I am not advocating complacency. Colombia has sent troops to the border, not against Venezuela, but in solidarity with Venezuela against any US provocation. Ostensibly this is a joint anti-drug action, but everybody here in Colombia knows what the real message is, and the great majority of people here are clearly on the side of Venezuela against Trump, and this includes the majority of people who also despise Maduro.
On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM Chris Slee via groups.io <chris_w_slee= [email protected]> wrote: > > Anth0ny Boynton says: > > 'There are a lot of smoke machines and mirrors in the current US cosplay > in the Caribbean. So far, there are no signs of any fire, belying the old > saying. Trump's bluster serves the purpose of diverting some media > attention away from his other foreign policy disasters (Panama, Greenland, > Palestine, Iran, Peace in Ukraine in 24 hours, his big bad tariffs...) and > other nasty issues like the superglue Epstein scandal that seems to have > stuck to Trump's skin no matter how hard he tries to scrub it off. It also > gives Maduro a pretext for recruitment into his badly undermanned, > underequipped and widely laughed at militias. > > 'However, there are certainly those in Trump's foreign policy > disestablishment, most notably Marco Rubio, who would like Trump to Pivot > South to Latin America rather than East to China. In another words, we > cannot rule out a "Gulf of Tonkin incident" in the Caribbean despite all of > the counterindications. ' > > ------------------------------ > > The threats may be a bluff, but we can not be complacent. Trump did bomb > Iran. Other forms of military action are possible - e.g. a naval blockade. > > Currently the US uses the threat of secondary sanctions to deter non-US > companies from trading with Venezuelan government bodies (unless granted an > exemption). But this does not always work, so they may try a naval > blockade. > > We need to remind people of the history of US intervention in Latin > America, counter Trump's propaganda, oppose US sanctions on Venezuela, and > prepare to respond to any military action that may occur. > > Chris Slee > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#38394): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/38394 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/114986899/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
