Ro Khanna says he is ready to invoke war powers to stop military action on Venezuela

[Just AnotherPerson]

See more at link https://theintercept.com/2019/02/27/the-secrets-of-american-power-unitary-executive-theory-guantanamo-bay-prison-and-extraordinary-rendition/

Excerpt:

Venezuela says that
Washington’s coup attempt failed. This week on Intercepted: As Mike Pence and Elliott Abrams ratchet up U.S. propaganda for regime change, California Rep. Ro Khanna tells us he is ready to invoke the War Powers Act in an effort to stop military action. He also discusses the economic sanctions, Marco Rubio’s Twitter threats against Maduro, and what he believes the U.S. position towards Venezuela should be. Trump’s new Attorney General William Barr has been a major promoter of extreme executive power throughout his career, including advocating for pardoning Iran-Contra criminals. New York Times reporter Charlie Savage discusses the rise of the theory of the unitary executive and how it and Barr could impact the Trump scandals and U.S. national security policy. Did CIA Director Gina Haspel run a secret CIA black site at the Guantánamo Bay prison after 9/11? A newly declassified transcript suggests she did. Carol Rosenberg, the only journalist covering the Guantánamo prison and trials full-time, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation. She discusses 17 years of reporting, controversies around prosecuting detainees, and the evidence that Haspel’s covert career included a stint at GTMO. Jordan Carver, the author of “Spaces of Disappearance: the Architecture of Extraordinary Rendition,” takes us on an audio journey mapping the covert CIA program.

[Peter1469]

What US backed coup attempt? Venezuela's internal struggles are organic.

[Tahuyaman]

What US backed coup attempt? Venezuela's internal struggles are organic.

Exactly. The California congressmen is seeking attention. I would get out of his way and let him make a fool of himself.

[Green Arrow]

Good. We should not use the U.S. military to overthrow Maduro. Let The opposition forces handle it themselves. Put political and economic pressure on Maduro, but not military force.

[MisterVeritis]

Good. We should not use the U.S. military to overthrow Maduro. Let The opposition forces handle it themselves. Put political and economic pressure on Maduro, but not military force.
If military force is under consideration it may be to prevent starvation. Maduro has sealed the border to prevent aid from food arriving.

[donttread]

What US backed coup attempt? Venezuela's internal struggles are organic.

The solution or dissolution should be organic as well. Without outside forces telling countries where they can buy oil and certainly without our Military getting involved at all. Agreed?

[Peter1469]

The solution or dissolution should be organic as well. Without outside forces telling countries where they can buy oil and certainly without our Military getting involved at all. Agreed?
Our military is not involved. Our diplomatic corps is, as it should.

[Dr. Who]

What US backed coup attempt? Venezuela's internal struggles are organic.

Since the 1998 election of Hugo Chávez, the United States has fought to restore control over Venezuela and is vast oil reserves. Chávez’s socialist programs may have redistributed the country’s wealth and helped lift millions out of poverty, but they also earned him a target on his back.

In 2002, Venezuela’s right-wing opposition briefly ousted Chávez with U.S. support and recognition, before the military restored his presidency following a mass popular mobilization. Throughout the administrations of U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, Chávez survived numerous assassination plots, before succumbing to cancer in 2013. His successor, Nicolas Maduro, has survived three attempts on his life.

The Trump administration immediately elevated Venezuela to the top of Washington’s regime change target list, branding it the leader of a “troika of tyranny.” Last year, Trump’s national security team attempted to recruit members of the military brass to mount a military junta, but that effort failed.

According to the Venezuelan government, the U.S. was also involved in a plot, codenamed Operation Constitution, to capture Maduro at the Miraflores presidential palace; and another, called Operation Armageddon, to assassinate him at a military parade in July 2017. Just over a year later, exiled opposition leaders tried and failed to kill Maduro with drone bombs during a military parade in Caracas.

More than a decade before these intrigues, a group of right-wing opposition students were hand-selected and groomed by an elite US-funded regime change training academy to topple Venezuela’s government and restore the neoliberal order.
https://mronline.org/2019/01/31/the-making-of-juan-guaido/

[Nowhere Man]

......deleted bunch of drivel......
More than a decade before these intrigues, a group of right-wing opposition students were hand-selected and groomed by an elite US-funded regime change training academy to topple Venezuela’s government and restore the neoliberal order.
https://mronline.org/2019/01/31/the-making-of-juan-guaido/

The truth on Juan Guaidó is clearer.....

Wikipedia..... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Guaid%C3%B3)

A bunch of left wing freaky crap...... I think the last time we really saw anything this uproariously strange was when Castro died....
Reminds me of Khrushchev and his off the wall whacko leftist allegations.

[Dr. Who]

The truth on Juan Guaidó is clearer.....

Wikipedia..... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Guaidó)

A bunch of left wing freaky crap...... I think the last time we really saw anything this uproariously strange was when Castro died....
Reminds me of Khrushchev and his off the wall whacko leftist allegations.
Just an FYI:

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Your criticism doesn't provide an argument, nor does it attempt to disprove the allegations. Nothing in that Wiki piece contains information that wasn't already shared but doesn't include a number of significant details. As to the rest - emotional venting.

[Tahuyaman]

Venezuela's problems are a domestic creation. Get a freaking grip.

[Nowhere Man]

Just an FYI:

8. You must provide a link when quoting an article and follow fair use guidelines (you are permitted to copy and paste two to three paragraphs). In addition, do not alter another user's words when quoting them.


Your criticism doesn't provide an argument, nor does it attempt to disprove the allegations. Nothing in that Wiki piece contains information that wasn't already shared but doesn't include a number of significant details. As to the rest - emotional venting.

OK.....