from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 06 Jan 03:13
https://lemmy.world/post/41214860
Gustavo Petro makes remark after Trump threatens military action similar to Venezuela
Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart have turned up the volume of their war of words, further raising tensions between the two countries after US forces attacked Venezuela to remove Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power.
The country has long been a close partner of the US in the fight against drug trafficking and enjoyed bipartisan support in Washington but relations have soured dramatically since Trump came to office.
Petro spent part of his youth as a member of the leftist M-19 guerrilla group but is not believed to have ever participated in combat. After demobilizing, he participated in drafting a new constitution in 1991 and later became a respected lawmaker. He was mayor of the Colombian capital before being elected president.
“I swore not to touch a weapon again … but for the homeland I will take up arms again,” he said.
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Wasn’t that what Maduro said?
He didn’t see it coming. He got sucker punched
Is your instance MGTOW as in “Men going their own way”?
I think we can apply Occam’s razor here.
Otherwise there has been a substantial misunderstanding.
Right
Yikes.
Trump is such a fucking loser.
I wish someone would do something.
what are they going to do, invade the United States? what is a US citizen going to do? attack the vice president’s house with a hammer? shoot at him with a rifle?
Protest,boycott, spread anti propaganda news for example
Probably not invade, but some more targeted clandestine operations seem an actually possible outcome…
You say that as if the US hasn’t regularly had its ass kicked in nearly every war since WWII.
Maybe Colombia can’t invade, but history would indicate that they can probably make the US pay.
Actually, the number of wars that the USA has outright won on its own is shockingly low. Most of the time they only win when part of a coalition and sometimes not even then.
The wars aren’t meant to be won, their meant to destabilize and be profited off of. In that sense, they’re all successful
I wish the high cholesterol in Donny’s body would do something.
Ronald McDonald: The hero americans deserve.
Sadly, it seems like the ‘good genetics’ he claims to have really are pretty good.
Hang tight. His dementia is approaching crippling levels. If he didn’t have the finest tuned medical care and drugs he wouldn’t be put in front of a camera.
They going to weekend at Bernie’s him.
If you're from the US, then that someone is you and your fellow Americans. If you're not, then you'd need (a lot more) Americans to get off their asses first, which I wouldn't bet on personally. It's gonna get worse before it gets better.
Practically speaking, if a foreign state feels they are going to get in a violent fight anyway, they may be more inclined to take action that doesn’t require a lot of people to make some key strategic changes.
If trump was a child heroic usanians would have shot him yesterday already…
Well you know, we do have all those ships in the area. Would seem a bit of a waste to just stop with one kidnapping.
/s
why they are invading, it’s dictatorship not democracy
You’d think Trump would be happy about Colombian cocaine coming into Florida
That’s a motive to invade in his mind
Or in his sons’ minds at least
he would be happy only if he could keep a cut of the profits
They’re punch drunk because no US personal died in the Maduro mission, but I guarantee you they are such fuckups that a major casualty event is inevitable if they keep it up.
The fuck up still has plenty of time. They have no idea what the next step is, and they are just praying Venezuela does exactly what they say.
If Venezuela fights back then other countries have a chance. Maduro is a bad guy, but Venezuela doesn’t need another dictator, especially a foreign one out to steal all its resources and wealth.
no US personal died? sounds like something they would lie about. considering they lie about everything.
Ehhh they’d probably make them into some weird martyr if it happened.
i imagine seeming invincible on the world stage is more important to a would be conquerer than honouring a fallen soldier, who he evidently sees as “suckers, and losers”