Mexico, Cuba (all of which is understandable from Trump’s perspective) but then he went on to attack our NATO allies and make veiled threats of military action against Greenland.
While this may be dismissed as Trump’s “negotiating style,” I suggest listening to Canadian prime minister Mark Carney’s speech at Davos which can be found unedited on Youtube. The military success in capturing Maduro was sadly rapidly followed by egotistic overreach; neither is this the first time this has happened.
Intervening in Venezuela also gives copious intervention excuses to China over Taiwan and Russia over Ukraine.
Trump is setting us up to live in a world of regional hegemonic bullies with his policies. This not the self-image that the vast majority of Americans have of our country.
Hilarious. Mr. Kristofferson submitted a recent comment and now submits a Letter to the Editor containing the majority, if not all, of his comment. Is this another example of what it means to double-dip? Hey, Mr. Kristofferson, why don’t we ask what the majority of Venezuelans think about Trump’s successful action in capturing a criminal? Don’t over 90% of Venezuelans support our (yes, our) great President Trump’s actions? As for the vast majority of Americans, the people have spoken and elected the greatest President, Trump, of our lifetimes, twice. If folks aren’t happy with Trump’s actions, where are the dozens of lawsuits seeking activist judges to force Trump to return Maduro to Venezuela?
As for Governor Carney, why would we listen to Carney? He doesn’t represent the US. Doesn’t Canada exist because they fall under the US security umbrella, as well as EU nations? If Canada and EU nations want to wriggle out of the US security umbrella, they can go for it. Meanwhile, they can talk the talk and we know they’ll fail to walk the walk – kind of like climate change folks. In the meantime, I’m still not tired of winning. Have a Trump-tastic day! BTW, if you want to expand your list of media sites, the New York Post recently activated the California Post (https://nypost.com/ca/). Be forewarned that their articles may puncture your misplaced stances on most key issues.
NATOs success is underscored by the fact that no NATO-country has been attacked by another country during its 80 years since the inception. Perhaps that could be the reason why Trump wants us out of the alliance, or doesn’t he think that deeply?
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Hilarious. Mr. Kristofferson submitted a recent comment and now submits a Letter to the Editor containing the majority, if not all, of his comment. Is this another example of what it means to double-dip? Hey, Mr. Kristofferson, why don’t we ask what the majority of Venezuelans think about Trump’s successful action in capturing a criminal? Don’t over 90% of Venezuelans support our (yes, our) great President Trump’s actions? As for the vast majority of Americans, the people have spoken and elected the greatest President, Trump, of our lifetimes, twice. If folks aren’t happy with Trump’s actions, where are the dozens of lawsuits seeking activist judges to force Trump to return Maduro to Venezuela?
As for Governor Carney, why would we listen to Carney? He doesn’t represent the US. Doesn’t Canada exist because they fall under the US security umbrella, as well as EU nations? If Canada and EU nations want to wriggle out of the US security umbrella, they can go for it. Meanwhile, they can talk the talk and we know they’ll fail to walk the walk – kind of like climate change folks. In the meantime, I’m still not tired of winning. Have a Trump-tastic day! BTW, if you want to expand your list of media sites, the New York Post recently activated the California Post (https://nypost.com/ca/). Be forewarned that their articles may puncture your misplaced stances on most key issues.
NATOs success is underscored by the fact that no NATO-country has been attacked by another country during its 80 years since the inception. Perhaps that could be the reason why Trump wants us out of the alliance, or doesn’t he think that deeply?
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